WYPR’s Maryland Morning recently featured Their Voices, a project of the Maryland Alliance for the Poor (MAP) to collect the oral histories of vulnerable Marylanders, many of them experiencing or at risk of homelessness. Maryland Morning host Sheila Kast interviewed past MAP Chair Julie Varner Walsh and Deborah Rudacille, the journalist who conducted the interviews. Listen to the interview at http://mdmorn.wordpress.com/2010/04/26/0426101-thier-voices/.
Health Care for the Homeless President & CEO, Jeff Singer, and Policy Director, Barbara DiPietro, discuss the affects of recent health care reform legislation for people experiencing homelessness and people living in, or near, poverty.
The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued at statement that states have the option to implement Medicaid expansions ahead of the Federal time-line of 2014. http://www.cms.gov/smdl/downloads/SMD10005.PDF
Civic Frame and Bethal A.M.E. Church are screening the awarding-winning documentary “Critical Condition” and hosting a discussion of the recent health care reform bill. The discussion panel includes HCH Vice President, Kevin Lindamood. The event is from 1-4pm on Saturday, April 17, 2010. For more information visit http://www.civicframe.org/whatwedo-upcoming.html.
With every home touchdown scored by the Baltimore Ravens, CareFirst Blue Cross BlueShield contributes $1,000 to support the work of Health Care for the Homeless. Watch ABC2′s coverage of the check presentation and the inspiring story of two of HCH’s clients at http://www.abc2news.com/mediacenter/local.aspx.
