On Saturday, Nov. 5, 250 folks donned their grooviest socks and walked, ran and zumba-ed their way to the finish line of our annual 5k. And they raised $43,000!

Every Wednesday, women come together at the downtown clinic of Health Care for the Homeless for discussion and support. On May 11, group facilitator Lydia Santiago did things up a little bit—in honor of Women's Health Week—and 30 ladies lunched, talked the gamut of women's health matters, laughed and loved.

On May 19, we'll be celebrating the work of client artists. Join us—5-7 p.m. at 421 Fallsway!

Healthy eating is taking hold here at Health Care for the Homeless, as providers and clients explore possibilities for planning and preparing nurtritious meals—with limited resources.

On March 10, Maryland lawmakers restored the right to vote for individuals with felony records. The next morning, Health Care for the Homeless client advocates began registering their peers—in time for April's primary elections.

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.