For kids recovering from trauma, COVID changes therapeutic play
Imagine finding new ways to entertain a few dozen kids between the ages of 5 and 13, every single day. Now imagine doing it during a global pandemic that has reduced their school hours, cut [...]
COVID Emergency Prompts Hogan To Change Teletherapy Restrictions For Medicaid
By MARY ROSE MADDEN • APR 9, 2020, WYPR 88.1 FM On a typical day in the Baltimore City school where she’s a therapist, Maggie Schultz sees up to eight kids ranging in ages from five to 14, [...]
Trained to heel… and to heal
It's hard to be a kid. Even harder to be a kid in crisis - a behavioral or emotional challenge so significant that you need extra-special care in a residential setting to get well and [...]
“If Catholic Charities stopped feeding people … where would they eat?”
Cedric Howard, senior cook at Our Daily Bread Employment Center, arrives at work two hours early these days – but doesn’t mind the 4 a.m. start. “This place is like a lifesaver to me. I’m [...]
Group meetings for addiction go ‘virtual’ amid Coronavirus outbreak
Fox 45 News, by Daniel Lampariello, Friday, March 20th 2020 BALTIMORE (WBFF) -- Social distancing amid the Coronavirus outbreak poses a unique problem for those suffering from addiction and substance use disorder. As recovery meeting gets canceled, [...]
Critical care: agile response in an unprecedented crisis
(Baltimore - March 16, 2020) - As Marylanders find themselves increasingly restricted by the dangerous community spread of COVID-19, Catholic Charities is working to provide agile and creative responses to ensure care for those most [...]