Legal Aid Bureau, Inc.
$274,235 / 2001 / Health and Human Services
For expansion of the project to address the needs of noncustodial parents whose child support obligations far exceed their ability to pay. By providing individual representation, Legal Aid has been able to identify recurrent issues that adversely affect noncustodial parents, such as driver’s license suspensions, reports to credit agencies and denial of access to child support records.
The Shepherd’s Clinic-William H.M. Finney Foundation, Inc.
$45,000 / 2001 / Health and Human Services
Continued funding to provide primary medical and dental care to persons in Baltimore City who lack medical and/or dental insurance.
Baltimore City Public School System/Universal Classroom Breakfast Program
$30,000 / 2001 / Health and Human Services
Two grants to provide gap funding for non-reimbursable breakfasts for the Universal Breakfast Program in classrooms in seven schools during the 2001-2002 school year. The program is part of an ongoing study to determine the long-term effects of students’ participation in breakfast in the classroom (as opposed to the cafeteria) on attendance, tardiness, incidence of disciplinary action, academic achievement and the Maryland State Performance and Assessment Program.
Enoch Pratt Free Library
$34,000 / 2001 / Health and Human Services
For an evaluation of the Technology Center to determine the effectiveness of current programming designed to help clients seek better paying jobs and increased personal growth. The study also addresses staffing and physical plant needs.
Maryland Association of Nonprofit Organizations
$5,000 / 2001 / Health and Human Services
Toward the development of a policy paper on child support enforcement reform.