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.
Center for Poverty Solutions
$5,000 / 2001 / Health and Human Services
Toward the establishment and implementation of a Child Hunger Hotline for parents in Baltimore City during the summer months.
Job Opportunities Task Force
$30,000 / 2001 / Health and Human Services
For support of a research analyst to conduct a comparative study of Baltimore’s workforce development system with other cities sharing similar demographic characteristics. Components of the study include a review of the cities’ welfare-to-work system; one-stop centers for adults who are not on welfare; youth programs; local community colleges’ curricula; public schools’ vocational and drop-out prevention programs; literacy programs; and public housing workforce initiatives.
Planned Parenthood of Maryland, Inc.
$73,730 / 2001 / Health and Human Services
For partial funding of the Statewide Emergency Contraception Project, providing outreach and education to clients.