Team Profile Summary

The Baltimore Place Matters Team is committed to a collaborative approach toward Health Equity that recognizes and compliments the health disparities work well underway in Maryland. Through work with policymakers, public and private organizations, and local citizens, we seek to engender a new paradigm of thought which promotes the reduction of health disparities, and promotes HEALTH EQUITY, using the framework of the Social Determinants of Health. With a focus on education, mobilization and advocacy, of the public and key leadership, we seek to utilize data and national best practices to inform the development of public policies which have a measurable impact on both reducing health disparities and promoting HEALTH EQUITY effects for children, youth and families in Baltimore.

Team Profile Details

Problem Statement

Limited availability and unequal access to housing and educational resources over a sustained period of time have become systemic and not only obstructed quality of life opportunities for the children, youth and families of Baltimore City, but have led to institutional practices which create inequitable outcomes in housing and education that manifest in preventable “excess” death and disease.

Team Objectives

To develop polices and the institutional transformation necessary to eliminate systemic and historical impacts of racism and its effects on housing and education differentials in Baltimore.

Community Partners:

• Associated Black Charities*
• Baltimore City Council
• Baltimore City Health Department,
• Children’s Chance for Change F
• Cradle to College Pipeline, Inc.* F
• Leadership Council on Civil Rights
• Mid-Atlantic Association of Community Health Centers
• Maryland Health Care Coalition
• Maryland State Delegates & Senators/Legislative Health Disparities & HEALTH EQUITY Champions
• St. Agnes Healthcare
• US Dept. of Housing and Urban Development—Baltimore Office

F= Founding Organization
*= Team Co- Leads:

For more information and to become involved, please contact:

Associated Black Charities (ABC)/ www.abc-md.org
Cradle to College Pipeline, Inc. www.CradleToCollegePipeline.org

Informational Contacts:

Shannon Cosgrove (Baltimore City Health Department)
HealthDisparities@baltimorecity.gov
410-984-4098

Or

Leslie Bernard (Associated Black Charities)
Lbernard@abc-md.org
410-984-4098