Helping Up Mission, Inc.

HUM has a long-standing relationship with John Hopkins Institutions, including Johns Hopkins Hospital and Johns Hopkins University. The Hopkins Housing Program was established in 2008 to a single-point residence for patients enrolled in JHH’s Broadway Center for Addictions program. JHH pays a nightly per diem for each program participant, which includes housing and transportation to and from the hospital. While these men and women are not participants in the Spiritual Recovery Program, they do live within the same therapeutic recovery-based community and abide by the same policies and procedures as everyone else. Patients who complete treatment of this program can transition laterally into the Spiritual Recovery Program (SRP) to follow through on their employment and housing goals.

This program provides the next level of independent living for men who have completed two years in the Graduate Transitional Housing Program. Participants enjoy independent living within close proximity of the HUM supportive campus community. About half of these men are HUM residential staff members. This significant number of staff living on and near the main campus helps to maintain a consistent culture during evening and weekend hours.

To reach people where they are, we take hope to the streets of Greater Baltimore through our Street Outreach Program. We build relationships with our most vulnerable neighbors who are living in unimaginable conditions, working to meet their immediate needs by offering them case management and referrals for services.

Graduates of the 1-year Spiritual Recovery Program are eligible to stay in Graduate Transitional Housing for up to 2 years. Space for 50 men in semi-private dorm rooms is available, co-located with other Helping Up Mission buildings and services. Graduates are gainfully employed in the community and fully engaged in Mission life, including meals, recovery meetings, chapel services, mentoring, and Alumni services.

The flagship program of Helping Up Mission, our Spiritual Recovery Program, integrates the latest scientific understanding of addiction treatment with intense spiritual development. For one full year, men at our Men's Center and women at our Center for Women & Children, live here at the Mission in a 12-step therapeutic community. They are immersed in a culture of healing and wellness that meets their physical, psychological, social, and spiritual needs through four timed phases.

This foundational program, which was established in 1885, serves men experiencing homelessness. Here, men sleep in a dormitory-style bed and receive two nutritious meals, a hot shower, and clothing. This program offers hope, encouragement, and the opportunity for real and permanent change – men who acknowledge the need for help can interview to enter our Spiritual Recovery Program or other HUM residential programs, depending on their individual needs.

Johns Hopkins Bayview operates a Comprehensive Addiction and Pregnancy (CAP) program that provides outpatient services and programming for pregnant women with substance use disorders. Through this CAP partnership, Helping Up Mission offers pregnant and postpartum women the resources they need to care for themselves and their babies in a homelike environment where they can begin to heal through counseling, clinical and medical services, enrollment in the Spiritual Recovery Program, and more.

In partnership with local healthcare institutions, we’re providing additional care to assist patients in their recovery. The Next Step Program provides local hospitals with a safe, stable residential facility to refer patients who need additional or ongoing care, but do not need to be in a costly hospital bed. The goal is to help patients take the next step in the process of their recovery journey.

In 2011, HUM established a partnership with the Department of Veterans Affairs to address the needs of homeless veterans in Greater Baltimore. We are honored to serve these American heroes and provide short-term transitional housing as we help them secure permanent housing. These men and women may elect to transition to the Spiritual Recovery Program, where other veterans are also returning to wholeness.