The Embrace Resource Center is now open at 55 N. Paca St., in the Baltimore Grand Garage.In the past three years, a program with a home of its own at this new center, has helped engage 4,000 people, assisted 200 people find employment, and also helped 130 people get into drug treatment, with 120 actively in treatment. This is all taking place around Baltimore's Lexington Market and Eutaw Street beside the University of Maryland, Baltimore campus.Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott celebrated the center's opening on Jan. 26, 2024, with UMB President Bruce E. Jarrell, and Embrace Executive Director Kyla Liggett-Creel.
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