An artist, gamer, and movie lover, Curtis McLaughlin (above) has been part of the Health Care for the Homeless Art Group for more than five years.
Art is one of my coping skills. I can be anywhere and create art wherever I go.
10.24.17
It’s been a busy year here at Health Care for the Homeless so far—we’ve continued to grow our staff, developed some new partnerships, rolled out a strategic plan to guide us for the next four years—and we even increased the size of one of our clinics by almost five times! And we’re not done yet.
We thought long and hard about how to best share all the exciting work we’re doing with you, our community, on a regular basis. And this month, we launch a quarterly Health Care for the Homeless newsletter, Homeward, to do just that.
Homeward will allow you and fellow readers to gain deeper insight into our community—our clients, staff, volunteers, donors, partners—and the work we do together each day to prevent and end homelessness. Each issue will include stories about members of our community, programs we offer through our clinics, upcoming events and much, much more.
Interested in receiving a copy of Homeward by mail? Sign up here!
Questions and/or feedback about Homeward? Email Kate Leisner.
An artist, gamer, and movie lover, Curtis McLaughlin (above) has been part of the Health Care for the Homeless Art Group for more than five years.
Art is one of my coping skills. I can be anywhere and create art wherever I go.
Client storytelling is a staple of the nonprofit business model, ever present in advocacy, clinic tours, fundraising—and news articles like the one you are reading right now.
The Trans Rights Advocacy Coalition (TRAC) has been the driving force in championing trans rights policy changes in Maryland. Due to stigma and structural discrimination, transgender people—particularly transgender people of color—experience high rates of homelessness. Following the implementation of the Trans Health Equity Act in January, we talked with TRAC leadership about their work and community.
Since starting in January 2022, REI Health Specialist Arie Hayre-Somuah, LMSW, MPH has worked with our clinical teams to identify health disparities and move us closer to health equity. This year, she is turning her focus to the topic of health literacy.