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 [...]
Quiet caregivers are “always there” for seniors
Darlene Oneal found her calling more than 25 years ago while caring for an elderly woman in her home. Labrenia Parker discovered her career while caring for her brother, who had been shot, and her [...]