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| Last updated on May 14, 2008 |
Health Care for the Homeless provides health-related services, education and advocacy to reduce the incidence and burdens of homelessness.
Description:
Health Care for the Homeless (HCH) is a JCAHO accredited medical clinic at 111 Park Avenue in downtown Baltimore, Maryland. Interdisciplinary teams provide comprehensive services to more than 12,000 people annually during 77,000 patient visits and engage in outreach to area shelters, soup kitchens, abandoned buildings and the streets. Services include:
- Comprehensive Medical Care
- Mental Health Services
- Social Services
- Addiction Treatment
- Outreach
- Health Education and Advocacy
Health Care for the Homeless educates medical providers, policy makers and the general public about the causes of, and solutions to homelessness and teaches ways to improve health care delivery to vulnerable populations. HCH staff represent the agency on local, state, and national levels to highlight the relationship between homelessness and health. HCH also teaches the understanding of homelessness as the most tragic and visible symptom of socially entrenched poverty and works to ensure universal access to health care, affordable housing, and livable incomes for all Marylanders.
History:
During our twenty two years of operation, we have grown from a staff of four serving 700 clients in 1985, to a staff of 110 diverse individuals serving more than 5,000 Baltimoreans (more than 11,000 people statewide) each year. This growth responds to the steady increase in the number of our neighbors experiencing homelessness – propelled by rising rates of poverty, an increase in the number of people without health insurance, a rapidly shrinking supply of affordable housing, and the stagnation of the minimum wage. The U.S. Conference of Mayors measured a nine percent increase in the number of requests for homeless services between 2005 and 2006 in twenty-three cities surveyed (with nearly a quarter of all requests for emergency shelter unmet due to lack of space). The Maryland Department of Human Resources reports that in FY2005, the number of individuals sleeping in homeless shelters throughout the State was 34,771; people were turned away from shelter due to insufficient resources on 38,679 reported occasions. In Baltimore City, 12,507 people were sheltered while individuals were turned away on 19,047 reported occasions.
Contact people:
Office fax number: (410) 837-8020
Address:
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111 Park Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21201
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Web Site: http://www.hchmd.org
Directions:
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Nearest Metro/Subway Stop: Lexington Market,
Walk distance (in minutes): 5minutes
Nearest Bus Stop: Howard St -Light rail, 2 minutes minute walk |
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