Historic East Baltimore Community Action Coalition, Inc.
$80,000 / 2003 / Health and Human Services
Two-year funding in support of Dee’s Place, a non-traditional substance abuse recovery center serving residents in East Baltimore. A 24-hour recovery program, Dee’s Place provides a safe and welcoming facility to recovering addicts at risk of succumbing to relapse because of the unavailability of services for them during off-hours. The coalition refers clients to health, housing and employment services.
Park Heights Community Health Alliance
$200,000 / 2003 / Health and Human Services
Toward the construction costs of a community-based and-managed. Men’s Health Center serving uninsured and underinsured low-income men in the Park Heights Avenue community. The health complex serves approximately 3,000 men annually, offering comprehensive medical services, including primary medical care, health education, disease screening, management of HIV/AIDS, counseling for substance abuse and mental health, and support group therapy.
Vehicles for Change, Inc.
$45,000 / 2003 / Health and Human Services
Fifth-year funding of a transportation program to provide reconditioned cars for participants of the Affordable Housing Initiative program, and to other low-income residents of Baltimore City who need cars to get to work.
Baltimore Healthy Start, Inc.
$78,000 / 2002 / Health and Human Services
Three grants for the purchase and renovation of properties for use as transitional housing, administrative space, and a laundromat for Recovery In Community clients participating in a comprehensive substance abuse treatment program. The funds also support staff training and equipment.
Harford-Belair Community Mental Health Center, Inc.
$187,900 / 2002 / Health and Human Services
Toward the purchase and renovation costs of two houses in Northeast Baltimore to provide housing and residential rehabilitation services to chronically mentally ill substance abuse clients.