The Mayor's Office of Homeless Services has activated a Code Purple shelter declaration for Wednesday, 2/11 at 4PM through Sunday, 2/15 at 9AM. Shelter seekers should call 211 or contact the Baltimore City Shelter Hotline at 443-984-9540. Get more info here.

“Homeless aren’t going away”


The federal government recently released a report stating that homelessness in Maryland is in decline. We here at Health Care for the Homeless know that this simply isn’t true. CEO Kevin Lindamood co-authored a letter to the editor in The Sun with Antonia K. Fasanelli of the Homeless Persons Representation Project, to set the record straight. We hope it will be helpful to you as you hear and respond to similar claims that homelessness is going away.

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Meet Christana Greene, our new Director of Compliance! With more than five years in the compliance field—most recently as Senior Quality and Patient Safety Specialist at GBMC Healthcare—Chrissy brings frontline insight to the role. She began her career as a medical assistant, gaining firsthand experience in what it takes to keep care safe and operations running smoothly. In her new role, Chrissy is focused on building a compliance culture grounded in safety, integrity and accountability. Read on to learn more about Chrissy...