American Civil Liberties Foundation of Maryland, Inc. (ACLU)
$150,000 / 2009 / Health and Human Services
For continued support of the Regional Housing Equity Project. ACLU will focus on developing a regional housing remedy to enable thousands of public housing residents to live in high-opportunity areas.
Johns Hopkins Children’s Center
$28,810 / 2009 / Health and Human Services
For support of a study to determine the effectiveness of the Mothers and Babies Course, a postpartum depression prevention program serving low-income African-American women in three Baltimore home visiting programs. Clients will be screened to determine individual risk for developing postpartum depression based on personal or family history. Those determined to be at risk will be randomly assigned to a treatment group, which will receive a six-session intervention, or a control group, which will receive standard home visiting services. If proven effective, the Mothers and Babies Course will be implemented on a broader scale.
The Avenue Bears/Pop Warner Little Scholars
$5,000 / 2009 / Health and Human Services
Toward the costs of equipment, uniforms, and insurance for a new Pop Warner Metropolitan Baltimore football and cheerleading club for 200 youth, ages 5 to 14, in the Pennsylvania Avenue and Upton communities.
Loving Arms, Inc.
$65,000 / 2009 / Health and Human Services
Toward start-up operating costs and for the purchase and installation of a fire escape for a short-term residential group home for eight emotionally disturbed youth in Baltimore City.
Baltimore Homeless Services, Inc.
$250,000 / 2009 / Health and Human Services
Capital funding toward the development of a housing and resource center for homeless persons at 620 Fallsway. In response to the increasing number of homeless individuals in Baltimore City, the center will offer housing accommodations and case management for up to 275 homeless individuals at any one time.