Parks & People Foundation
$60,000 / 2003 / Health and Human Services
For support of the after-school Youth Sports Programs for 1,300 elementary and middle school students in Baltimore City public schools. It is expected that players will maintain at least a C average and 90 percent school attendance.
Youth Enterprise Services, Inc.
$7,000 / 2003 / Health and Human Services
Toward the purchase of a property for use as a residential treatment facility for at-risk adolescent males.
Center for Poverty Solutions
$50,000 / 2003 / Health and Human Services
For expansion of the Baltimore City Public School Pantry Program. The goal is to supplement families’ food budgets while at the same time encouraging parents to take an active role in their children’s education. In exchange for volunteering in the schools, parents are eligible to attend classes on nutrition, budgeting, and economic meal planning, and to receive free food once a month.
Housing Authority of Baltimore City
$82,500 / 2003 / Health and Human Services
For the implementation of the special mobility programs established in accordance with the Thompson v. HUD partial consent decree. The program provides financial assistance and counseling to families served by the Section 8 Mobility Counseling Program. It is designed to encourage rental assistance recipients to move out of inner-city neighborhoods into surrounding county neighborhoods that offer a better quality of life.
Patrick Allison House
$40,000 / 2003 / Health and Human Services
Two-year support for a therapeutic transitional housing program to serve ex-offenders in Baltimore City who are facing re-entry challenges of housing, drug treatment, and employment.