This month, thanks to a combination of our amazing HR team, staff representatives across the agency and client leaders, we launched a 5-day New Hire Orientation to prepare new staff members for their work ahead. New hires spent the week (outlined below) immersing themselves in all things Health Care for the Homeless—ensuring that they feel welcomed, informed and ready to do their best work!
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.
Our News
What's happening in our Health Care for the Homeless community...
04.13.18
During the 2018 Maryland legislative session, advocates like you rallied, testified and contacted lawmakers in support of our legislative priorities. Thanks to all that work, we’re celebrating the passage of three important bills…
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04.10.18
If you’ve ever used the agency’s Wi-Fi, you might have noticed it’s finicky. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t and sometimes it’s slow. More importantly, the measures that protect sensitive information from Wi-Fi-connected devices are a bit outdated. (Ahem, is that password really from 2010?)
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03.27.18
Vaccinations protect all of us from contracting and transmitting certain infectious conditions, keeping everyone safe and healthy. Since November 2017, new staff members have been required to be vaccinated for varicella (chickenpox), measles, mumps, rubella, tetanus and hepatitis B—in addition to the flu.
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03.20.18
THIS IS BIG. We are the closest we’ve been in 15-plus years to making a TDAP increase happen. Read the latest on this and our other 2018 legislative priorities as we enter the final weeks of session.
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03.19.18
Client feedback provides a window into how our clients experience our care and what we can do to improve that experience. Client experience surveys have become a consistent and reliable method to gather that info.
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03.15.18
Therapist case manager Sarah Pain Wagner sits down to talk housing and families.
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03.13.18
Currently, 80+ staff members receive bi-annual basic life support (BLS) training through outside organizations and often have to work around oddly timed class schedules. We want to make this process easier by certifying two Health Care for the Homeless staff members to conduct the skills portion of the training at 421 Fallsway.
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03.06.18
Health Care for the Homeless is participating in the annual Youth REACH (Reach out, Engage, Assist, & Count to end Homelessness) MD survey. In Baltimore City, the survey will be conducted March 5–18, and in Baltimore County, March 12–25.
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03.06.18
In just a few short months, providers and staff members from various Health Care for the Homeless programs across the country will come together for the annual Health Care for the Homeless Conference and Policy Symposium.
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