The Northeast Youth Association
$13,228 / 2011 / Health and Human Services
Three grants for expenses related to the Northeast Football League serving at-risk youth in Baltimore City.
Mt. Washington Pediatric Hospital, Inc.
$35,000 / 2011 / Health and Human Services
Toward support of the Center for Pediatric Weight Management and Healthy Living, which serves overweight and obese children in Baltimore City and surrounding areas. To address the increasingly serious problem of childhood obesity, the center provides health and nutrition education and medical support to those children and their families who are referred by pediatricians. The participants are assessed on various fitness measures, including weight, body mass index, blood pressure, and insulin levels.
Metropolitan Baltimore PWFC
$5,000 / 2011 / Health and Human Services
For support of six new football and cheer teams for up to 150 children and youth ages five to 13 in Baltimore City.
The Men and Families Center
$5,000 / 2011 / Health and Human Services
For the purchase and installation of a new furnace for the free clinic and health resource center. The primary activities of the center are to help clients obtain access to health care, and find sources of nutritious food, steady employment, and safe housing.
Meals on Wheels of Central Maryland, Inc.
$42,965 / 2011 / Health and Human Services
For staffing costs of a full-time case manager/social worker to serve 500 of the poorest Baltimore City homebound seniors. The social worker will conduct in-home assessments every six months to determine appropriate services designed to help clients live independently.