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The Baltimore Station, Crowne Plaza Hotel provide home away from home for homeless veterans
Listen to this articleThe Baltimore Station, an organization that supports individuals, primarily veterans, dealing with homelessness and substance use disorder by providing residential and community-based therapy programs, has created a unique partnership with the Crowne Plaza Baltimore-Inner Harbor Hotel managed by Crescent Hotels & Resorts in downtown Baltimore, to protect its residents from the COVID-19 virus and keep the vulnerable population safe while participating in the program.
The partnership allows the organization to move its entire operation, including resident housing, counseling and alternative therapeutic programming, to the 380-room hotel.
The hotel has designated five floors to the organization with room for future growth. The Baltimore Station will provide private accommodations to 60 residents from its south Baltimore and Baker Street locations and can expand its capacity to serve nearly 140 men depending on demand.
In addition to providing rooms to each resident, the organization will use common areas and meeting spaces on its designated floors that will allow the residents to participate in group therapy sessions, and alternative therapeutic programming such as chair yoga, letter writing, drumming and art therapy while continuing to social distance and following mask protocols.
