About
Approximately 1,600 men, women, and children are homeless in Baltimore City on any given night. Lack of affordable housing, low incomes, and limited access to comprehensive services are primary causes of homelessness. Disabilities and chronic illnesses, including substance use disorders and mental illness, create additional challenges in resolving homelessness.
Our Mission
The mission of the Mayor’s Office of Homeless Services (MOHS) is to make homelessness rare, brief, and nonrecurring in Baltimore City through a trauma-informed, data-driven, and person-centered approach. Through strategic public-private partnerships, we will meet the immediate needs of our neighbors experiencing homelessness while creating a more efficient homeless response system in Baltimore City.
View MOHS' 2023 Annual Report.
Baltimore City Contiuum of Care
Baltimore City’s plan to make homelessness rare and brief, focuses on four major goal areas that address the root causes of homelessness: affordable housing, comprehensive health care, sufficient incomes, and preventive and emergency services.
The plan is overseen by the Baltimore City Continuum of Care (CoC), which is a coalition of service providers, funders, advocates, government agencies, and community stakeholders working together to make homelessness rare and brief. The CoC Board acts as a catalyst for strategic planning, collaborating with other systems of care, recruiting philanthropic support, allocating homeless services funds, and coordinating CoC activities and committees.