The Mayor's Office of Homeless Services has activated a Code Purple shelter declaration for Wednesday, 2/11 at 4PM through Sunday, 2/15 at 9AM. Shelter seekers should call 211 or contact the Baltimore City Shelter Hotline at 443-984-9540. Get more info here.

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Nine Health Care for the Homeless staff members just took on new roles at the agency. See who they are and what they are looking forward to in their new positions.

Behavioral Health Therapist Johanna Galat reflects on nine clients who passed away in 2020 and the systems that normalized their pain.

“I’ll do whatever it takes,” Pamela* thought, the pain of her infected tooth consuming her entire body.Meanwhile, across town, Health Care for the Homeless Dental Director Parita Patel was figuring out how to safely reopen the dental clinic during a global pandemic.

Rachelle Adams was sent home on her first day of work.A few months later, she had a chance to be back in the clinic in an unexpected role: a trained COVID-19 screener.

We’ve made it to the end of 2020.

It's tempting to say “finally,” but nothing feels settled. We are still balanced on a knife’s edge—dealing with a rising pandemic, widespread hunger, unemployment and isolation.

On Thursday, December 17 we remembered the lives of 155 people with the experience of homelessness who died in 2020.Read their names and watch the memorial here.