New Helping Up Mission Facility Ground Breaking

Helping Up Mission, a Baltimore-based nonprofit organized dedicated to providing hope to people experiencing homelessness, poverty or addiction by meeting their physical, psychological, social and spiritual needs, broke ground today on a new facility that will expand their capabilities to serve women and children.

The new Women’s and Children’s Center, a 145,000 sq. ft. building in Historic Jonestown in East Baltimore, will provide a home environment for as many as 200 women who are battling addiction, and their children. The facility will include residential rooms, bathrooms and showers, onsite counseling, kitchen and dining area, fitness and recreation areas and a dedicated area for childcare.

In addition, women served through Helping Up Mission’s new facility will have access to a Wellness Center that can care for their medical needs as well as an Education and Workforce Development Center to improve job readiness, provide vocational training and job placement support, among other services.

“Alcohol and substance abuse disorders not only destroy families, but also entire communities,” said Gayle Kelly, Co-Chair, Helping Up Mission’s Inspiring Hope Campaign. “I am thrilled to be a part of the Helping Up Mission’s efforts to include women in the same whole-person care they already provide to men. By wrapping our arms around the women and children in this community, we can make a difference in their lives, and the lives of future generations to come.”

For nearly 135 years, Helping Up Mission has been serving men in need, and now they are addressing the urgent need to serve women battling addiction and homelessness. Thanks to the organization’s $61M Inspiring Hope Campaign, the new Women’s and Children’s Center will move the needle in transforming the lives of women, their children and the city of Baltimore.

“According to a BHS Baltimore study, one in nine people are fighting addiction in Greater Baltimore, and the percentage of those people who are women continues to rise,” said Bob Gehman, CEO of Helping Up Mission. “Helping Up Mission is well-positioned to make a difference in the lives of these women. We have created a program and a space to offer a nurturing, supportive environment where life transformation and rebuilding of families can occur.”

Founded in 1885, Helping Up Mission serves men battling addiction and homelessness 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and 365 days a year through several distinctive programs designed to meet the physical, psychological, social and spiritual needs required for recovery.

About Helping Up Mission:

Helping Up Mission provides hope to people experiencing homelessness, poverty or addiction by

meeting their physical, psychological, social and spiritual needs. HUM is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year, serving 540 men and women daily through several distinctive programs aimed at transforming lives. Helping Up Mission works to rebuild the lives of broken people, and in doing so are building a better Baltimore.

https://helpingupmission.org/

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