Head Start is a pre-kindergarten program first launched by the United States government in 1965. The program was designed to aid working-class children in specific areas of their development, including education, nutrition and health services. Since the program's inception, it has helped children and families around the country to ...

Marcus Scott is a caseworker at Beans & Bread, our day shelter in Fells Point. A Baltimore native, Marcus grew up in the Walbrook neighborhood where his family has resided for generations. He describes a childhood surrounded by a closeknit and warm family in the neighborhood known for decay and neglect ...

Meet Sheila, a former client who worked with a case worker at our Beans & Bread center and built a new life.

She says she never knew privileges, growing up in Baltimore’s Belvedere neighborhood. Her father was addicted to drugs and in and out of prison, so she lived with ...

It’s a hot July day in Baltimore. School has been out for a few weeks now, and the first day of the new school year is still eight weeks away.  That’s a recipe for summer learning loss.  

Sometimes referred to as summer setback, or summer slide, the ground ...