Meals on Wheels of Central Maryland, Inc.
$42,965 / 2011 / Health and Human Services
For staffing costs of a full-time case manager/social worker to serve 500 of the poorest Baltimore City homebound seniors. The social worker will conduct in-home assessments every six months to determine appropriate services designed to help clients live independently.
Santa’s Helpers Anonymous, Inc.
$5,000 / 2011 / Health and Human Services
Toward general operating costs to provide holiday outreach programs to more than 900 low-income families and the elderly in the Greater Baltimore area.
Brooklyn Browns Football and Cheer Program
$5,000 / 2010 / Health and Human Services
Toward the purchase of uniforms for the Brooklyn Browns Football and Cheer Program. Along with teaching football and cheerleading skills, the program teaches the values of responsible citizenship.
Mission Possible Ministries, Inc.
$36,000 / 2010 / Health and Human Services
For the purchase and installation of a fire alarm and sprinkler system for three houses providing shelter to 27 homeless men in West Baltimore. Mission Possible offers clean, safe furnished rooms, along with two meals a day and assistance in finding employment and permanent housing within an 18-month period.
Catholic Charitiesﾠ
$50,000 / 2010 / Health and Human Services
Two grants for continued support of the Traveler’s Aid Voucher Program at the Samaritan Center. The purpose of the program is to assist homeless persons who want to move out of Baltimore City to reunite with family, find employment, and/or access treatment for substance abuse, and who are in need of vouchers for bus travel to a new location. Persons using the program must have a contact in the destination city willing to assume responsibility for finding accommodations.