Past Grants

Reach Out and Read

Toward the salary of a Program Director for the Greater Baltimore School Readiness Project, and for the purchase of books to implement a one-on-one literacy tutoring project for 160 students in grades K through five in four Title 1 schools in Baltimore City. The project recruits and trains volunteers to work with students twice a week for a minimum of 16 hours. It aims to have students reading closer to grade level by the end of the school year.

Baltimore City Health Department

For continued support of the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Initiative, a multi-agency collaboration and partnership that aims to improve reproductive health services available to young people, reduce teen births, and improve family-planning services.

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Toward support of the Preconception Women’s Health and Pediatrics initiative for low-income women in Baltimore City. The initiative includes a needs assessment, the development of a preconception care protocol, evaluations of the impact of the protocol on short-term and long-term outcomes for mothers, and an assessment of cost effectiveness.

The Salvation Army

For general support of services for the needy.

Baltimore City Health Department

For support of the Adolescent & Reproductive Health LARCs (longﾭacting reversible contraception) Project, in an effort to reduce unintended pregnancies among women and teens who are uninsured and ineligible for insurance.