Baltimore is in the midst of its first heat wave of 2025. With temperatures topping 100 degrees, what can you do to stay safe?
A Code Red Extreme Heat Alert is in effect from Sunday, 6/22 through Thursday, 6/26. Cooling centers around the city will be open various times between 8:30 am – 7 pm. Call 311 for availability and locations. Find more info here.
Baltimore is in the midst of its first heat wave of 2025. With temperatures topping 100 degrees, what can you do to stay safe?
Fast Fact: Between January and mid-May, eight staff members ventured into new roles at the agency. See who they are and read what they are looking forward to most!
After five positions and nearly 20 years at the agency, we celebrate the promotion of Malcolm Williams, LCSW-C from Senior Client Relations Manager to Director of Community Relations & Engagement. In this new role, Malcolm will continue the work of centering client perspective and leadership at Health Care for the Homeless as well as leading important work toward racial equity and inclusion and strengthening community partnerships across our service areas. Get to know more about him and the new position.
The National Health Care for the Homeless Council was back in Baltimore, May 12-15, for their annual conference! This year's theme was “Building Communities.”
Follow a “Day in the life” of Director of Public Policy Joanna Diamond, during the 2025 Maryland General Assembly session.
Pass the Mic features the voices and stories of people with a lived experience of homelessness. In this edition, hear from Michael, a Sinatra fan and Maryland transplant with advice for retirees on how to stay active.
Patient Navigator Kim Taylor offers support and reassurance as clients navigate colorectal cancer screenings.
As homelessness increases across the country, some communities are jailing or fining unhoused people for sleeping in public.The Trump administration has proposed forcing unhoused people into government-run detention camps. To set the record straight on what works to solve homelessness, we spoke with Sr. Policy Director Eric Tars from the National Homelessness Law Center.
After a year and a half providing care in our adult medical clinic at Fallsway, Jimmy Miller is moving into a newly created Director of Outreach Services role. In this brand-new role, he’ll oversee outreach, mobile clinic and street medicine. Jimmy brings both a keen passion for outreach-based care and years of direct experience building and leading street medicine teams.
Meet our new Director of Practice Operations Kiana Johnson! Kiana may be a familiar face – she held the roles of Client Service Manager and Practice Manager at Health Care for the Homeless from August 2020 to October 2022. A Baltimore native with more than eight years of experience in health care operations, Kiana will oversee registration, benefits enrollment and dental coordination in her new role. Learn more about her priorities and passions below.