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It's now Beyond Shelter Frederick. Frederick, Md (KM) What was once known as the Religious Coalition for Emergency Human Needs is now called Beyond Shelter Frederick. The new name was announced last week by the organization. "We worked for the last two years that this as a move in the right dir

The Religious Coalition for Emergency Human Needs in Frederick County has changed its name to Beyond Shelter Frederick to clarify the organization’s purpose and make it more accessible to anyone

The doors werent set to open until 9 a.m., but when volunteers arrived to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at 7:30 a.m. on Wednesday, dozens of people

How Maryland is working to vaccinate its homeless population By TORI BERGEL of Capital News Service April 26, 2021 GMT On March 5, 2020, Maryland’s first three positive cases of COVID-19 were confirmed. On March 30, 2020, Gov. Larry Hogan issued a stay-at-home order, keeping residents from work or school, and setting in motion a new normal for the state of pandemic-related anxiety to which the world is still accustomed. On Dec. 11, the Food and Drug Administration approved administration of t...

HOLLAND — The Community Foundation of the Holland/Zeeland Area continues to step in to support local organizations responding to the increased needs in the community created by the COVID-19 pandemic.Over the last three months of 2020, CFHZ awarded grants totaling $448,000 from its COVID-19 Community Stabilization Fund.The grants targeted three areas:Financial stability: preventing people from slipping into poverty and supporting basic needs such as food and housing.Mental health: scaling

HOLLAND — The Community Foundation of the Holland/Zeeland Area continues to step in to support local organizations responding to the increased needs in the community created by the COVID-19 pandemic.Over the last three months of 2020, CFHZ awarded grants totaling $448,000 from its COVID-19 Community Stabilization Fund.The grants targeted three areas:Financial stability: preventing people from slipping into poverty and supporting basic needs such as food and housing.Mental health: scaling

Collective Church’s recent relocation won’t only land the group’s leaders and supporters in new digs, but it’s also helping a nonprofit wipe out medical debt for Marylanders to the tune of $4 million. Collective Church will be moving into its permanent location in the Westview Business Park in January. When fundraising for the project, they put 10 percent of funds aside for charity work. Now, some of that money has found a home at RIP Medical Debt, a nonprofit organization t...

For months now, Nick Brown at the Religious Coalition for Emergency Human Needs has been preparing for the “what ifs” that naturally arise when running shelter programs during a global pandemic.  Normally, as cold weather approaches each year, shelters such as the one run by the Religious Coalition aim to provide a warm, safe place for those in Frederick County that have nowhere else to go. But this is far from a normal year. Brown knew there would be a number of possible scenarios...