HELPING UP MISSION INC
1029 E BALTIMORE STREET, BALTIMORE, MD 21202 www.helpingupmission.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: HELPING UP MISSION PROVIDES HOPE TO THE POOR AND HOMELESS THROUGH PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO MEET THEIR INDIVIDUAL PHYSICAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL, SOCIAL AND SPIRITUAL NEEDS.

HELPING UP MISSION PROVIDES A VARIETY OF SERVICES TO THE HOMELESS

HELPING UP MISSION, INC. (HUM), FOUNDED IN 1885, IS A FAITH-BASED, NON-DENOMINATIONAL CHRISTIAN ORGANIZATION BUILDING A COMMUNITY OF HOPE AND HEALING BY OFFERING PERMANENT SOLUTIONS TO THOSE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AND POVERTY DUE TO ADDICTION. WE ACCOMPLISH THIS THROUGH TRANSFORMATIVE PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO MEET THEIR INDIVIDUAL PHYSICAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL, SOCIAL AND SPIRITUAL NEEDS. COMPASSIONATE AND COMPREHENSIVE CARE IS GIVEN TO ALL PERSONS IN NEED, WITHOUT CONSIDERATION OF RACE, RELIGION, GENDER OR SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS. THE 542-BED URBAN CAMPUS INCLUDES A BEAUTIFUL STATE-OF-THE-ART CHAPEL, COMMERCIAL KITCHENS AND DINING ROOMS, CLASSROOMS FOR ALL PROGRAMS, GROUP AND INDIVIDUAL CLINICAL COUNSELING ROOMS, AN INNOVATIVE LEARNING CENTER THAT INCLUDES CLASSROOMS AND COMPUTER LABS, MEDICAL EXAM ROOMS AND LABS FOR ON-SITE PRIMARY HEALTH CARE, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND JOB TRAINING AREAS, A LIBRARY WITH COMPUTER CARRELS, A RECREATIONAL AREA WHICH INCLUDES A GYM, THEATER ROOM, BARBER SHOP, AND A GAMES AREA, AN ARTS AND MUSIC CENTER, A LAUNDRY FACILITY, A ROOFTOP OBSERVATION DECK, MULTI-PURPOSE ROOMS, OFFICES AND CONFERENCE ROOMS. ALSO, IN 2016, WE OPENED A SEPARATE FACILITY NEARBY PROVIDING RECOVERY PROGRAMS AND SERVICES TO WOMEN IN NEED. HELPING UP MISSION, INC. (HUM) IS A TAX-EXEMPT PUBLIC CHARITY AND IS PREDOMINANTLY SUPPORTED BY DONATIONS FROM THOUSANDS OF INDIVIDUALS, CHURCHES, COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, CORPORATIONS, AND FOUNDATIONS. AS A NON-PROFIT PROGRAM, HUM IS NOT FUNDED BY THE STATE OR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OR INSURANCE, BUT RATHER, DEPENDS ENTIRELY ON THE GENEROSITY OF PEOPLE WILLING TO GIVE HOMELESS AND ADDICTED PEOPLE A CHANCE AT RECOVERY AND RESTORED LIVES.EMERGENCY OVERNIGHT GUEST SERVICES (OGS) IS THE HISTORICAL BEDROCK PROGRAM OF HELPING UP MISSION, INC., AND HAS BEEN IN EXISTENCE SINCE 1885. HOMELESS MEN CHECK IN EACH AFTERNOON AND ARE PROVIDED WITH ACCESS TO PRIVATE SHOWERS, NEW CLOTHING AND TOILETRIES, HOT MEALS FOR DINNER AND BREAKFAST, AND A MESSAGE OF HOPE THAT "REAL AND PERMANENT" CHANGE IS POSSIBLE IF THEY DESIRE TO MAKE A CHANGE IN THEIR LIVES. THE OVERNIGHT GUESTS ARE SERVED BY AND INTERACT WITH THE CLIENTS IN OUR 12-MONTH SPIRITUAL RECOVERY PROGRAM, ALLOWING THE OVERNIGHT GUESTS TO SEE POSITIVE CHANGES IN THE LIVES OF MEN FORMERLY SHARING SIMILAR CIRCUMSTANCES. OVERNIGHT GUESTS OFTEN CHOOSE TO JOIN THE YEAR-LONG SPIRITUAL RECOVERY PROGRAM. IN 1994, HELPING UP MISSION, INC. STARTED A FREE RESIDENTIAL 12-MONTH SPIRITUAL RECOVERY PROGRAM (SRP), PROVIDING TRANSFORMATIVE HELP, HOPE, ANSWERS, AND EMPOWERMENT TO THOSE SUFFERING FROM ADDICTION, HOMELESSNESS, MENTAL ILLNESS AND POVERTY. THIS HAS BECOME THE CORNERSTONE PROGRAM OF HUM AND SERVES OVER 300 RESIDENTIAL CLIENTS DAILY. THE SRP IS A MULTIFACETED, HOLISTIC, INTEGRATED, 12-MONTH, RESIDENTIAL PROGRAM DESIGNED TO PROMOTE LONG-TERM RECOVERY FOR HOMELESS PEOPLE WITH SEVERE DRUG AND/OR ALCOHOL RELATED SUBSTANCE ABUSE ISSUES. HUM COMBINES THE VERY BEST CLINICAL PROFESSIONAL MENTAL HEALTH CARE (EMBEDDED COUNSELORS FROM JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL) AND THE VERY BEST PROFESSIONAL PASTORAL CARE AND SETS THESE SERVICES IN A 12-STEP THERAPEUTIC PEER COMMUNITY, FOSTERING A RESTORATIVE CULTURE OF WELLNESS AND HEALING. THE SRP FOCUSES ON FOUR KEY AREAS TO SUPPORT A MATURE, PRODUCTIVE LIFE: PHYSICAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL, SPIRITUAL AND SOCIAL. THE SRP PROVIDES PARTICIPANTS WITH THE TOOLS NECESSARY TO OVERCOME ADDICTION AND REESTABLISH HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS, WORK ETHIC AND TO ONCE AGAIN BECOME CONTRIBUTING MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY.FOLLOWING GRADUATION FROM THE SRP, HUM'S GRADUATE TRANSITIONAL HOUSING PROGRAM (GTHP) IS AN IMPORTANT NEXT STEP IN THE TRANSFORMATIVE PROCESS. IN THIS PROGRAM, FORMERLY HOMELESS PEOPLE LIVE IN LONG-TERM (UP TO 24 MONTHS) HOUSING THAT PREPARES THEM TO RE-ENTER THE COMMUNITY AS PRODUCTIVE MEMBERS. THE "HEART" OF THIS PROGRAM IS TO PROVIDE THE REGION'S RECOVERING HOMELESS PEOPLE WITH A SAFE, ENCOURAGING, MUTUALLY SUPPORTIVE AND SPIRITUALLY NURTURING ENVIRONMENT WHILE THEY WORK OR ATTEND SCHOOL. BY LIVING WITHIN A THERAPEUTIC COMMUNITY, AND GRADUALLY GROWING IN RESPONSIBILITY AND LIFE-SKILLS, CLIENTS ARE BETTER EQUIPPED TO REGAIN THEIR INDEPENDENCE - AND KEEP IT. HERE, EACH PERSON IS KNOWN BY HIS "NEIGHBORS", ENCOURAGED AND HELD ACCOUNTABLE TO THE STANDARD OF LIVING ESTABLISHED IN THE SRP.ALSO, THERE ARE SEVERAL OTHER PROGRAMS AT HUM THAT FILL OUT THE REST OF AVAILABLE BEDS. PROGRAMS WITH OTHER PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL, THE VETERAN'S ADMINISTRATION AND LOCAL HOSPITALS PROVIDE OUTPATIENT RECOVERY HOUSING AND EMERGENCY ROOM DIVERSION PROGRAMS TO PEOPLE IN NEED.HUM'S WORK IS EVIDENCE-BASED, OUTCOMES-DRIVEN AND ROOTED IN RESEARCH. WE MEASURE GROWTH IN CLIENTS USING THE LIFE TRANSFORMATION MATRIX WHICH IS MODELED AFTER THE NATIONALLY UTILIZED AND RESEARCH VALIDATED TOOL FOR CASE MANAGEMENT KNOWN AS THE SELF-SUFFICIENCY MATRIX. OUTCOMES ARE ACCOMPLISHED BY PROVIDING A COMPREHENSIVE ARRAY OF RESIDENTIAL PROGRAMS AND ON-SITE SUPPORTIVE SERVICES THROUGH AN EXTENSIVE INTEGRATED NETWORK OF STRATEGIC COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS. THE 170,000 SQUARE FOOT CAMPUS ENCOMPASSES 542 BEDS IN SEVERAL DISTINCTIVE PROGRAMS AT HUM, WHICH INCLUDE: - EMERGENCY OVERNIGHT GUEST SERVICES PROGRAM (50 BEDS) - YEAR-LONG SPIRITUAL RECOVERY PROGRAM (305 BEDS) - GRADUATE TRANSITIONAL HOUSING PROGRAM (50 BEDS) - INTERN LEADERSHIP TRAINING PROGRAM (15 BEDS) - LONGER-TERM SUPPORTIVE HOUSING PROGRAM (24 BEDS) - GRADUATE SPIRITUAL RECOVERY PROGRAM (10 BEDS) - JOHNS HOPKINS INTENSIVE OUTPATIENT RECOVERY PROGRAM (48 BEDS) - VETERANS ADMINISTRATION OUTPATIENT RECOVERY PROGRAM (25 BEDS) - JOHNS HOPKINS BAYVIEW "NEXT STEP" EMERGENCY ROOM DIVERSION PROGRAM (15 BEDS)HUM SERVES A DIVERSE GROUP OF CLIENTELE WHOSE AVERAGE DEMOGRAPHICS ARE: - 40 YEARS OF AGE - STARED USING DRUGS OR ALCOHOL AT AGE 15 - 20 YEARS OF ACTIVE ADDICTION - DIVERSE RACIAL AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC BACKGROUNDS - 71% HAVE EXPERIENCED INCARCERATION, AVERAGING 30 MONTHS OF JAIL TIME SERVED - 51% COME FROM BALTIMORE CITY - 30% DO NOT HAVE A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA - 57% HAVE CHILDREN - MOST HAVE EXPERIENCED DOMESTIC VIOLENCE OR TRAUMA GROWING UPAPPROXIMATELY 60 PERCENT OF THE HUM STAFF IS COMPRISED OF PROGRAM GRADUATES. FIFTEEN BEDS ARE ALLOCATED TO SELECT MEMBERS OF THAT STAFF, WHO LIVE ON SITE. THIS HELPS TO MAINTAIN THE RECOVERY CULTURE AND STRENGTHEN THE SAFE, ENCOURAGING, AND THERAPEUTIC ENVIRONMENT FOR THE RESIDENTIAL CLIENTS. HELPING UP MISSION PARTNERS WITH A LARGE NETWORK OF COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS TO DELIVER A COMPREHENSIVE AND HOLISTIC RANGE OF SERVICES WHICH INCLUDE: - SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT & PASTORAL COUNSELING - CLINICAL MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING - CLINICAL SUBSTANCE ABUSE COUNSELING - 12-STEP SUBSTANCE ABUSE RECOVERY PROGRAMS - ON-SITE PRIMARY HEALTHCARE - DENTAL CARE - EDUCATIONAL ADVANCEMENT (GED/EDP) AND TUTORING - VOCATIONAL PROGRAMS AND CERTIFICATIONS - VITAL DOCUMENTS PROCUREMENT - HIV AWARENESS AND SCREENING - LEGAL AID - LEGAL EXPUNGEMENT CLINICS - FINANCIAL LITERACY - COMPUTER LITERACY - MENTORING - WORK THERAPY - ART & MUSIC THERAPY - EXERCISE AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIESHELPING UP MISSION, INC. PARTNERS INCLUDE (BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO): - JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL AND HEALTH SYSTEMS - JOHNS HOPKINS BAYVIEW MEDICAL CENTER - JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY - JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH - JOHNS HOPKINS CAREY SCHOOL OF BUSINESS - GREATER BALTIMORE MEDICAL CENTER - UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND MEDICAL CENTER - UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY - TOWSON UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF NURSING - SCHOOL OF PHARMACY AT NOTRE DAME AT MARYLAND UNIVERSITY - U.S. DEPARTMENT OF VETERAN AFFAIRS - MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE - MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT - BALTIMORE CITY MAYOR'S OFFICE OF HOMELESS SERVICES - BALTIMORE CITY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES - THE SKIP VIRAGH FOUNDATION - THE ABELL FOUNDATION - THE HARRY AND JEANETTE WEINBERG FOUNDATION, INC. - THE FRANCE-MERRICK FOUNDATION - HEALTHCARE FOR THE HOMELESS - BACK ON MY FEET - BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SYSTEMS - BALTIMORE - BALTIMORE CITY/COUNTY OFFICE OF CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT - HEALTHCARE ACCESS MARYLAND - ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS - BRADLEY, ARANT, BOULT, CUMMINGS, LLC - ROSENBERG MARTIN GREENBERG - BB&T BANK - M&T BANK - BANK OF AMERICA - MARYLAND SOCIETY FOR SIGHT - DAVIDOVSKI EYE ASSOCIATES - BRANDENBURG EYE ASSOCIATES - DIAKON KATHRYN'S KLOSET - FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK - DISABILITY SUPPORT SERVICESOVER THE COURSE OF THE PAST FISCAL YEAR, 2020, AND DESPITE COVID-19 INTERRUPTIONS, HELPING UP MISSION PROVIDED THE FOLLOWING TO OUR CLIENTS: - 123 GRADUATES OF THE YEAR-LONG SPIRITUAL RECOVERY PROGRAM - 383,250+ MEALS SERVED EACH YEAR - 168,165+ NIGHTS OF AVAILABLE SHELTER ANNUALLY

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