Maryland summers are hot and getting hotter. But you’ll experience the heat differently depending on whether you have housing and where you live.
A Code Red Extreme Heat Alert has been issued for Sunday, August 7 through Monday, August 8, 2022. Cooling centers around the city will be open with varying hours on Sunday, August 7, and from 9 a.m. – 7 p.m on Monday, August 8. Call 311 for availability and locations and find more info here.
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Last week, the 400-room Lord Baltimore Hotel became Baltimore City’s new Triage, Respite and Isolation (TRI) center. It's a place where immigrants, people experiencing homelessness, front-line workers and others who cannot self-isolate can now safely quarantine.
This new capacity for isolation opens the door for the widespread testing at shelters needed to slow the spread.
"The process can be stressful, and the testing can feel intrusive—especially for people with traumatic experiences related to homelessness. We're there so people feel seen, heard and connected as they get through this challenge."
Deirdre Hoey, Behavioral Health Therapist
Our care doesn't stop. Once shelter residents are isolated at a hotel:
Our medical respite staff, including a community health worker, nurses, medical provider and therapist, are on-site to meet the needs of especially vulnerable clients as they recover from hospital stays.
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Maryland summers are hot and getting hotter. But you’ll experience the heat differently depending on whether you have housing and where you live.
This past year was the first time Behavioral Health Coordinator Arianne Jennings, LCPC, D.Ph. supervised a social work student.
"Pass the Mic" is a storytelling space featuring the voices and stories of people with a lived experience of homelessness.
In 2021, Health Care for the Homeless created two new positions to support racial equity and inclusion (REI) work across the agency. REI Project Manager II Adedoyin Eisape, MPH and REI Health Specialist Arie Hayre-Somuah, LMSW, MPH reflect on the challenges, opportunities and progress in their roles so far.