Public Health Nurses provide health assessments and nursing intervention for individuals and families in the homeless and freezing weather shelters in Baltimore County. Primary nursing services include screening for communicable diseases, immunization status, pregnancy, supervision and guidance for chronic health problems such as hypertension and diabetes. Health education, counseling, referral and service coordination are provided to address the identified problems.
Referral sources include primary medical care throughout the, Primary Care Medically Indigent Program (PCMI), local hospitals, WIC Program, family planning, mental health and other preventive services at the Baltimore County Department of Health and health maintenance organizations. Services are coordinated with social workers, housing specialists, mental health counselors and, substance abuse counselors to help restore clients to a stable living environment.
| Central Nursing Offices ~ Consultations available from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. |
Bureau of Public Health Nursing
Baltimore County Department of Health
Drumcastle Government Center
6401 York Road, 3rd Floor
Baltimore, MD 21212-2130 | E-mail: health@baltimorecountymd.gov
Phone: 410-887-2705 TTY Users call Maryland Relay - 1-800-735-2258
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A public health nurse visits each shelter at least once a week
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| Arbutus Shelter | Innterim at Jensen Lane | Eleanor D. Corner House at Reisterstown | |
| I Can, Dundalk Crisis Center | Eastern Family Resource Center | Sarah's Hope | |
| Two freezing weather shelters at Spring Grove are open mid-November to mid-April only. |
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I Can
116 Lavern Avenue
Lansdowne, MD 21227
Transitional Shelter - (up to six months)
Women & Children only
Phone: 410-247-7947
| YWCA Eleanor D. Corner House
4000 Southwestern Blvd.
Baltimore, MD 21229
Family & Children
Phone: 410-247-6286
| YWCA Eleanor D. Corner House
12035 Reisterstown Road
Baltimore, MD 21136
Family & Children
Phone: 410-833-7768
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Eastern Family Resource Center and Sarah's Hope
9100 Franklin Square Drive
Baltimore, MD 21237
410-887-0400 | | |
Revised December 20, 2007
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