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.
The Men and Families Center
$5,000 / 2011 / Health and Human Services
For the purchase and installation of a new furnace for the free clinic and health resource center. The primary activities of the center are to help clients obtain access to health care, and find sources of nutritious food, steady employment, and safe housing.
The Shepherd’s Clinic
$75,000 / 2011 / Health and Human Services
For continued support toward costs of providing primary and specialty health care to uninsured adults in Baltimore City. The clinic delivers high-quality care to approximately 2,500 patients through an extensive network of volunteer doctors, nurses, and other health-care providers, and is linked with Union Memorial Hospital’s resources.
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.