Associates of Baltimore Area Grantmakers
$20,000 / 2012 / Health and Human Services
Toward the salary of a full-time Children’s Environmental Health Specialist who is working with the Maryland Environmental Health Network. The specialist’s focus is on improving environmental practices in Baltimore City Public Schools, and developing health education content that will be included in the environmental literacy curriculum.
Advocates for Children and Youth
$35,000 / 2012 / Health and Human Services
Toward costs of a campaign to educate youth transitioning out of foster care about health insurance available to them. The campaign will inform decision-makers about a provision of the new Affordable Care Act, which extends health insurance to former foster youth until they reach age 26.
Advocates for Children and Youth
$80,000 / 2012 / Health and Human Services
Toward continued support of staffing and activities that will improve the outcomes of Baltimore City children in the child welfare system. Priorities include increasing in-house services for at-risk families in order to prevent the removal of children from the home; providing input and guidance to Maryland’s Alternative Response practice model; and conducting an analysis of girls involved in both the child welfare and juvenile justice systems.
Adoptions Together, Inc.
$299,859 / 2012 / Health and Human Services
For continued support of the Family Find Step Down Project, which is committed to achieving permanency for 135 children who are currently in Baltimore City foster care. Working closely with the Baltimore City Department of Social Services, Adoptions Together identifies and recruits family members and others who may be interested in adoption, and provides placement, preparation, and post-placement counseling and support services.
ACLU Foundation of Maryland, Inc.
$5,000 / 2012 / Health and Human Services
Toward the establishment of the Baltimore Regional Housing Partnership, designed to serve as the regional administrator for the additional 2,600 vouchers secured by the settlement agreement of the Thompson v. HUD lawsuit. This settlement allows public housing residents to move to neighborhoods less impacted by poverty, in an effort to access better schools, safer neighborhoods, and greater job opportunities.