Shelter & Housing

The Emergency Safe Shelter has limited space to provide short-term, anonymous safe shelter to adult victims of domestic violence and their dependent children. While residing in the Emergency Safe Shelter, clients are provided with assistance to meet basic needs and plan for a life after shelter that maintains safety and builds housing stability. 

Services include:

• shelter
• meals
• crisis intervention and ongoing counseling
• service coordination (housing advocacy, medical referrals, job preparation, legal advocacy)
• transportation assistance
• access to wellness and enrichment programs.  

Fleeing domestic violence and need shelter?
Call 410-828-6390 

Not fleeing domestic violence and need shelter? 
Call 410-887-8463

The Family Crisis Center of Baltimore County, Inc.’s Domestic Violence Transitional Housing Project provides an opportunity for victims of domestic violence and their dependent children who need additional time and support than is typical in the Emergency Shelter. The additional time and support helps individuals continue to live violence-free and develop sustainable self-sufficiency.

Support includes:

• access to counseling
• service coordination for childcare and resources
• transportation assistance
• life skills
• education and/or job training

Rapid re-housing (RRH) is a program designed to help domestic violence survivors obtain and maintain safe, stable, permanent housing with rental assistance and some flexible financial assistance to overcome barriers toward reaching program goals.

This program can pay for rent and housing-related expenses towards any habitable unit in Baltimore County or surrounding area. The duration is between 6–12 months, with a step-down rental assistance program based on individual client needs and funding.

Who is eligible for this program?

• To be eligible, applicants must be experiencing homelessness as a result of fleeing domestic violence.
• Only individual adults or adults with dependents are eligible to receive this funding.
• Additionally, the client must be a Baltimore County resident or staying in a county shelter or hotel with an interest in settling within the Baltimore Metro Area.

How can I access this service?

To get started with RRH, individuals must first connect with an advocate to be referred to the program.

For case managers and other advocates seeking to make a referral for RRH, please contact the FCC Housing Specialist by contacting our main office: 410-285-4357.

If you are currently experiencing a housing crisis due to intimate partner violence, please call 410-828-6390 to be assessed by the Baltimore County domestic violence coordinated entry parallel system (DV CE) for sheltering services.

Housing navigation services assist clients who are facing a housing crisis due to domestic violence in assessing needs and developing plans to identify and obtain safe and stable housing.

All of our shelter and housing programs have access to ongoing service coordination. Service coordination helps clients to establish and maintain safety while taking steps toward goals. Our staff helps clients identify and assess needs and develop goals. Staff encourage and empower clients' efforts by helping to identify and connect to resources that meet basic needs and plan for a life after crisis that maintains safety and builds housing stability.