Baltimore City Health Department
$50,000 / 2012 / Health and Human Services
Toward the costs of computer equipment and related expenses for the Electronic Health Record System of the School Health Program. The purpose of the initiative is to integrate Baltimore City Public Schools’ record system with an electronic health record module, and then integrate both into a new information management system. The process will enable the Health Department to conduct research on the impact of health care on academic achievement.
Homeless Persons Representation Project, Inc.
$75,000 / 2012 / Health and Human Services
For continued support of staffing and litigation costs of the Permanent Supportive Housing initiative, which advocates on behalf of homeless, disabled clients seeking permanent housing.
Planned Parenthood of Maryland, Inc.
$151,750 / 2012 / Health and Human Services
A two-year grant toward support of a Baltimore City birth control initiative titled “Provision of Long-Acting Reversible Contraception (LARC) Methods for High-Need Clients.” The initiative provides family planning services and access to LARC methods to 470 low-income Baltimore City women.
Baltimore Child First Authority, Inc.
$5,000 / 2011 / Health and Human Services
For support of the 2011 Child First Rokkball Summer Program, a sports initiative that combines baseball and rock-and-roll music, for at-risk Baltimore City children and youth.
Health Care for the Homeless
$10,000 / 2011 / Health and Human Services
Two grants to provide emergency shelter for homeless persons with disabilities.