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Community Supports
Empowering Communities & Community Health Peer Support Workers
At Educational Sustainability Mobilization, we believe in empowering communities through education. Our programs focus on sustainable practices that can be integrated into everyday life, fostering a culture of responsibility and awareness.
Care Coordination and Outreach Community Health Supports Objectives:
Coordinate housing support with other services (e.g., health care, food, career opportunities, workforce development through our community engagement partners)
Use outreach strategies to reach vulnerable populations.
How We Show Up!
Ethics and Confidentiality
Ethical guidelines and boundaries are set in motion the moment we engage both clients and decision makers in housing-related support roles.
Confidentiality protocols for handling sensitive information about housing status, immigration, and financial vulnerability.
Addressing ethical dilemmas in client advocacy.
Community Services
Care Outreach
Coordinate housing support with other services (e.g., health care, food, legal aid, giving Suite, )
Use outreach strategies to reach vulnerable populations
Housing Myths
Local Systems & Resource Navigation
Objectives:
Identify local housing resources and systems (e.g., Section 8, emergency shelters)
Assess client eligibility for housing services
Activities:
Resource Mapping Assignment: Create a local housing resource guide
“Navigating Housing Systems”
Live Session: Connect with local housing service providers
Care Coordinators
Care Coordination Support for Health, Mental Well-being, Housing, Education, Employment and Nutrition
Linking housing with other social determinants of health, including transportation, food, and healthcare.
Housing assessments and care plans to coordinate multi-agency support.
Managing complex client needs across systems.
Community Health Worker (CHW) Training Program focused on housing navigation, displacement prevention, and housing literacy, aligned with competencies: Coursework Summary: Community Health Worker Training – Housing Navigation and Displacement Prevention Focus This specialized Community Health Worker (CHW) directed care affiliates with the knowledge and skills to support clients in navigating housing systems, accessing critical resources, and preventing housing displacement. Emphasis is placed on advocacy, education, and culturally responsive support for individuals and families facing housing instability. The curriculum includes the following core components: 1. Advocacy and Community Capacity Building Training in grassroots and systems-level advocacy to support affordable housing policies and tenant rights. Skill-building in organizing and mobilizing community efforts to improve access to stable housing. Empowering clients to self-advocate through education.
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We also offer both Food Handlers & Food Manager Career Opportunities
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2025
Did You Know
Community Health Workers (CHWs) in mental health, nutrition, and housing.
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🏠 DMV Homelessness & Housing Board (July 2025)
Jurisdiction PIT Count (2025) Δ from 2024
Washington, DC 5,138 ↓ 9% ▼18% families; 900+ housed
Montgomery County, MD 1,510 ↑ 32% Family homelessness surged
Prince George’s County 606 ↓ 8% Unsheltered singles ↓47%
Baltimore City, MD TBD —
200+ volunteers helping count
DMV Total: 9,659 (−1%), first drop since 2021
Source:
([bls.gov [1], [health.maryland.gov][2], needhelppayingbills.com [3], chwcoalitionmd.org][4])
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🚨 Shelters, Safety, & Community Action
Montgomery County enacted SB 1107 (2024) to license shelters and mandate trauma-informed staff standards.
The Enable Safe Shelters Change.org campaign has \~100 signatures urging Enhanced training, peer support, and safer environments.
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🧑⚕️ Community Health Workers: Workforce Snapshot
Maryland hosts \~2,500 CHWs—the fourth-largest cohort in the U.S.—supporting housing, food, mental health, SUD, maternal care ([en.wikipedia.org][5], [chwcoalitionmd.org][4]).
Montgomery Housing Partnership’s “Promotores” pilot in Wheaton trains resident CHWs to connect neighbors to healthcare, SNAP, food, and public benefit services ([mhpartners.org][6]).
MD Department of Health funds CHW-led programs: \$500K for Mobile Med in East County, \$375K for JEDI CHWs through Primary Care Coalition([health.maryland.gov][2]).
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🍎 Nutrition & Food Security Efforts
Montgomery County Memorial Clinic offers bi-monthly Mobile Food Pantries, community gardens, and nutrition education( mcmh.org [7]).
Maryland Food Bank distributed 52 Million lbs of food (\~43 Million meals) in FY 2024 and serves 1 Million+ individuals (en.wikipedia.org [8]).
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🛠️ WORKFORCE & TRAINING (2025)
Accredited CHW training in Maryland: Rebirth Inc, STAR, Spring Forward, The Healthy Church, Jude House (2025–2028) ([health.maryland.gov][9]).
CHWs earn \~\$53K/year in MD; \$65K in DC ([bls.gov][1]).
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🧩 INTEGRATED IMPACT SUMMARY
🏡 Homelessness & Shelter Safety: SB 1107 and grassroots action drive systemic improvements in MoCo.
🩺 CHW Integration:CHWs bridge healthcare and housing, connect clients to food, behavioral support, and public benefits.
🌱 Nutrition Initiatives: Clinics and food banks use CHWs to screen and refer households to SNAP, mobile pantries, gardens, and workforce training.
📚 Building Capacity: Accredited CHW programs and CHW funding expand professional support systems in underserved communities.
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🎯CALL TO ACTION
Support CHWs—they strengthen prevention, recovery, food security, and shelter safety.
Donate or volunteer with clinic pantries, housing partners, CHW training programs.
Sign & share the Montgomery Safe Shelters petition to enhance shelter oversight and resident well‑being.
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🔗 Links:
Enable Safe Shelters Petition
Montgomery “Promotores” CHW Pilots
Maryland CHW Training Programs
[1]: https://www.bls.gov/OES/current/oes211094.htm?utm_source=chatgpt.com "Community Health Workers"
[2]: https://health.maryland.gov/mchrc/pages/grantee_childhood-obesity.aspx?utm_source=chatgpt.com "Maryland Department of Health grantee_childhood obesity"
[3]: https://www.needhelppayingbills.com/html/montgomery_county_department_of_.html?utm_source=chatgpt.com "Montgomery County Department of Health and Human Services assistance programs"
[4]: https://chwcoalitionmd.org/?utm_source=chatgpt.com "CHWs Empowerment Coalition of Maryland – Advocacy rooted in the voices & priorities of Maryland’s Community Health Worker workforce"
[5]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evan_M._Glass?utm_source=chatgpt.com "Evan M. Glass"
[6]: https://mhpartners.org/mhp-launches-community-health-worker-pilot-program/?utm_source=chatgpt.com "MHP Launches Community Health Worker Pilot Program – Montgomery Housing Partnership"
[7]: https://www.mcmh.org/patients-visitors/community-health-outreach?utm_source=chatgpt.com "Community Health & Outreach Initiatives - MCMH + Clinics"
[8]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maryland_Food_Bank?utm_source=chatgpt.com "Maryland Food Bank"
[9]: https://health.maryland.gov/pophealth/Community-Health-Workers/Pages/Accredited-Community-Health-Worker-Training-Programs.aspx?utm_source=chatgpt.com "Pages - Accredited Community Health Worker Training Programs"Improving the lives of people in need. Our mission is to provide assistance to those who are less fortunate and to create a better world for all. Through our programs and initiatives, we strive to make a positive impact on the world and to help those who need it the most.
In its most recently completed fiscal year, the Trust had a budget of about $40 million, with $12 million derived from the FBT, $20 million from HUD, and the balance from state and private resources.
What are the outcomes of the Homeless Trust's initiatives?
The outcomes of the Homeless Trust's initiatives in Miami include:
- Reduction in street homelessness from roughly 8,000 to 1,347.
- Increase in housing units: 769 emergency beds, 1,815 transitional beds, and 2,072 permanent supportive housing beds.
- Development of Homeless Assistance Centers (HACs) providing emergency shelter, assessment, intensive case management, and co-located mainstream services, with over 70,000 people having used these services.
- Expansion of permanent supportive housing (PSH) with a plan to create and complete 100 new PSH units each year.
- Comprehensive jail diversion programs that have significantly decreased the number of homeless individuals with serious mental illnesses in jail, reduced misdemeanor recidivism among people with psychiatric disabilities from 70 percent to 20 percent, and allowed Miami to close an entire wing of its jail.
These initiatives have been supported by a combination of funding sources, including the food and beverage tax, HUD grants, state funding, and private resources.
As long as we keep having this discussion and utilizing the lived experience promotion and push as far as we can legally and meet community engagement with committee representatation.
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Community Health Worker, friend, or advocate.
EssentialNow / CHW Support: State of Maryland Galloway, Eneshal, 01879-24-A, EXP. 9/11/2026
1-800-799-7233 or text “START” to 88788
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Safe Help & Hotlines
📱 24/7 National DV Hotline
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- Crisis Help (EveryMind): 301-424-0656
- DV & Grief Support (TurnAround, Inc.): 443-279-0379
- Community Health Workers (EssentialNow):
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