Past Grants

Fusion Partnerships, Inc.

For support of Power Inside, a literacy, life skills and community re-integration program for women currently or formerly incarcerated in the Baltimore City Detention Center. The purpose of the program is to reduce the recidivism rate among the female transient jail population.

Good Samaritan Hospital Foundation

For continued support of a pilot nursing program designed to enroll Good Samaritan Hospital employees in nursing school at Coppin State College Nursing and remediation classes are offered to 30 Good Samaritan employees on-site at the hospital.

Goodwill Industries of the Chesapeake, Inc.

Third-year funding of the SEETTS program (Supporting Ex-Offenders in Employment, Training and Transitional Services), a workforce development initiative for persons leaving Maryland prisons and returning to Baltimore City. The program, providing 14 weeks of transitional services for up to 120 inmates at a time, assists participants in securing gainful employment through job readiness.

Goodwill Industries of the Chesapeake, Inc.

For startup costs of Project Bridge, a transitional employment project for ex-offenders returning to Baltimore City. After completing five weeks of training prior to release from prison, participants are referred to work crews for three months before being placed into employment Project Bridge is a partnership among Goodwill Industries, Catholic Charities, Second Chance and STRIVE.

Harbor City Services, Inc.

Toward the development of a remanufacturing business to provide employment for Baltimore City residents with psychiatric disabilities. The business focuses on the production of rebuilt shopping carts.