The New York Times features our housing work
Ever wonder what supportive housing really looks like? What it takes? What it achieves? The lives and resources it saves?
This week, the The New York Times published the compelling work of reporter Jason DeParle and photographer Caroline Gutman on extremely successful housing tenancy Medicaid waivers (like Maryland’s Assistance in Community Integration Services (ACIS) program) and the risk to their continuation and expansion.
"In pushing deep Medicaid cuts through Congress this year, President Trump and his Republican allies did not just squeeze a program that pays doctors and hospitals to provide poor people health care.
Over the last decade, states have increasingly used Medicaid dollars for another critical effort: helping the homeless and other vulnerable groups find stable housing.
To glimpse that little-known work, consider the journey of Michelle Cates, a food safety trainer who lost her job and apartment after a brain disease triggered seizures and intensified her struggles with anxiety and depression..."
As President and CEO Kevin Lindamood says, "Housing IS health care — and, with the intensive supportive services the model requires, the single most effective way to prevent and end homelessness that I’ve ever seen in more than three decades of work at the intersections of health care, homelessness and housing."
More Recent News
We're excited to welcome Kisun Peters as Health Care for the Homeless' new Director of Finance. Kisun brings more than four years of finance leadership experience to this role, along with a commitment to expanding access to health care. Most recently, he served as Director of Finance & Business Development at Tuerk House, a behavioral health nonprofit in Baltimore. A strong believer in using data to make smart decisions, Kisun is passionate about building financial systems that support staff and advance an organization’s mission. He holds a master's degree in biotechnology from Johns Hopkins University and is currently pursuing an MBA at the University of Pittsburgh. Read on to get to know Kisun better (and how he spent his summer)!
Spend a day with Patient Navigator Kim Taylor and see how hands-on support helps people experiencing homelessness navigate cancer screenings, treatment and a complex health care system. From coordinating referrals to sitting beside clients during appointments, Kim ensures no one faces a cancer diagnosis alone.
From their headquarters in East Baltimore, Moveable Feast designs and delivers thousands of healthy meals each week for people in Central Maryland and on the Eastern Shore (including some Health Care for the Homeless clients). Read about their approach to improving health through nutrition...
If you drive by the corner of Park, Liberty and Fayette, you'll notice some big changes. See how Sojourner Place at Park, our latest housing project in partnership with Episcopal Housing Corporation, is taking shape!