Catholic Charities
$250,000 / 2004 / Health and Human Services
Capital funding toward the construction of the new Our Daily Bread Employment Center. The center will house four programs: Our Daily Bread, supported by volunteers and donors, serving meals to an average of 750 homeless people per day and breakfast on weekdays to more than 100 seniors and disabled persons; Christopher’s Place Employment Academy, a residential program helping homeless men find and maintain full-time employment at a living wage and permanent housing; St. Jude’s Employment Center, providing poor, homeless, and disadvantaged persons with a transition back into the work force; and The Samaritan Center, providing travelers’ aid service and bus vouchers to homeless persons who want to leave Baltimore City to reunite with family, find employment, or access substance abuse treatment.
Little Rock Missionary Baptist Church
$41,875 / 2004 / Health and Human Services
Challenge grant for renovation to the church and community center to allow for expanding outreach programs serving needy residents in East Baltimore. Working with the Johns Hopkins Urban Health Institute, the church offers a food pantry, a six-week summer camp for 40 children, a computer literacy program, and, in partnership with Civic Works, neighborhood cleanups and gardens.
The Shepherd’s Clinic
$49,000 / 2004 / Health and Human Services
Toward malpractice insurance required for the clinic to provide free or minimal cost primary medical and dental care to uninsured persons in Baltimore City.
The Center for Fathers, Families and Workforce Development
$400,000 / 2004 / Health and Human Services
Sixth-year funding of STRIVE Baltimore, a comprehensive job training and placement service for unemployed and underemployed men and women. The three-week program prepares participants for the workforce through workshops that focus on attitude modification and job readiness. Core services include job placement with long-term follow-up, one-on-one and group counseling, and case management.
Maryland Food Bank
$100,000 / 2004 / Health and Human Services
Toward capital expenditures related to the renovation of an 87,000 square-foot warehouse to be used as the headquarters of Maryland’s redistribution center of surplus and reusable food. The food is donated by the food industry to more than 900 community food providers statewide, including soup kitchens, food pantries, emergency shelters, and school pantries. It is expected that the food bank will be able to increase the amount of food distributed by 30 percent within three years.