Health Care for the Homeless builds trust, delivers care to people right where they are

By Sheilah Kast,

Published June 6, 2025 at 10:42 AM EDT

From left: Health Care for the Homeless Director of Outreach Services Dr. Jimmy Miller, Harm Reduction Manager Molly Greenberg, RN and Outreach Services Manager John Lane provide human connection and health care services to people experiencing homelessness, who might not otherwise seek out care. Photo: John Lane — From left: Healthcare for the Homeless Director of Outreach Services Dr. Jimmy Miller, Harm Reduction Manager Molly Greenberg and Outreach Services Manager John Lane. They provide human connection and health care services to people experiencing homelessness by meeting them where they are, and who might not otherwise seek out care. Photo: John Lane

Think “homeless in Baltimore.” Think “healthcare”. Right away, your brain may paint a picture of the nonprofit Health Care for the Homeless, reaching out to people on the street, without housing, connecting them to healthcare.

Except that until this spring, Health Care for the Homeless wasn’t actually delivering medical care on the street. It has always reached out to unhoused people, it operates satellite clinics and mobile clinics where people can get care -- and it offers lots of other kindness of support to get people into homes of their own. But street medicine -- that’s new. It started in April.

We talk with Dr. Jimmy Miller, Director of Outreach Services, to learn how it works.