Small squares of smiles for a big milestone
How do you celebrate a milestone accomplishment when you can't be together? For the families and friends who wanted to support the 12 men in classes 84 and 85 at Christopher Place Employment Academy, [...]
Advocacy helps avert cuts to projected state funding
Clients and patients who use Medicaid to pay for their care, and the professionals who care for them, will not be impacted now that the threat of a cut to projected reimbursement rates has been [...]
A bond like few could find
When COVID-19 forced Gallagher Services’ residential sites into quarantine, Hugh Downey was spending his working days in the home of four men supported through the program. The group quickly became like a family. [...]
In a future garden, the beauty of trial and error
A seed has been planted. Anna’s House staff, clients and volunteers are marking the beginning of summer by building a community garden, right on the Bel Air property. Anna’s House is known for [...]
Catholic Charities faces significant impact from proposed state budget cuts
With the COVID-19 crisis still underway, Catholic Charities' 2021 fiscal-year budget faces a significant challenge in a newly proposed state budget. The budget cut proposal, just introduced, would leave funding for Medicaid provider rates flat [...]
Thankful for thoughtfulness
When Landsdowne Worship Center offered a bit of love to Caritas House earlier this month, the congregants thought of everything: gift bags for residents, homecooked meals for every shift of employees, and a distribution process [...]