Legal Aid Bureau, Inc.
$193,208 / 2002 / Health and Human Services
Third-year funding for an initiative to meet the needs of noncustodial parents whose child support obligations exceed their ability to pay. By providing individual representation, Legal Aid has been able to identify recurring issues that adversely affect noncustodial parents, such as driver’s license suspensions, reports to credit agencies, and denial of access to child support records.
A Step Forward, Inc./Temple Hope House, Inc.
$25,000 / 2002 / Health and Human Services
Seed funding of an initiative to provide transitional housing and drug treatment programs to adults in Baltimore City, with a focus on the returning ex-offender.
Alternative Directions, Inc.
$7,140 / 2002 / Health and Human Services
For the purchase of a database program with capacity of tracking client demographics, outreach services received, referrals, contact with employers and program-related performance outcomes. The intent of the program is to reach non-custodial parents entering the prison system and provide them with child support services.
Family Crisis Center of Baltimore County
$5,000 / 2002 / Health and Human Services
For the purchase of mattresses, linens and replacement beds for a shelter serving domestic violence victims.
Man Alive Research, Inc.
$75,000 / 2002 / Health and Human Services
Challenge grant toward construction costs of completing a facility for expansion of outpatient methadone maintenance treatment services for heroin-addicted individuals.