Baltimore City Overdose Alert - A spike in overdoses was detected on Wednesday, May 23 in Southwest Baltimore. Such spikes are often related to tainted or particularly potent heroin (including heroin laced with fentanyl). Please share this information and encourage family, friends and neighbors to get trained to administer the overdose-reversing medication, Naloxone.
Who We Are
Our community is large and inclusive.
We are...
10,000+ people who engage in health care and supportive services each year
- 657 were children aged 12 or younger in 2016
- 144 deliver direct services to clients day in and day out
- 2 have experienced homelessness first-hand
- 1,303 gave gifts in the $1-$249 range in 2016
Corporate, foundation and local, state and federal government funders
- Their gifts and grants make possible services spanning dental care to supportive housing
- Led by clients and others who know homelessness up close
- Students, interns, corporate employees, membership organizations, individuals and families
A member of the National Health Care for the Homeless Council
And our community is growing to reach the 10s of 1,000s of people who need our care.
How will you be a part of Health Care for the Homeless? Join us.
Health Care for the Homeless is accredited by the Joint Commission for both ambulatory and behavioral health care and certified as a Primary Care Medical Home (PCMH). This health center is a Health Center Program grantee under 42 U.S.C. 254b, and a deemed Public Health Service employee under 42 U.S.C. 233(g)-(n).
"We are…No different from our clients. Present, genuine and thoughtful members within our families and communities. Disruptive innovators."
"We…Don’t give up on anybody. Never settle. Create opportunities toward wholeness."
