House of Change, Inc.
$9,850 / 2012 / Criminal Justice and Addiction
Two grants for expenses related to three housing facilities that serve individuals in recovery. These expenses include security deposits, rent, gas and electric, water, cable and telephone services, and purchases of furniture.
Valley/Bridge House
$50,000 / 2012 / Criminal Justice and Addiction
Toward general operating costs of a transitional housing program that provides substance abuse treatment services to 87 Baltimore City men each year living in the two houses. The objective is to achieve a 75 percent rate of completion of the 12-step facilitation program.
Institutes for Behavioral Resources
$200,000 / 2012 / Criminal Justice and Addiction
Toward capital renovations for the expansion of the R.E.A.C.H. mobile drug abuse treatment program, which provides comprehensive health-care services addressing physical, mental, and substance abuse concerns. By increasing the capacity of its fourth-floor treatment center, the program will be able to add outpatient services.
The Justice Policy Institute
$5,000 / 2011 / Criminal Justice and Addiction
Toward the support of the Baltimore Neighborhood Re-entry Fair, organized to provide assistance to individuals in obtaining expungements and child-support modifications, and making referrals to re-entry services.
A Reason to Recover, Inc.
$10,000 / 2011 / Criminal Justice and Addiction
Two grants toward the purchase of a stove, and payment of rent and utilities, for a transitional housing facility serving homeless women recovering from substance abuse.