On the morning of Tuesday, July 27, Nancy Fink (the spouse of HCH President & CEO Jeff Singer) died following a lengthy illness. Nancy was a woman of great strength, conviction, and determination; a wife and mother with a deep love of her family; and an accomplished researcher and educator for The Johns Hopkins University. The entire HCH community mourns her loss. The notice below ran in the July 29 edition of the Baltimore Sun.
FINK, Nancy E.
On July 27, 2010, NANCY E. FINK, wife of Jeff Singer, mother of Max and Zachary Singer, sister of Jeanne Fink Hofferberth and the late Louisa Fink Kahn. Also bereft are Stephan Kahn; Nick Kahn and Kim Tran; Ted, Kristin, and Daniel Kahn; Cindy and Jessica Montero; Bud Kahn; Scott Hofferberth and Chris Szczypinski; Stu Singer and Robin Mace; Robin Singer, Judy Berger, Emma and Leah Berger-Singer; Wendy Singer. David, Aaron, and Elizabeth Lynn; and Visal Duong. Nancy was a widely admired public health researcher and educator at The Johns Hopkins University.
A memorial service will be held on September 5 at 2:00PM at Health Care for the Homeless; remembrances and photographs can be emailed to nancyremembered@gmail.comfor inclusion. In lieu of flowers, donations in her memory may be sent to The Nancy Fink Fund of Health Care for the Homeless, 421 Fallsway, Baltimore, MD 21202.
Health Care for the Homeless has been re-accredited by the Joint Commission (formerly the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations). HCH remains the sole independent homeless health care agency in the nation to have achieved these distinctions.
“This is a tribute to so many people, staff and Board members, who make the delivery of high quality care and a culture of performance improvement integral to our work,” said Jeff Singer, HCH President & CEO. ”The demanding survey experience represents only a small aspect of accreditation. It is fundamentally the daily attention and commitment to putting the client first, to developing and constantly improving effective processes, to collaborations within and among teams that permit us to display the Joint Commission’s symbol.”
HCH was first accredited by the Joint Commission in 2000. The most recent period of re-accreditation is valid for at least 39 months. For more information, please contact info@hchmd.org.
In June, 2010, the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development awarded a three-year renewal grant for HCH’s Connect Project. Launched in 2000, the initiative provides intensive case management and supportive services to multiply-diagnosed individuals living with HIV/AIDS in order to help them remain stably housed and off the streets. The following excerpt is from the 6/30/10 HUD press release:
“Health Care for the Homeless, Inc. (HCH) is awarded a Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS (HOPWA) permanent supportive housing renewal grant of $1,265,112 to continue providing permanent housing assistance to medically fragile, multiply diagnosed, HIV+ homeless individuals. The project provides five units of facility-based housing and three households will continue receiving Tenant Based Rental Assistance (TBRA). Supportive services are provided to 60 households annually. The project is a collaborative partnership with Project PLASE and the Baltimore City Department of Social Services.”
HUD awarded a total of $2.6 million to HIV/AIDS supportive housing programs throughout Baltimore.
