ACLU Foundation of Maryland, Inc.
$150,000 / 2012 / Health and Human Services
For continued support of the Regional Housing Equity Project, designed to provide African-American families with the opportunity to move to low-poverty areas in the surrounding counties and in Baltimore City, where they can expect to enjoy safer neighborhoods, better schools, and increased access to job opportunities. As the result of a partial settlement of the Thompson v. HUD lawsuit in 1996, and with assistance from the housing mobility program, more than 2,000 inner-city families from public housing projects have been able to move throughout the region. A final settlement of the lawsuit in 2012 will enable 2,600 additional families to move to neighborhoods that offer better opportunities.
1 Baltimore, Inc.
$5,000 / 2012 / Health and Human Services
Toward travel costs of the 1 Baltimore Basketball Travel Team, to participate in the 2012 American Athletic Union National Tournament in Florida.
Urban Teacher Center, Inc.
$150,000 / 2012 / Education
For support of the Urban Teacher Center (UTC), designed to prepare teachers to serve Baltimore City’s neediest schools. The teaching program requires applicants to make a four-year commitment beginning with a residency year, and followed by three years of teaching in a high-need Baltimore City Public School. UTC provides a model for teacher preparation and state licensure that is linked to student performance results.
University of Baltimore
$44,800 / 2012 / Education
For support of the College Readiness Academy, an initiative designed to develop college and academic skills for 380 students in seven Baltimore City public high schools. The initiative aims to increase scores on college placement tests, and ensure that juniors and seniors avoid remedial coursework in college.
Teach For America-Baltimore (TFA)
$250,000 / 2012 / Education
For expenses related to the cost of recruiting 150 new teachers, and retaining 175 second-year cohort members by providing ongoing support for Teach For America Corps members. TFA will increase civic/educational leadership capacity among its alumni to take leadership positions in Baltimore City Public Schools for the 2012-2013 school year.