Homeless Persons Representation Project, Inc.
$75,000 / 2009 / Health and Human Services
For continued support of the Housing First advocacy project, designed to reduce barriers to housing for homeless persons through advocacy, training, legal representation, and monitoring of Baltimore’s Housing First program.
Historic East Baltimore Community Action Coalition, Inc.
$5,000 / 2009 / Health and Human Services
For support of an after-school program three days a week at the Hattie N. Harrison Community Center for 30 children in need of supervision and academic support. The staff develops a portfolio for each participant to mark the progress of work and projects completed over the course of the year.
Healthy Teen Network
$25,000 / 2009 / Health and Human Services
To develop a strategic plan to reduce the teen birth rate in Baltimore City by using the Getting to Outcomes planning model. The program will assess needs and resources, define goals, and evaluate and determine sustainable programming to help ensure that adolescent productive health efforts are effective.
Govans Ecumenical Development Corporation
$25,000 / 2009 / Health and Human Services
Toward staffing and administrative costs of CARES, a food pantry and emergency utility assistance, eviction prevention, and prescription drug assistance program serving more than 4,400 low-income Baltimore City residents.
Franciscan Center
$30,000 / 2009 / Health and Human Services
Toward support of the Emergency Services Energy Assistance Program. Services include utility and eviction prevention grants, emergency food, transportation vouchers, prescription co-pay assistance, financial counseling, and case management.