In 2020, we must reimagine compassion, conviction and power in ways that serve our most distressed populations – including those among us who experience homelessness. 

What does everyday housing discrimination sound like? And how does it impact us at the community level? Chief Behavioral Health Officer Lawanda Williams reflects on these questions and more.

Musician, writer and poet Ryan Saunders moved into his apartment in December and was looking forward to creating an in-home studio.

Earl Johnson knows big things are coming to the Oliver community in Baltimore City, and he can hardly contain his excitement. Health Care for the Homeless is building new housing right down the street, and Earl says that Oliver is the perfect neighborhood for it.

Some have asked if a strategic commitment to racial equity is a departure from our mission. I last fielded inquiries like this three years ago when the agency pledged to build housing for those we serve. The questions are interrelated, the answers the same: Racial equity, like affordable housing, is a fulfillment of our mission. We’ll never end homelessness without achieving both.

Even before COVID-19, the families served by Baltimore City Public Schools had to contend with their children lacking even the most basic protections, like heat and air conditioning. In this deeply underfunded district, where 77% of students are Black, virtual learning hits families without stable homes hardest.

By Kevin Lindamood, President & CEO

I don’t want to return to the world that we knew before COVID-19.

Homelessness is not permanent. Together, we're making progress and providing care and support that changes lives every day.

Find out more in our 2019 Annual Report! 

Meet our new Chief Behavioral Health Officer

Q&A with Pediatric Social Worker Debbie Wilcox

Both Baltimore City and Baltimore County schools are starting with distance learning this fall, and parents everywhere are scrambling to figure out what it means to have their kids at home all day.