Chesapeake Center for Youth Development, Inc.
$65,000 / 2010 / Criminal Justice and Addiction
Toward support of the Juvenile Intervention and Family Independence Project in Baltimore City. Working with youth who are at-risk of becoming involved with the juvenile justice system, the center provides ongoing case management to include individual and family counseling, substance abuse treatment, monitoring, and mental health services for up to a year or more. In addition, the center will arrange transportation to court, school meetings, and appointments.
Deborah’s Place, Inc.
$10,000 / 2010 / Criminal Justice and Addiction
Two grants for repairs and furnishings of a property in the Park Heights community for a transitional housing facility serving up to eight women recovering from substance abuse. The women are encouraged to go back to school, find jobs, or participate in job-training programs such as STRIVE. They are required to attend NA/AA meetings and pay $325 a month for rent.
Maryland Community Health Initiatives, Inc.
$50,000 / 2009 / Criminal Justice and Addiction
Two-year funding for support of expanded health care and drug abuse treatment services at the Penn North Neighborhood Center. Operating five days a week, the center provides acupuncture, peer recovery supportive services such as NA/AA meetings, relapse prevention groups, life skills, GED classes, and referrals to traditional treatment and wraparound services.
New Vision House of Hope, Inc.
$27,065 / 2009 / Criminal Justice and Addiction
Toward repairs and renovations to a transitional housing facility serving eight men in the reentry/recovery program.
A Step Forward, Inc.
$23,295 / 2009 / Criminal Justice and Addiction
For completion of renovations for an Oxford Model Housing Project serving eight men recovering from substance abuse. The house, in the Harlem Park community, is a democratically run, self-supporting, and drug-free home for residents planning to live in permanent housing.