Alternative Directions, Inc.
$56,000 / 2011 / Criminal Justice and Addiction
Toward support of staffing for the Hand in Hand Baltimore mentoring/re-entry program serving juvenile male offenders charged as adults. The organization provides wrap-around mentoring, as well as mental health, academic, and job-training services leading to a successful transition. The goal is to work with 30 incarcerated youth in their pre-release program, and 15 in the re-entry program.
Michele’s Haven, Inc.
$5,000 / 2011 / Criminal Justice and Addiction
To cover overdue utility bills and rent for a supportive housing program serving homeless women and their children.
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.
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.