The Center for Fathers, Families and Workforce Development
$350,000 / 2002 / Health and Human Services
Fourth-year funding of the STRIVE Baltimore Program, a comprehensive job training and placement service for unemployed and underemployed men and women. The intense three-week program prepares participants for the workforce through a highly-structured workshop that focuses on attitude modification and the development of job readiness skills. Core services also include job placement with long-term follow-up, one-to-one and group counseling, and case management.
Job Opportunities Task Force
$43,000 / 2002 / Health and Human Services
Challenge grant toward the salary of the program director of the Transitional Jobs Consortium, a newly created transitional employment program for ex-offenders in Baltimore City. The purpose of the program is to provide services that will help stabilize ex-offenders as they reenter the community.
St. Ambrose Family Outreach Center
$5,000 / 2002 / Health and Human Services
For purchase of food for the institution’s soup kitchen and emergency food pantry for people in need in lower Park Heights.
Youth Enterprise Services
$75,000 / 2002 / Health and Human Services
Challenge grant for the purchase of a second facility for use as a residential treatment center for severely disturbed adolescents referred by the Department of Juvenile Justice.
Baltimore Substance Abuse Systems, Inc.
$25,000 / 2001 / Health and Human Services
For a feasibility study of the proposed merger of the Baltimore Substance Abuse Systems and the Baltimore Mental Health Systems.