The Client Resource Fair will be held Friday, July 18 from 11 am - 3 pm in the 3rd floor conference and group rooms. Open to all!
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You don't need a home to vote! For Election Day today (Tuesday, 11/3), the Maryland Transit Administration is offering free rides on any local bus, light rail, Metro Subway and Mobility transit modes from 7am-8pm. Read more.
The Maryland Transit Administration is suspending all Baltimore Metro subway service starting Friday, 11/8/24 at 8 pm, until 4 am Monday, 11/11/24. There will be shuttle bus services between closed stations. Read more.
The National Weather Service has issued multiple hazardous weather advisories for Baltimore City. The Robert C. Marshall Center will be open as emergency shelter Friday, August 9 and Saturday, August 10. Please see the Baltimore City Health Department for additional information about the storm and Senior Centers that will be open for additional hours. Call 311 to connect with shelter.
Bad Air Quality Alert: The Baltimore region will experience unhealthy air quality Friday, 6/30. Individuals with heart or lung disease, older adults, children, and teens are encouraged to avoid long or intense outdoor activities. Learn more and find a day center where you can take refuge.
From 11am-12pm on Thursday, March 2, we are updating our phone system. If you experience a busy signal, please try calling back in 30 minutes or send an email through our Contact Us page. Thank you for your patience!
All appointments at our West Baltimore location will be conducted via TELEHEALTH today (Tuesday, 11/22) following an evacuation of Grace Medical Center. Please reach out to us at 443-703-1400 for any questions regarding your appointment.
As of Thursday, September 8, 2022, a Boil-Water Advisory has been partially lifted but remains in effect for parts of West Baltimore. Check here to see if you are still affected and where to find clean water being distributed by Baltimore City officials.
Masks are still required in all Health Care for the Homeless clinics and other health care buildings. Find COVID-19 updates here.
SERVICE UPDATE for FALLSWAY CLINIC: Between Tuesday, 8/17 and Monday, September 27, appointments and walk-in capacity at our Fallsway clinic will be limited while we change our health record system. For appointments or care, please call 410-837-5533.
Winter Shelter is in effect from 4 p.m. on Saturday, 3/12 through 9 a.m. on Sunday, 3/13. Call 443-984-9540 or 2-1-1 to learn how to access shelter. Families with children under 18 should call 443-717-2932 or 443-717-2896. More info here.
El refugio de invierno está en efecto desde las 4 p.m. sábado 12 de marzo hasta las 9 a.m. del domingo 13 de marzo. Llame al 443-984-9540 o al 2-1-1 para saber cómo acceder al refugio. Las familias con hijos menores de 18 años deben llamar al 443-717-2932 o al 443-717-2896. Más información aquí.
Housing is too important to let this opportunity pass. Please ask Mayor Young to sign into law a strongly-supported & fully funded local housing voucher program (CB 20-0592). Call 410-396-4900 and write mayor@baltimorecity.gov TODAY.
Baltimore City Overdose Alert - A spike in overdoses was detected on 11/16 near Cherry Hill, Brooklyn and Curtis Bay. Such spikes are often related to tainted or particularly potent heroin (including heroin laced with fentanyl). Please share this information and encourage family, friends and neighbors to never use alone and to get trained to administer the overdose-reversing medication, Naloxone.
Our 421 Fallsway clinic is OPEN. People without homes can get in-person care starting at 7:30 a.m. Monday through Friday or call 410-837-5533. Everyone entering will be screened for a fever. Learn more about our COVID-19 response here.
Health Care for the Homeless Fallsway and West Baltimore clinics will open two hours later at 9 am, Monday, January 3, 2022. Baltimore County clinic to follow County Government schedule.
The Mayor's Office of Homeless Services has activated a winter shelter declaration for Monday, 3/16 at 4PM through Wednesday, 3/18 at 9AM. Shelter seekers should call 211 or contact the Baltimore City Shelter Hotline at 443-984-9540. Get more info here.
The city’s emergency shelter plan for Hurricane Florence is in effect Thursday, September 13 at 4 p.m. until Saturday, September 15 at 9 a.m. During this time, service providers will offer additional outreach services, increased shelter capacity and transportation. Find details here.
A Code Red Extreme Heat Alert is in effect for Wednesday, 7/15 and Thursday, 7/16. Cooling centers around the city will be open various times between 6am–10pm. Call 311 for locations. Find more info here.
ADVOCACY ALERT: Baltimore City residents--contact your councilperson to urge them to vote for Bill 18-0221 to put money into the city's empty Affordable Housing Trust Fund! Contact your lawmaker now.
MOBILE CLINIC: The mobile clinic will be off the road from Friday, July 6 – Tuesday, July 17 for maintenance. It will return to its normal route on Wednesday, July 18. Check clinic hours at our other locations here.
All Health Care for the Homeless clinics and offices in Baltimore City open on time and as scheduled this morning, Thursday, March 22. The Baltimore County clinic will open at 10:30 a.m., due to the county government office schedule.
Center Stage's performance of Twelfth Night at 421 Fallsway has been rescheduled to Friday, March 23, 2:30 p.m.
All Health Care for the Homeless clinics will be closed on Thursday, 6/19 in observance of Juneteenth.
Health Care for the Homeless clinics will be open for a full day on Thursday, October 30.
ADVOCACY ALERT: A bill that would delay the implementation of paid sick leave passed the Senate. Let's prevent the same thing from happening in the House. Tell your Delegate to vote NO on SB 304!
Our downtown clinic at 421 Fallsway will open at 10 a.m. today, Thursday, May 17 due to sewer line work. All other clinics will open on time.
Health Care for the Homeless will be closed on Monday, July 4 in observance of Independence Day.
All Health Care for the Homeless sites will open at 10 a.m. today, Thursday, January 4, due to weather. Mobile, outreach and home visits are canceled.
Our clinic at 421 Fallsway will open today—Saturday, December 9—at 9 a.m.
Winter shelter status is in effect Monday, December 11 until 11 a.m. on Sunday, December 17. See details on how to locate a shelter.
Are you ready to ROCK? Register today for our annual Rock Your Socks to Health & Home 5K.
ADVOCACY ALERT: Baltimore County homeless services outreach center in jeopardy! Call your councilmember today.
All Health Care for the Homeless clinics will be closed on Monday, 9/7. We will resume regular clinic hours on Tuesday, 9/8.
Todas las clínicas de Health Care for the Homeless cerrarán el lunes 9/7. Volveremos a nuestro horario normal el martes 9/8.
MOBILE CLINIC: The mobile clinic will not be making its regularly scheduled visit to YES Drop-in Center today, June 20. The mobile clinic will resume normal hours tomorrow. Check mobile clinic hours and locations here.
No mobile clinic on 4/25. The mobile clinc will be out of service on Tuesday, April 25.
Southwest Baltimore Overdose Alert - Spikes in overdose in the Southwest area of Baltimore have been detected on April 9. Such spikes are often-related to tainted or particularly potent heroin (including heroin laced with fentanyl). Please share this information and encourage family, friends and neighbors to get trained to administer the overdose-reversing medication, Naloxone - you could help save a life.
Bad Batch Alert - A spike in overdoses was detected on Thursday, July 10 in Baltimore's Penn North community. Such spikes are often related to tainted or particularly potent heroin (including heroin laced with fentanyl). Please share this information and encourage family, friends and neighbors to carry the overdose-reversing medication, Naloxone. More from The Baltimore Banner
Health Care for the Homeless is operating on a two-hour delay on Tuesday, January 16, 2024. Fallsway opens at 9:00; West Baltimore at 10:00; Baltimore County follows government schedule. No morning Mobile Clinic.
CLOSINGS DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER TUESDAY, MARCH 14: All clinics and offices are closed today, and mobile clinic and home services are cancelled.
Code blue status in effect Friday, March 10 through Wednesday, March 15 at 11 a.m. Additional shelter beds available. Single adults call Weinberg Housing Resource Center at 410- 478-3777. Families call Sarah’s Hope at 410-396-2204 or Salvation Army at 410-685-8878.
Winter shelter status. Winter shelter status is in effect until 11 a.m. on Monday, January 16. Additional beds are available. Single adult males go to WHRC or call 443-478-3777. Single adult females go to 601 E. Chase Street beginning at 4 p.m. If full, go to WHRC for placement. Families call ahead to Sarah's Hope 410-396-2204 or Salvation Army 410-685-8878. If they are at capacity, families will be transported to alternate locations.
Mobile clinic. The mobile clinic will not be in service Wednesday, December 7; Thursday, December 8; or Friday, December 9.
The mobile clinic will not be in service on Wednesday, November 30, 2016.
All clinics are closed on Thursday, November 24, Friday, November 25 and Saturday, November 26. We will reopen on Monday, November 28.
Our Baltimore County clinic will open today at 10 a.m., and our Mobile Clinic's visit to the Franciscan Center is cancelled.
Thank you to everyone who joined our Rock Your Socks 5K on November 7 at Lake Montebello! Together, we raised $117,000 to support the work of Health Care for the Homeless and help end homelessness.
Keep the momentum going! Visit giving.hchmd.org/5K
Read more about the volunteers, staff, clients, sponsors and runners who made the day possible.
Looking for a photo of your group? Email communications@hchmd.org and we are happy to take a look.
