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About Mercy/FAQs: Community Outreach

Arm in Arm—breast cancer survivor support group dedicated to promoting the physical and emotional well being of women with breast cancer by providing friendship, support, and understanding. Nurses and allied health professionals from The Hoffberger Breast Center at Mercy support this effort.

Catherine's Hearth: A Place of Hospitality and Growth—a new support center for homeless families operating as an outreach program of Mercy Medical Center. Located on the first floor of the St. Ignatius Center (801 St. Paul Street). Hours of operation are Tuesdays-Fridays, 12 to 8 pm, and Saturdays, 10 am to 6 pm.

Catherine’s Hearth programs are open to homeless families living in emergency shelters, transitional housing, or within Baltimore “doubled-up” with family and friends. Staff and volunteers work to assist and support participants in identifying goals and completing action steps to reach them. Participants will utilize existing programs in the City, working in partnership with Catherine’s Hearth to meet education, job-training, housing search, and other needs. Programs at the center will focus on improving communication, parenting and leadership skills, and building self-esteem and self-expression through programs in the arts, nutrition education, health, exercise and more.

Volunteers are needed and anyone interested in sharing time and talents can call Dorothy Dobbyn, Program Director, at 410-244-1840 (center) or 443-386-2312 (cell).

Family Health Centers of Baltimore, Inc.—provides cost-efficient and accessible health care regardless of insurance status. Accepts most major insurances, Medicaid and HMOs, and can arrange for sliding-scale fees to assist the uninsured with physician and other expenses. Four community-based locations - downtown on Mercy's campus, Cherry Hill, South Baltimore and Brooklyn.

Offering the following services:

Pediatrics
Adult Medicine
OB/GYN
Outpatient Substance Abuse Detoxification
Dental Care
Podiatry
HIV Case Management
Van Transportation
Family Planning
Basic Laboratory Tests
Language Translation Services
Basic Diagnostic X-ray

Family Violence Program—Mercy partners with the State Department of Human Resources Victim Services to support a program to identify the symptoms of domestic violence at an early stage and offer support and intervention. The program provides consultation services to physicians and allied health professionals on campus and in the community geared at early detection of violence within families.

Hadassah Check it Out Program—a community program for women, providing education and training on breast self-examination (BSE) and health promotional information on the prevention of breast disease. A registered nurse from The Hoffberger Breast Center at Mercy leads the program.

Healthcare for the Homeless—Mercy partners with the City of Baltimore in establishing a primary care site dedicated to providing healthcare to the homeless population. Allied health professionals include social workers, supportive housing staff, nurses, and pastoral care.

Helping Hands—supported by the Mildred Mindell Cancer Foundation, providing support for those who are going through or have survived cancer. The program is run by Mercy Volunteers and allied health professionals and offers enhancement services for Mercy patients with limited financial resources, including wigs, turbans and cosmetics.

Mercy's Children Health Outreach Program (M-CHOP)—provides outreach services and healthcare to homeless children and families in Baltimore City through a community network of 30 separate organizations.

Mercy Counseling Group—offered on campus through the Pastoral Care Department, offering individual counseling for adults experiencing some type of emotional distress.

PRIME (EAP)—a community-based employee assistance program providing drug and alcohol counseling. Allied health professionals include social workers, mental health counselors and addiction counselors.

Moving On—a one-on-one support program sponsored by Mercy and The American Cancer Society, pairing current patients with volunteers who have survived breast cancer.

Supportive Housing Program—Mercy sponsors a program designed to help the homeless and underserved secure housing and prevent eviction through a variety of government and private funding sources.

True Sisters—a philanthropic organization that performs a variety of service projects. True Sisters make comfort pillows for women who have just had breast surgery at Mercy Medical Center.