Since day one of COVID-19, many of you have asked, “Where can people who have no home go to safely quarantine or self-isolate?”
Find information about Baltimore City’s plan and the role we're playing.
The Mayor’s Office of Homeless Services has declared a winter shelter warning for Tuesday, January 14, 2025 at 4 pm until Thursday, January 14, 2025, at 9 am. Call 211 (available 24/7) or 443-984-9540 to connect with shelter. Get more info here.
Since day one of COVID-19, many of you have asked, “Where can people who have no home go to safely quarantine or self-isolate?”
Find information about Baltimore City’s plan and the role we're playing.
At the start of this month, The Baltimore Sun honored the nurses and nurse practitioners of Health Care for the Homeless as Heroes of the Week. Read the nomination and article here.
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.
Barbara DiPietro is the Senior Director of Policy for the National Health Care for the Homeless Council and is employed by Health Care for the Homeless in Baltimore. The Council represents 300 Health Care for the Homeless programs across the country, providing training, technical assistance, research, policy and advocacy
There was a time I never thought I’d be able to tell my story. The pain and trauma were too much. But there I was in Annapolis, speaking to the state legislature. I realized my experience could help others.
Protecting the lives of people experiencing homelessness during the COVID-19 pandemic is an ongoing challenge. But every day we are inspired by the outpouring of support you’ve shown for our staff and the people we serve.
SIX. That’s the number of lives Gregory Harrell has saved with naloxone—a medicine that reverses opioid overdose.
He’s not an EMT or a medical professional. He’s a Baltimore resident and like many of us, his life has been affected by the opioid crisis.
President and CEO Kevin Lindamood and CMO Adrienne Trustman explain the urgent need for testing in homeless shelters in their op-ed to The Baltimore Sun.
“People who sleep alongside 300 others in congregate facilities. People who sleep on benches at BWI. We must stop the spread of the virus to this population. They are members of our community and their risk is our risk.”
By now, we've all heard the steps to protect ourselves from COVID-19.
Wash your hands for twenty seconds. Cough into your elbow. Stay home if you’re sick.