Guest post: WBAL-TV’s Megan Pringle
We are grateful to WBAL-TV reporter Megan Pringle for her touching reflection and for her commitment to concern for our neighbors experiencing homelessness, poverty and food insecurity. Megan Pringle I have been working [...]
Calling for care: mental and behavioral health during the COVID crisis
Mental health and substance use issues don’t take a break in a pandemic – so neither do the therapists at Catholic Charities’ clinics. Through an agile, largely online response, staff at the 10 Villa Maria [...]
The art of stress relief in the age of pandemic
At any age, there is just something reassuring about a new box of crayons, a quiet moment, and an open invitation to color. That’s the idea behind the studio that art therapist Sheba Sheikhai is [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Food for the spirit – brown bag included
When My Sister’s Place Women’s Center hands out a to-go meal to clients these days, it comes with a kind word. Literally. Staff in the women’s day shelter and resource center have started writing quick [...]