Homeless Outreach
Downtown Partnership’s homeless outreach principles are simple. Identify persons living in places not intended for human habitation. Build relationships with them based on trust and environment. Help them connect with opportunities to improve their health and well-being.
Our outreach team can help connect individuals to housing, addiction treatment, mental health services, career development resources, and more. Contact us today.
Working to make homelessness in Downtown Baltimore rare and brief.
Downtown Partnership is responsible for overseeing the homeless populations in the 11th and 12th councilmanic districts, and connecting those individuals with any wanted social services.
DPOB's Outreach Team Awarded Community Impact Award
Downtown Partnership’s Outreach Team was recently honored at Joy Baltimore‘s MET Gala and was awarded the 2022 Community Impact Award for their diligent work connecting Downtown’s unhoused community members with important housing, mental health, addiction recovery, and professional development resources.
I-83 Encampment
The Homeless Outreach team was able to reduce the size of one of the largest homeless encampments in the city from 43 to 4 occupants in 2020. This was done through increased connection to housing and social services. The reduction of occupants in this location would not have been possible without collaborations with DPOB Clean Street Ambassadors (CSAs), the Mayor’s Office of Homeless Services (MOHS), and People Encouraging People (PEP).
Royal Farms (Light Street Store)
The Homeless Outreach Team met the store owner’s request to help clear the store entrance, where homeless individuals were camping out. The Team was able to relocate these individuals and continues to provide services to them.
700 Block of East Pratt Street
Collaboration:
- DPOB homeless Outreach Team
- DPOB Downtown Baltimore Guides (DBGs)
- Mayor’s Office of Homeless Services (MOHS)
- Waterfront Partnership
- Baltimore City Police Department
Frequency visited: Daily
Christmas Adoption
The Homeless Outreach Team coordinated the “adoption” of a family of 16 whose mother was one of the first cases of COVID-19 in Baltimore City. Our team was able to provide special gifts for every child and collaborated with Joy Baltimore to provide even more presents.
