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We are in this together
05.08.20
Your support keeps staff and clients safe on the frontline of Baltimore’s COVID-19 response.
Health Care for the Homeless is here for people who need us most, just like we have always been. And you are with us, making sure that in Baltimore, no one is left out.
Over the last two months, COVID-19 has forced each of us to adjust to life in a crisis.
We’ve seen firsthand that people experiencing homelessness are at high risk. Without a home, you can’t easily shelter-in-place. Without a car, it’s hard to use drive-thru testing sites.
John* came into our lobby the other day. At one point in his life, he lived on the streets for 15 years. He’d been coming to us for medical care and addictions treatment for several years and has been sober for the last two.
“I’m so glad you all are open right now,” he said. “People need help and it’s so important you’re here.”
Before he left, John said something that for years he couldn’t say: “I’m going home to wait this thing out.”
The outpouring of support and concern you’ve shown for the people we serve and our staff continues to inspire us. And your donations help us respond to constantly evolving needs with staffing, supplies, medicine, cleaning and more.
*John is a pseudonym
We’re doing everything we can to protect clients and staff and slow the spread of coronavirus, including:
- Telehealth for most appointments
- In-person visits for urgent needs at our Fallsway clinic
- On-site COVID-19 screening and testing
- Screening hotline for local shelters
- Coordination with city and county officials
More Recent News
11.15.24
More than a quarter of all client visits to Health Care for the Homeless are with case managers. Presented below is one day in the life of Case Management Coordinator Adrienne Burgess-Bromley, who has been with the agency for 16 years.
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10.30.24
Baltimore, you are rockstars! On the sunny first Saturday of November, 300+ runners, walkers, friends and volunteers took over Patterson Park for the 10th Annual Rock Your Socks 5K! We danced, cheered and enjoyed a festive race village complete with coffee, bagels, donuts, a bounce house and easy ways to engage with community partners.
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10.29.24
Since opening Sojourner Place at Oliver in 2022, our affordable housing development team has been busy laying the groundwork for more affordable housing in Baltimore through a newly formed subsidiary under Health Care for the Homeless called the HCH Real Estate Company.
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