Project HEALTH Baltimore
$45,000 / 2010 / Health and Human Services
Seed funding for the implementation of a Family Help Desk program at the University of Maryland Medical Center to serve at-risk mothers with newborns. The Family Help Desk is manned by trained student volunteers. After conducting an extensive needs assessment, the volunteer then works with the patient to identify and secure required resources, provide information, determine eligibility criteria and connect with resources, and assist in completing applications for resources. Student volunteers experience the health-care system as well as gain understanding of the link between health and poverty.
The Franciscan Center
$230,000 / 2010 / Health and Human Services
Two grants for continued support of the Emergency Services and Energy Assistance Programs. The center offers relief services that include utility assistance, eviction prevention grants, prescription and dental co-pays, transportation bus tokens, identification documents, referrals to job-training programs, and enrollment in entitlement programs.
The Salvation Army
$5,000 / 2010 / Health and Human Services
For general support of services provided for the homeless and needy.
Friends of Patterson Park, Inc.
$5,000 / 2010 / Health and Human Services
For the purchase of a basketball scoreboard and ceiling mounting for a backboard in the Virginia S. Baker Recreational Center. The center houses two teen Department of Recreation leagues, a young women’s team, another for students from Hampstead Hill Academy, and neighborhood pick-up games. By improving the facility, the center offers a safe and healthy environment for out-of-school activities.
Santa Claus Anonymous
$5,000 / 2010 / Health and Human Services
In support of the 2010 Santa Claus Anonymous Campaign.