Maryland Regional Practitioners’ Network
$5,000 / 2005 / Health and Human Services
Planning grant for the development of Boys to Men, a pregnancy prevention program for eighth-grade boys in Baltimore City public schools.
Maryland Salem Children’s Trust
$50,000 / 2005 / Health and Human Services
Toward construction costs of a centralized school building for special education programs for up to 37 at-risk children, primarily residents at Salem, a residential foster care facility for children ages six to 18 who have been abused and unable to attend regular school.
National Heritage Foundation/B-SPIRIT-A2Y
$15,200 / 2005 / Health and Human Services
For support of the B-SPIRIT-A2Y after-school mentoring and tutoring program for at-risk adolescents in the Park Heights community.
Parks & People Foundation
$60,000 / 2005 / Health and Human Services
For continued support of the Hooked on Sports program serving more than 1,200 Baltimore City public school students. The program, which includes lacrosse, baseball, volleyball, and soccer, provides opportunities for organized and safe after-school activity. Participants are required to maintain at least a C average and 90 percent attendance.
Paul’s Place, Inc.
$150,000 / 2005 / Health and Human Services
Toward improvements to the first and second floors and elevator, and for the purchase of furnishings, equipment, and playground equipment for a community outreach center serving poor and marginalized residents of Pigtown.