GRASSROOTS CRISIS INTERVENTION CENTER CENTER INC

Programs

1. Emergency shelter: the 33-bed family shelter and 18-bed men's shelter provides emergency housing to families and single adults with the goal of helping residents permanently resolve their housing crisis. Each resident develops a plan which addresses their particular needs and challenges. Maximum length of stay is 6 months and is dependent on the resident's continued progress towards achieving the identified goals. Comprehensive support services include case management, access to mental health and addictions treatment, in-house employment support program, financial literacy and parenting programs, voluntary savings and debt management, health services, assistance applying for social services and social security for eligible persons, and assistance locating permanent housing. Transportation and limited financial support are also available. Staffing includes case managers, residential assistants, drivers and kitchen staff. Volunteers assist with meals, mentoring, recreational activities, tutoring and fundraising. In fy2024, the family shelter served 163 people and provided 12,931 bed-nights. The men's shelter served 51 men and provided 6,429 bed-nights. The majority of adults in…

   $3,365,265 spentof which $295,382 as grants$108,101 earned by the program
   21% of program spending

2. Crisis intervention services include 24-hour hotlines and walk-in counseling for anyone in need of immediate assistance. The hotlines include a general crisis line and the maryland crisis hotline which is a suicide prevention line that becomes a disaster response line during statewide emergencies. Grassroots also participates in the national life line, a national suicide prevention hotline. Grassroots answers hotlines and provides back-up for other agencies that require a 24-hour response. In fy2024, staff answered 78,528 crisis calls. Walk-in counseling is provided on site, 24-hours. There were 1,473 walk-in contacts in fy2023. Also, 135 individuals received treatment from state opioid response program. In fy2025, new and expanded services: outpatient mental health clinic (omhc) expansion: grassroots was awarded a $430,000 grant from the maryland community health resources commission (chrc) to expand the omhc. This expansion provides free mental health care throughout maryland, including therapy, stabilization with psychiatric medications, and withdrawal management. Harm reduction program: a new harm reduction access grant from the maryland department of health's behavioral…

   $11,795,259 spentof which $6,057 as grants$9,682,524 earned by the program
   73% of program spending

3. The mobile crisis team consists of two master's level mental health professionals who respond with the police to psychiatric emergencies, family crises, traumatic death situations, and other critical events in the community. Team members have authority to sign a petition for emergency evaluation which allows the police to immediately take an individual to the hospital on an involuntary basis for psychiatric evaluation. The team responds with the police to private residences, workplaces, accident scenes, public locations, and provides assessment, crisis intervention counseling, access to community resources, conflict resolution, facilitation of hospitalization, and specialized assistance in traumatic death situations. In fy2024, the team responded to 1,171 community emergencies. The team responded to 911 community responses in fy2025. This is a decrease from the 1,171 responses reported in the previous year (fy2024). The documents do not provide a reason for this decrease.

   $832,992 spent$901,455 earned by the program
   5% of program spending

4. Other program services: the day resource center located in jessup, maryland, serves the homeless population living outside in howard county. Last year the program served 1,371 individuals. Emergency motel program serves up to ten families per day in area motels, while a case manager works with them to resolve their homeless situation. In fy2024 the program served 160 people. The emergency rental assistance program provides emergency rental and utility assistance to households in howard county that are low- and moderate-income, have been financially impacted by the coronavirus, and are at imminent risk of homelessness. The cold weather shelter provides additional beds during the winter months through a partnership with the faith community. Each participating congregation hosts the shelter for one or two weeks and grassroots provide staffing and management of the program. In fy2024 the program served 73 homeless individuals including 14 families and 21 children. In fy 2024, the code blue shelter served 92 clients and provided 277 bed nights. In fy2025, new and expanded services: day resource center (drc): the drc served a record-setting 1,553 clients. A new service was added:…

   $133,594 spentof which $109,027 as grants
   1% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $16,127,110.