Druid Heights Community Development Corporation
$100,000 / 2010 / Criminal Justice and Addiction
Two grants toward the purchase of a six-unit apartment building to provide housing to clients in the Maryland Reentry Program. This program will serve clients who have graduated from a transitional housing setting, but are stabilized and employed, and are moving toward independent living.
Druid Heights Community Development Corporation
$5,000 / 2010 / Criminal Justice and Addiction
For the purchase of furniture for a New Life facility, a transitional housing program providing substance abuse treatment services.
Episcopal Community Services of Maryland
$50,000 / 2010 / Criminal Justice and Addiction
Toward continued support for 50 ex-offenders enrolled in the eight-week Jericho Reentry Program. By providing stable housing for up to one year, clients benefit from case management, job training, life-skills training, and job placement. Typically, clients are in need of addiction treatment, mental health services, housing, furthering education, and positive role models.
The Light of Truth Center, Inc.
$5,000 / 2010 / Criminal Justice and Addiction
Toward payment of expenses for property insurance, utilities, and an occupancy permit for a supportive housing facility at 244 North Patterson Park Avenue, designed to serve women recovering from substance abuse.
Marian House, Inc.
$75,000 / 2010 / Criminal Justice and Addiction
Toward renovation costs for the expansion of five additional units of the Marian House Transitional Program, and toward support of the accompanying transitional housing and supportive services program for homeless women and children. The opportunity to stay up to 24 months affords clients weekly individual and group counseling, daily living skills training, planning for education and job training, and placement services.