The Mayor’s Office of Homeless Services has declared a Code Blue for Tuesday, 12/30 and a winter shelter declaration through Thursday, 1/1 at 9AM. Shelter seekers should call 211 or contact the Baltimore City Shelter Hotline at 443-984-9540. Get more info here.

All Health Care for the Homeless clinics will be closed on Thurs., 1/1. We will resume regular clinic hours on Fri., 1/2.

Our core values are the collective promise we at Health Care for the Homeless make each day to ourselves, each other and the people we serve. They guide our work and relationships. They hold fast when we shift direction or change. They undergird our culture. They ground us in what is good, right and true.

Each day we commit to:

Dignity
Fostering respect and compassion
Authenticity
Practicing open and honest communication
Hope
Finding and focusing on people's strengths
Justice
Building a healthy community that includes everyone
Passion
Challenging ourselves and the world around us
Balance
Caring for ourselves and helping others do the same

Core Values, Practiced Daily

These core values were identified by Health Care for the Homeless staff, clients and community members. Each year staff members honor those peers who best embody the core values with a staff Core Values award. These six staff members best embodied our core values in 2025. Our Von Bradshaw Award recipient best embodied them all.

Dignity

Lauren Flynn, LCWS-C

Therapist Case Manager

"I submit that when we treat people without dignity, it is our own humanity that suffers."

Authenticity

Linika Coley

Security Guard

"They say a person needs just three things to be truly happy in this world: someone to love, something to do, and something to hope for." -Tom Bodett

Hope

Tracie Roxburgh

Client Service Representative

"The core value of hope for me is believing, having faith that with a strong mind and determination we can get through all life obstacles that we face in our daily life."

Justice

Monica Martin, RDH

Dental Hygienist

"I am grateful to come to a place where I work alongside wonderful people who uphold justice, and many other core values, to create extraordinary outcomes for our community."

Passion

Ricardo Burks

Case Manager

"For me, passion isn’t always loud or dramatic. I believe it lives in the everyday moments like the 'what if we tried this' conversations. It’s about challenging ourselves, pushing past what’s comfortable, and daring to see a better possibility. I can never forget that 'I am you.'"

Balance

Amy Nahley, RN

Population Health Nurse

"Balance can be tricky, to achieve and maintain. Rumi, the 12th Mystic wrote that 'Life is a balance of holding on and letting go,' this resonates with me as we are called to embrace what is beautiful and what is difficult and accept the things we can change and the things we cannot. I think that balance rooted in hope is both a journey and a destination throughout life."

Von Bradshaw Award

Orlando Stevenson, CCHW

Community Health Worker

"I'm so grateful for this. So many wonderful people at HCH truly deserve this award over me. I appreciate the love, and support from my colleagues, and the Health Care for the Homeless community. I am grateful for Ms. Von—the conversations we shared back then, wasn't work related, it was life related."