At Health Care for the Homeless, we seize every opportunity to educate others about poverty and homelessness. The legislative session in Annapolis is fertile ground for that work, and for elevating efforts in our community to—quite literally—change people’s lives. They changed John’s.

Public benefits—many of them very small—are a lifeline for 1,000s of Marylanders. For Derrick, $185 a month has been the difference between being housed and living on the street.

The feds renewed an important piece of our supportive housing funding—and extended us an additional $1.1 million to house 65 people and keep them housed.

The correlation between access to mental health care and homelessness in Maryland is undeniable. Yet so many vunerable Marylanders are denied mental health care.

Nine years ago February, 12-year-old Deamonte Driver died from an abcessed tooth. The tragic reality remains that if he were still living and got a toothache today at the age of 21, the outcome would likely be no different.

Our clients used disposable cameras to capture images of homelessness. Here's what they saw.

On February 25, 200 staff, clients and friends rode buses to Annapolis to advocate for health, housing and incomes for all.

We recently opened a West Baltimore clinic. See the video, hear the story and meet some of our new neighbors.

Thanks to your generosity, we raised a record $500k! 

The need for our services is greater than our reach—and it is growing. So we are going to where the need is.