Bon Secours of Maryland Foundation
$30,000 / 2004 / Health and Human Services
Third-year support of the Bon Secours Youth Employment and Entrepreneurship Program (YEEP), designed to break the cycle of low graduation rates and poor employment histories. YEEP has been developed to help 90 high school youth living or going to school in Southwest Baltimore obtain after-school and summer employment, and plan careers. The program offers 12 training sessions in job readiness, leadership, and job placement; six weeks of bi-weekly financial literacy classes; and career/post-high school education classes.
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.
Chase Brexton Health Services
$50,000 / 2004 / Health and Human Services
Capital funding for renovation costs of a facility at 10 West Eager Street to house the Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP) for substance-abuse treatment. Heroin is the drug of choice for approximately 45,000 people in Baltimore City; not surprisingly, the incidence of intravenous drug use among Baltimore City’s poor is high. The IOP addresses the multiple health needs of this high-risk population.
Coalition to End Childhood Lead Poisoning
$81,500 / 2004 / Health and Human Services
For staffing and related costs to expand legal representation of tenants in Rent Court. The funding will be used by the staff to educate clerks and judges about a new law requiring landlords to register and comply with lead paint laws before filing a complaint in Rent Court. The law has the potential to reduce the number of eviction cases while increasing compliance with childhood lead paint laws. It is expected that the laws will improve housing conditions and lower the incidence of childhood lead poisoning.
Episcopal Housing Corporation
$31,400 / 2004 / Health and Human Services
Capital grant for the development of the Collington Square Oxford House, a residential drug treatment program for eight men in recovery. The model provides a structured environment for addicts who have stabilized their lives and found employment, but who require peer support and reinforcement of a small, drug-free community.