Baltimore, MD (December 10, 2009) – Baltimore City’s Homeless Services received $10,045 from United Way’s Emergency Response Fund to help expand its cold weather emergency shelter.
The funds will be used to help provide 700 bed nights of overflow shelter at a downtown location. This year, Baltimore’s emergency shelter reached capacity sooner than expected. Due to growing need and lack of funding – including a 10% cut in all emergency shelter grant funding from the state – Baltimore City’s Homeless Services was unable to provide overflow shelter without these funds from United Way.
“We have witnessed an unprecedented number of people seeking shelter,” said Mayor Sheila Dixon. “United Way’s generous grant helps us continue to serve our city’s most vulnerable citizens, a population that continues to grow in these difficult times. We are proud to continue working with United Way to make sure Baltimore’s homeless have a place to stay, particularly as the weather continues to worsen.” ...
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Baltimore City Complete Count Campaign for 2010 As mandated in our Nation’s Constitution, the Census count impacts one of our most fundamental and cherished rights. The census determines how we’ll be represented in Congress, in the Maryland General Assembly and in City Council. I urge you to answer the Census questionnairre on April 1, 2010 so that services and programs such as education, health care and infrastructure improvements will be there for all Baltimoreans over the next decade. It’s in our hands, Baltimore! |
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Official website for Mayor Sheila Dixon’s Initiative for a Cleaner Greener Baltimore. |
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Mayor Sheila Dixon
City Hall, Room 250
100 N. Holliday Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21202
Phone (410) 396-3835
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