Washington Village/Pigtown Neighborhood Planning Council, Inc.
$75,000 / 2004 / Health and Human Services
For staffing at the Family Support and Career Center to plan and implement the Managed Work Services model. Managed Work Services contracts with businesses to staff high turnover, entry-level positions. Residents gain valuable work experience in these temporary, transitional jobs, and are then placed into permanent jobs.
Baltimore ACORN/American Institute for Social Justice
$65,000 / 2003 / Health and Human Services
For second-year funding of a comprehensive lead poisoning prevention program in the Park Heights Avenue area. The initiative assesses lead hazards in homes and refers families to lead poisoning prevention and treatment resources.
Baltimore American Indian Center, Inc.
$5,000 / 2003 / Health and Human Services
Toward administrative costs to operate a center serving Native Americans in the Baltimore region. The Center provides a wide range of services, including housing, health care, employment, cultural programs and activities for senior citizens.
Baltimore City Office of Homeless Services
$5,000 / 2003 / Health and Human Services
For the development of a report on youth homelessness in Baltimore.
Baltimore City Office of Homeless Services
$5,000 / 2003 / Health and Human Services
For two summer interns to research the effectiveness of the City’s eviction prevention program and prepare an analysis of the Code Blue Program, a supplemental emergency shelter system activated in inclement cold weather, during the winter of 2002-2003.