Center for Poverty Solutions
$60,000 / 2000 / Health and Human Services
In support of direct feeding programs in regional soup kitchens, food pantries, and other emergency food centers.
Center for Poverty Solutions
$5,000 / 2001 / Health and Human Services
Toward the establishment and implementation of a Child Hunger Hotline for parents in Baltimore City during the summer months.
Center for Poverty Solutions
$40,000 / 2002 / Health and Human Services
Toward the development of the Maryland Justice Coalition, an initiative to address adult justice issues in Baltimore City. The coalition will focus on three strategic areas: over-representation and over-incarceration of poor people and people of color, institutional reforms, and reentry and integration back into the community.
Center for Poverty Solutions
$50,000 / 2003 / Health and Human Services
For expansion of the Baltimore City Public School Pantry Program. The goal is to supplement families’ food budgets while at the same time encouraging parents to take an active role in their children’s education. In exchange for volunteering in the schools, parents are eligible to attend classes on nutrition, budgeting, and economic meal planning, and to receive free food once a month.
Center for Promotion of Child Development Through Primary Care
$341,630 / 2001 / Health and Human Services
For the development and implementation of the Child Health and Development Interactive System (CHADIS), a computer interactive system with the capacity to identify and monitor psychological and developmental problems. The program provides a diagnostic and referral tool in order to improve the assessment of, and access to, treatment for mental health needs of children.