Where We Serve
The St. Mary’s Outreach Center (SMOC) primarily serves lower income older adults across Baltimore City. Historically, our outreach has occurred primarily in the surrounding ZIP Code, 21211. We have built organizational capacity and expertise over the years, and we are expanding our outreach to the 21218, 21217, and 21215 ZIP codes.
SMOC clients may be older homeowners living alone; grandparents, or great grandparents, raising children; residents of senior housing apartments; and, people at risk of becoming homeless.
Due to younger, more upwardly mobile people moving into the community in recent years, lower income elderly tend to be more and more hidden. They represent a significant portion of the 7.7% of the households living in poverty in a community where 29% of the households now have incomes exceeding $60,000 annually.
SMOC clients may be older homeowners living alone; grandparents, or great grandparents, raising children; residents of senior housing apartments; and, people at risk of becoming homeless.
Due to younger, more upwardly mobile people moving into the community in recent years, lower income elderly tend to be more and more hidden. They represent a significant portion of the 7.7% of the households living in poverty in a community where 29% of the households now have incomes exceeding $60,000 annually.