Baltimore's vulnerable homeless population will be moved from the city's three emergency shelters to motels, the city announced Monday.|| Late-breaking coronavirus updates | Maryland's latest numbers ||"This effort allows our neighbors who are experiencing homelessness to isolate safely, while allowing our team to help monitor their health," Mayor Jack Young said in a statement.On March 20, the city began transporting and supporting homeless individuals who were tested for the coronavirus and awaiting test results to a motel for isolation. Since then, 56 individuals who were homeless or living in congregate settings have been served in this isolation location.This week, 150 vulnerable, but healthy, individuals over the age of 62 from the city's three emergency shelters will be moved to motels. Remaining residents currently sheltering at the Monument Street Shelter will be relocated to a larger, more suitable location to allow for social distancing, city officials said."We are relocating homeless individuals that are over 62 and residing in city shelters to motel rooms in order to help protect them from COVID-19. We continue to work with our nonprofit partners to provide safe lodging and support for all of our homeless clients," Jerrianne Anthony, director of the Mayor's Office of Homeless Services, said in a statement.The Baltimore City Health Department, MOHS, Health Care for the Homeless and hospitals have developed a screening and testing protocol for homeless individuals, and MOHS continues to reach out to those who stay in encampments and on the streets.

Baltimore's vulnerable homeless population will be moved from the city's three emergency shelters to motels, the city announced Monday.

|| Late-breaking coronavirus updates | Maryland's latest numbers ||


"This effort allows our neighbors who are experiencing homelessness to isolate safely, while allowing our team to help monitor their health," Mayor Jack Young said in a statement.

On March 20, the city began transporting and supporting homeless individuals who were tested for the coronavirus and awaiting test results to a motel for isolation. Since then, 56 individuals who were homeless or living in congregate settings have been served in this isolation location.

This week, 150 vulnerable, but healthy, individuals over the age of 62 from the city's three emergency shelters will be moved to motels. Remaining residents currently sheltering at the Monument Street Shelter will be relocated to a larger, more suitable location to allow for social distancing, city officials said.

"We are relocating homeless individuals that are over 62 and residing in city shelters to motel rooms in order to help protect them from COVID-19. We continue to work with our nonprofit partners to provide safe lodging and support for all of our homeless clients," Jerrianne Anthony, director of the Mayor's Office of Homeless Services, said in a statement.

The Baltimore City Health Department, MOHS, Health Care for the Homeless and hospitals have developed a screening and testing protocol for homeless individuals, and MOHS continues to reach out to those who stay in encampments and on the streets.