We happily announce our new director of adult medicine...Laura Garcia.
We happily announce our new director of adult medicine...Laura Garcia.
Earlier this month we were re-approved as a National Health Service Corps site—a credit, entirely, to the work you do.
We all know, juggling—and navigating—Medicaid and Medicare is hard. A recent visit from the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to our downtown clinic gives us new hope that life will get easier for our "dually eligible" clients—and the staff members who support them.
Adam Schneider, our tenacious advocate for social justice of 11 years, leaves us on July 29 for the scholarly halls of the University of Maryland School of Social Work. Mark your calendars for Thursday, July 28, 3-5 p.m., for a client-hosted open house to bid him farewell.
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.