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Activists: House homeless at Baltimore hotels during pandemic
The Daily Record, By: Adam Bednar Daily Record Business Writer April 6, 2020 Housing advocates are calling on Baltimore Mayor Bernard C. “Jack” Young to start moving homeless residents into hotels to reduce the spread of COVID-19. Baltimore [...]
Archdiocese of Baltimore takes $1.5M loan to weather COVID-19
By Melody Simmons – Reporter, Baltimore Business Journal The shuttered 145 parishes of the Archdiocese of Baltimore will get support this spring from a $1.5 million loan aimed to help keep the lights on and parishioners in virtual [...]
Community Funders Begin Planning for a Post-Pandemic World
Paul Karon, Inside Philanthropy As Americans buckle down for at least another month of social distancing and sheltering in place, more than 200 U.S. community foundations have mobilized more than $350 million for COVID-19 responses [...]
Spanish interview with Somos Baltimore
Spanish interview with Somos Baltimore –a very engaged and active Latino organization. The interview was about the Public Charge rule as it relates to COVID-19. View video>>
Seniors and their families adapt to residences’ precautions amid coronavirus pandemic
By Tim Swift | Catholic News Service BALTIMORE — Doris Hollis, a resident of Caritas House Assisted Living, celebrated her 94th birthday March 27. Her family brought a cake and a homemade banner for the special occasion, [...]
Outbreak poses real challenges for older adults | READER COMMENTARY
FOR THE BALTIMORE SUN | MAR 30, 2020 Thank you very much for your thoughtful article, “It’s not easy: For seniors in Baltimore, coronavirus social distancing comes with a side effect: loneliness” (March 26). I’m writing to [...]