PATH Outreach

A grant from Baltimore Mental Health Systems enables Prisoners Aid Association to connect homeless individuals with mental health treatment providers in Baltimore. The PATH Case Manager connects with the homeless population at Health Fairs, Food Pantries, and by encounters at homeless shelters and in the field, providing information and referrals to people who may be suffering from mental illness. Last year, Prisoners Aid Association served over 200 consumers with this program.

An Access to Recovery III grant has been awarded to the Maryland Alcohol and Drug Abuse Administration (ADAA), the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DHMH). The grant from the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration is expected to annually serve up to 2,500 adults who are returning to their home communities after completing residential addiction treatment.
Maryland’s Access to Recovery (ATR) initiative, known as RecoveryNet, provides services including supportive housing; extended residential treatment in halfway houses; pastoral and family counseling; care coordination; child care; transportation to and from treatment and recovery support services; and job readiness counseling from a menu of eligible community and faith-based providers.
Prisoners Aid Association is one of the first providers of Recovery Housing selected in Maryland.

All clients are assigned a case manager who provides intensive case management services. Based on a needs assessment clients are referred to partner agencies for social services benefits, medical and dental treatment, community based addictions treatment, and family mediation and reunification services. GED classes, job preparation and placement are in-house programs.