As 2023 winds down and we enter the holiday season, Health Care for the Homeless is facing financial challenges. I’d like to share those challenges with you, as well as the steps we’re taking to make sure we’re here long-term for clients, staff and community.

The first Saturday in November was sunny and cool – a perfect day for 300+ runners, walkers, friends and volunteers to gather at Patterson Park for the 10th annual Rock Your Socks 5K! We danced, cheered and enjoyed a festive race village complete with coffee, donuts, tie-dye, a bounce house and easy ways to engage with community partners. 

On this day, we honor those in the Health Care for the Homeless community who have served in the armed forces. This includes many staff members who have chosen to continue acting in service through your work to end homelessness.

“Pass the Mic” is a storytelling space featuring the voices and stories of people with a lived experience of homelessness.

This November, we honor the first inhabitants of this land.

Since 2011, Baltimore Harm Reduction Coalition has offered services and advocated for people targeted by the war on drugs and anti sex-worker policies. We spoke with Policy Manager Owen O’Keefe about BHRC’s continued goals for harm reduction in Baltimore.

Spend a day with Call Center RN Kayla Zabkowski—fielding client requests for refills, lab results, medical questions and following up with clients who were recently discharged from the hospital. “I like digging through the database and trying to piece together a client's health story so they get the care they need,” Kayla explains.

Our staff are going the extra mile… literally! Meet the coolest staff-led 5K teams on the block, and get inspired to join their teams or create your own. See you at Patterson Park on November 4! 

As a therapist case manager, it brings me joy to help clients process their feelings and thoughts – and to really, deeply listen. So many more of us need access to this kind of care and support since the isolation of COVID, which was particularly harmful to neighbors without housing.

Although it is not yet a national holiday the Indigenous Peoples' Day Act, which was reintroduced to Congress on October 2, 2023, proposes for the second Monday of October to be designated as Indigenous Peoples' Day nationwide. Explore a few ways you can commemorate Indigenous Peoples Day in 2023.