The Work First Foundation
$200,000 / 2013 / Workforce Development
For continued support of the Baltimore Ex-Offender Reentry Employment Program for Baltimore City residents.
The Family League of Baltimore City, Inc.
$25,000 / 2013 / Workforce Development
For support of a planning initiative to connect out-of-work and out-of-school young adults to the economic life of Baltimore.
Gather Baltimore/Fusion Partnerships, Inc.
$5,000 / 2013 / Workforce Development
Toward the cost of rental space for the Million Dollar Man clothing assistance program in West Baltimore.
Humanim, Inc.
$226,153 / 2013 / Workforce Development
Toward start-up costs of DETAILS, a deconstruction and innovative-use social enterprise.
Govans Ecumenical Development Corporation
$35,000 / 2012 / Workforce Development
Toward support of the CARES Career Connection, an employment program that offers preliminary job counseling to 200 unemployed men and women in Baltimore City. Working with 35 to 40 unemployed persons at a given time, the career coordinator and Loyola University student volunteers provide counseling, resume preparation, mentoring, and assistance with job placement. The goal is to place a minimum of 70 clients in jobs within 12 months.