HELPING UP MISSION OF BALTIMORE CITY INC
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Mission Statement
Helping Up Mission provides hope to people experiencing homelessness, poverty or addiction by meeting their physical, psychological, social and spiritual needs.
About This Cause
Helping Up Mission (HUM) is an IRS designated 501(c) (3) nonprofit organization founded in 1885 to meet the needs of Baltimore City’s and the surrounding counties’ poor and underserved residents. For 131 years, HUM has developed deep roots among the inner city’s poor and homeless, helping countless individuals overcome poverty, homelessness, and addiction. HUM is located on the 1000 block of East Baltimore Street in the Historic Jonestown community of Baltimore City. Overnight Guest Services (OGS) is the longest running program in HUM’s history. Every night, the OGS program provides showers, clean clothes, and two warm meals to some of Baltimore’s most vulnerable residents. OGS guests have the opportunity to interact with men in the Spiritual Recovery Program, which frequently inspires these men to enroll in the program and begin their path to recovery. HUM’s primary focus for many years was overnight emergency services. HUM’s leadership realized that there was a strong correlation between homelessness and substance abuse, which was the impetus for developing the Spiritual Recovery Program. HUM’s Spiritual Recovery Program (SRP) is the largest long-term residential recovery program in Baltimore City. Initiated in 1994, the SRP provides participants with the tools necessary to overcome addiction and reestablish healthy relationships, work ethic, and patterns of thinking. This is a one year, four-phase program that includes daily academic training classes, regimented recovery meetings, consistent work therapy, and regular spiritual life classes. After successfully completing six months in the SRP, participants enter the Life Preparation phase, at which time they complete a two-week job readiness class and then obtain employment outside of HUM’s campus. HUM evaluates the success of a member of the SRP as he completes each of the programs four phases: Seeds of Hope (day 1-45), Alpha (day 45-105), Omega (day 105-195), and Life Prep (day 195-365). Phase completion is based on class assignments and fulfillment of daily work therapy/on-the-job training assignments. Completion of each phase is publicly recognized with a certificate and after successfully completing all four phases in 12 months program members earn their graduation diploma. As a core focus of its programs and services, Helping Up Mission provides a robust Education and Workforce Development Program. Each resident is afforded an individualized program based on their specific needs to become a positive, productive, and self-sufficient member of their community. Graduates of the SRP are afforded the option of entering HUM’s Graduate Transitional Housing Program, which is a 50 bed facility (House of Freedom) that provides additional time in a supportive therapeutic community while transitioning to independent living. Men must be employed and willing to pay a weekly fee to cover program expenses to qualify for Graduate Transitional Housing. Participants may stay in the program for up to two years, during which time they have access to all of the services HUM offers. The overarching goal of Helping Up Mission is to provide long-term addicts with all the tools necessary to recover from addiction and become productive members of society. We have found through years of experience that long-term drug and alcohol addicts can get well with the right type of help: meeting each man’s individual needs under one roof in a supportive, long-term residential community while also providing educational/vocational programs and job placement assistance. At any given time, HUM has 500 men on campus, and their individual needs are as diverse as the population we serve. As such, we strive to provide all of the services needed to overcome addiction and return to the community. In a broader context, Helping Up Mission strives to improve Baltimore City, it’s surrounding counties, and Maryland as a whole. Drug and alcohol addiction destroys families and communities and is directly correlated to both violent and nonviolent crime. Many of the men in HUM’s one-year residential recovery program have been incarcerated for various criminal activities resulting from their addictions, and these men have directly contributed to the crime problem that continues to plague our city and state. It is our goal not only to help the men we serve overcome drug and alcohol addiction, but also to reestablish healthy patterns of thinking, a strong work ethic, and the desire to give back to the community. As men return to their families, places of employment, and the community at large, many remain involved in Helping Up Mission through volunteer efforts and outreach initiatives. Some serve as mentors for new program members while others visit places of worship, schools, and community centers to share their struggles with addiction. All of Helping Up Mission’s programming is guided by our mission statement: Helping Up Mission provides hope to people experiencing homelessness, poverty or addiction by meeting their physical, psychological, social and spiritual needs. Key services and accomplishments of Helping Up Mission for the full fiscal year 2024 include, but are not limited to: • 194,500+ bed-nights of shelter provided, • 631,000+ full meals served • 310,000+ items of clothing and personal care products distributed • 4,800+ Substance Abuse individual counseling sessions • 15,250+ Mental Health counseling sessions • 6,000+ medical appointments • 900+ dental appointments • 6,800+ unique Education & Workforce Development Appointments (e.g. class, tutoring, etc.) • 150 Spiritual Recovery Program graduates • 6 Maryland High School Diplomas • 123 men gained employment