What's happening in our Health Care for the Homeless community...
Since day one of COVID-19, many of you have asked, “Where can people who have no home go to safely quarantine or self-isolate?”
Find information about Baltimore City’s plan and the role we're playing.
At the start of this month, The Baltimore Sun honored the nurses and nurse practitioners of Health Care for the Homeless as Heroes of the Week. Read the nomination and article here.
Your support keeps staff and clients safe on the frontline of Baltimore’s COVID-19 response.
Health Care for the Homeless is here for people who need us most, just like we have always been. And you are with us, making sure that in Baltimore, no one is left out.
Barbara DiPietro is the Senior Director of Policy for the National Health Care for the Homeless Council and is employed by Health Care for the Homeless in Baltimore.
There was a time I never thought I’d be able to tell my story. The pain and trauma were too much. But there I was in Annapolis, speaking to the state legislature. I realized my experience could help others.
SIX. That’s the number of lives Gregory Harrell has saved with naloxone—a medicine that reverses opioid overdose.
He’s not an EMT or a medical professional. He’s a Baltimore resident and like many of us, his life has been affected by the opioid crisis.
President and CEO Kevin Lindamood and CMO Adrienne Trustman explain the urgent need for testing in homeless shelters in their op-ed to The Baltimore Sun.
“People who sleep alongside 300 others in congregate facilities. People who sleep on benches at BWI. We must stop the spread of the virus to this population. They are members of our community and their risk is our risk.”
President and CEO Kevin Lindamood outlines the reasons why Maryland needs overdose prevention sites in his op-ed to The Baltimore Sun.
Thank you to the amazing volunteers, chefs, sponsors, staff—and to YOU—for making the Health Care for the Homeless Chocolate Affair such a success.
