Up2Us Sports
In support of placing Up2Us AmeriCorps Coaches in Baltimore City Recreation Centers to provide expanded youth sports and fitness programming.
The Samaritan Community
The Samaritan Community provides support to families and individuals who are in crisis, using an individualized approach that addresses the unique needs of each client. The vast majority of clients served are unemployed, and many have chronic illnesses, including mental health and substance use disorders. The center’s programs include a food pantry, emergency financial assistance, individual and group counseling, and referrals. This grant supports the Samaritan Community’s general operations.
Maryland Dental Action Coalition, Inc.
The Maryland Dental Action Coalition (MDAC) is a statewide dental access advocacy group. Over the past several years, MDAC has been steadily building the case for expanding access to comprehensive adult dental coverage for all Medicaid recipients. This grant supports MDAC’s efforts to pass such legislation in the upcoming 2022 session.
Intercultural Counseling Connection, Fiscally Sponsored by Fusion Partnerships, Inc.
Intercultural Counseling Connection provides therapeutic services for asylum-seekers and forced migrants in Baltimore through a pro-bono referral network of mental health professionals, as well as high quality interpretation in any language. Its clients are from over 30 different countries and have experienced extreme violence, including torture. Intercultural Couseling Connection serves about 100 clients a year in individual and group therapy. This grant is for general operating support.
Govans Ecumenical Development Corporation (GEDCO)
The Govans Ecumenical Development Corp. (GEDCO) operates the CARES food pantry and drop-in center in the Govans neighborhood in North-Central Baltimore City. CARES provides food, emergency financial assistance and employment counseling to more than 4,000 individuals each year. Among other resources, CARES provides eviction prevention funds to approximately 200 households per year, although the demand for eviction prevention assistance far exceeds the resources that CARES has available. To better address this need, CARES developed a new project to assist individuals who are threatened with eviction to access federally-funded Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP) funds. This grant supports a part-time CARES staff person who assists clients to complete ERAP applications and monitors those applications to ensure clients are able to obtain the funds needed to avoid eviction. The grant also provides eviction prevention funds for households that do not qualify to receive ERAP assistance.