Baltimore City Department of Housing and Community Development/Office of Homeless Services
$30,000 / 2002 / Health and Human Services
Matching grant to provide additional emergency winter shelter for homeless women and children in Baltimore City.
Frederick Community Action Agency
$24,500 / 2002 / Health and Human Services
For the purchase of a box-type cargo van to transport donated, usable surplus food for the mobile food bank serving people living in poverty on the outskirts of Frederick.
Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service
$40,000 / 2002 / Health and Human Services
For support of an initiative to increase the use of the Earned Income Tax Credit and free legal and tax preparation services at ten Volunteer Income Tax Assistance sites for low-income families and individuals in Baltimore City. The initiative provides for training of volunteers and site coordinators and marketing efforts.
United Ministries, Inc.
$20,000 / 2002 / Health and Human Services
For operating expenses of a transitional housing drug-free program for homeless men, many of whom are recovering from substance abuse and are also HIV positive. Successful completion of the program is defined as the participant’s being employed, pursuing a GED, and securing permanent housing.
Baltimore City Health Department
$5,000 / 2002 / Health and Human Services
For support of the Fourth Annual Conference on Urgent Needs of Newly Released Inmates as 8,000 ex-offenders reenter the community each year in Baltimore City.