Past Grants

Baltimore Homeless Services, Inc.

For research to support the implementation of the Housing First model in Baltimore City. In partnership with Health Care for the Homeless, the Housing First pilot project team has recruited the homeless from streets and parks, placed them in housing, and linked them to ongoing services. The outcomes of the pilot project will determine whether Housing First should be expanded as a viable strategy to help reduce homelessness.

Safe and Sound Campaign for Children and Youth

For the implementation of the Family Recovery Program, an initiative designed to reduce the length of time children spend in the Baltimore City foster care system. The program will provide case management support and substance abuse treatment for 250 parents whose children are entering foster care. It is expected that the time children of participating parents spend in foster care will be reduced by 50 to 70 percent.

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Maryland, Inc.

In support of Amachi, a mentoring program for children whose parent (or parents) are incarcerated. The program will place 335 children with adult mentors. It is expected that the selective placements will lead to improvement in the children’s school performance and help in combating substance abuse, increase children’s and parents’ self-confidence, and stabilize relationships among peers and teachers.

The Justice Policy Institute

To provide research and guidance to the Campaign for Treatment Not Incarceration, designed to reduce Maryland’s prison population and expand drug treatment and alternatives to incarceration.

St. Vincent de Paul of Baltimore, Inc.

For the establishment of the Learn to Earn Program, a job training readiness program at the St. Ambrose Outreach Center. The program helps participants improve language arts, math, and computer skills; prepare and obtain GEDs; and seek, secure and retain jobs.