Beginning Effective Recovery Together
$5,000 / 2011 / Criminal Justice and Addiction
For the purchase of furniture and appliances for a residential substance abuse treatment program.
Out for Justice/Alternative Directions
$25,000 / 2011 / Criminal Justice and Addiction
Toward support of a grassroots community advocacy and organizing effort to assist ex-offenders returning to the community and overcoming hurdles such as seeking employment
Deborah’s Place
$9,600 / 2011 / Criminal Justice and Addiction
Two grants toward the cost of renovations, a furnace, and a hot water heater, for a supportive housing facility serving women seeking recovery from drug addiction.
Sista 4 Sista Road 2 Recovery, Inc.
$5,000 / 2011 / Criminal Justice and Addiction
For the purchase of furniture and appliances for Ms. Thelma’s Place, a long-term residential facility for women in recovery.
Friends Research Institute, Inc.
$29,029 / 2011 / Criminal Justice and Addiction
Toward expenses related to an evaluation of the Baltimore Buprenorphine Initiative. The initiative was designed to provide buprenorphine along with either intensive out-patient (IOP) or out-patient (OP) counseling to address opioid addiction. The research seeks to determine the short-term effectiveness of the two counseling treatments after 12 months.