Past Grants

Healthy Teen Network

Toward costs related to the relocation of Healthy Teen Network’s headquarters from Washington, DC to Baltimore City. The teen pregnancy prevention program is focused on providing comprehensive educational resources to professionals working in the areas of adolescent reproductive health, with an emphasis on pregnancy prevention and supportive services for teen parenting.

Historic East Baltimore Community Action Coalition, Inc. (HEBCAC)

Three-year funding to provide mental health screening, education, and treatment for youth enrolled in the HEBCAC Youth Opportunity employment and training program. In partnership with Johns Hopkins Center for Adolescent Health, the program will focus on mental health education and staff training to address mental health needs of clients and increase the capacity to provide on-site treatment. By reducing the stigma associated with mental health treatment, the program anticipates that more clients will access available on-site mental health services. The program will track data on length and type of services received, retention in the program, GED attainment, and job placement.

Homeless Persons Representation Project, Inc.

For support of “Housing First,” a program designed to reduce chronic homelessness by providing immediate access to permanent housing, coupled with voluntary services to address underlying problems, such as mental illness and addictions. Funds from the grant will address legal issues related to the administration of the program, how candidates for the program are identified and assessed, and how to assure the legal rights of homeless individuals.

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

To develop and disseminate a report on the potential effects of an alcohol tax increase on the public health and economy in Maryland.

Johns Hopkins University Center for Social Concern

Toward the launching of the 95 Percenters, an initiative designed to mentor at-risk male youth in Baltimore’s inner city.