Briefing the Senate in Annapolis!
On Thursday January 20th "Faces of Homelessness" Speakers' Bureau-Baltimore member Mark Schumann participated in a briefing to the Maryland State Senate. Organized and lead by the Maryland Alliance for the Poor, the panel of 6 advocates included both social service providers and recipients presenting to the Senate the value of a number of social service programs in improving the lives of low-income Marylanders. Mark spoke specifically on the benefits of the Temporary Disability Assistance Program (TDAP) in helping him pay for essentials such as medication, hygiene items, and food.
On TDAP a person with a disability, little to no income, and who is unable to work can receive $185/month for a short period of time. Once the recipient starts to receive SSI or SSDI from the federal government, then the state is paid back by the federal government for the TDAP money given to the individual.
Thanks to the hard work of many advocates, including a number of the members of our Speakers Bureau who have testified in Annapolis, this program still exists and hopefully will continue to be there to help out our neighbors when life gets tough.
Lobby Day will be on Thursday February 17th, 2011
Starting next Tuesday Health Care for the Homeless and a client advocacy group will be meeting at HCH from 12-1pm to learn about Lobby day, which is taking place on February 17th. Every Tuesday for the next month there will be sessions on what the state budget will look like and different bills that will affect people without homes and living under the poverty line.
Please come and join us for these sessions at HCH, 421 Fallsway, Baltimore 21202, and join us on Feb 17th as we go to Annapolis to support adequate funding to provide services to people experiencing homelessness.
For more information please contact Adam Schneider
Please come and join us for these sessions at HCH, 421 Fallsway, Baltimore 21202, and join us on Feb 17th as we go to Annapolis to support adequate funding to provide services to people experiencing homelessness.
For more information please contact Adam Schneider
Memorial Day Service 12/21/10
Photo by Jan Caughlan
Rev. Brooks, Speakers' Bureau advocate Photo by Jan Caughlan
Marc Steiner of WEAA 88.9 FM on Homeless Persons' Memorial Day 2010
Marc Steiner’s annual show in honor of Homeless Persons' Memorial Day
On the show:
Jeff Singer , President & CEO of Health Care for the Homeless of Maryland.
Kate Briddell, Director of the Homeless Services Program for the Mayor’s Office of Human Services.
Bob Jankowiak, from the “Faces of Homelessness” Speakers Bureau- Baltimore.
Audrey Curry and Sissy, current residents of the Guilford Avenue Shelter.
On the show:
Kate Briddell, Director of the Homeless Services Program for the Mayor’s Office of Human Services.
Bob Jankowiak, from the “Faces of Homelessness” Speakers Bureau- Baltimore.
Audrey Curry and Sissy, current residents of the Guilford Avenue Shelter.
Click the link below to listen to the podcast!
http://steinershow.org/steinershow/radio/the-marc-steiner-show/december-21-2010-hour-1
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