Drink at The Well – Hon’s Honey Social Enterprise
Drink at the Well operates a drop-in center that serves vulnerable women in the Curtis Bay community in South Baltimore. The center offers case management, mentoring, financial literacy education, food, clothing and flexible financial assistance in a community that has few resources. In 2018, Drink at the Well launched a social enterprise known as Hon’s Honey, which sells locally-sourced honey and honey-based skin care products and provides employment opportunities for women in The Well’s mentoring program. This grant provides operating support for Hon’s Honey.
Asylee Women Enterprise
Asylee Women Enterprise (AWE) provides asylum seekers, particularly women and children with comprehensive services and community. This two-year grant supports AWE’s partnership with Luminus, which is a legal services organization that has been accredited by the Department of Justice, to provide comprehensive legal services to 40 AWE clients that reside in Baltimore City per year over two years.
University of Maryland Baltimore Foundation
Since 2009, Promise Heights has anchored one of B’more for Healthy Babies’ (BHB) place-based initiatives to improve birth outcomes and family well-being in West Baltimore. Promise Heights has long supported parents after the birth of their children, including providing breastfeeding support, family planning, research-based parenting classes and early literacy opportunities.
This grant supports the Teen Parenting Success Program (TiPS), which bring this continuum of services to pregnant and parenting teens at Renaissance Academy and Frederick Douglass High School. The two Community Hub Leaders in this program will ensure all pregnant and parenting teens are connected to Health Care Access Maryland as well as provide individual case management to set and achieve individual goals for health and wellness, education/vocation, as well as family planning. The Community Hub Leaders will also hold group programming in the high schools to build social support among young parents and their families.
St. Vincent de Paul of Baltimore, Inc.
Launched in 2014, St. Vincent de Paul’s Front Door program provides short-term rent subsidies coupled with housing search assistance, intensive case management, and employment support to homeless families and single adults in Baltimore. The program serves 160 households per year and has had significant success supporting people to move from homelessness to stable housing. Of those who exited the program in FY2020, 97% remained in permanent housing six months later, and none had re-entered the shelter system a year after exiting the program. In addition, 69% of those who exited the program in 2020 were employed at the time of exit, and received support from navigators who assist clients to find and sustain employment. St. Vincent de Paul tailors services to the needs of each household to ensure that clients achieve stability and are able to remain housed. While the housing costs are covered by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Abell funds are used to pay for furniture, moving expenses, and miscellaneous expenses related to removing employment barriers.
St. Vincent de Paul of Baltimore, Inc.
Established in 1977, St. Vincent de Paul’s Beans & Bread Center provides low-barrier, client-centered services for people experiencing chronic homelessness and other vulnerable individuals in Baltimore City. Beans & Bread serves two meals per day, six days a week, and offers case management, as well as connections to housing, health care, and employment services. In addition, Beans & Bread provides showers, laundry, and access to phones and mail services for people experiencing homelessness. This grant supports the Beans & Bread Center’s general operations.