Advocates for Children and Youth (ACY)
$30,000 / 2009 / Health and Human Services
Toward continued support of programming designed to improve the outcomes of Baltimore City children in the child welfare system. ACY will monitor the implementation of the new family-centered case practice model and assess the level of in-home supportive services for families.
Agape Family Empowerment Center
$5,000 / 2009 / Health and Human Services
Toward expenses related to the Park Heights Saints football and cheerleading program for 165 youth in the Park Heights community.
Alternative Directions, Inc.
$50,000 / 2009 / Workforce Development
Toward child support modification workshops in the Maryland Reception, Diagnostic and Classification Center; the Maryland Transition Center in Baltimore; and the Maryland Correctional Institution for Women in Jessup. The objectives of the workshops are to assist 515 incarcerated individuals in preparing requests to have their child support orders modified and following-up with the child support system to ensure that the support orders have been modified.
American Civil Liberties Foundation of Maryland, Inc. (ACLU)
$150,000 / 2009 / Health and Human Services
For continued support of the Regional Housing Equity Project. ACLU will focus on developing a regional housing remedy to enable thousands of public housing residents to live in high-opportunity areas.
Art with a Heart, Inc.
$20,000 / 2009 / Workforce Development
For support and expansion of the 2009 Summer Job Program, a visual arts program for 30 at-risk youth in the Rose Street community. As part of the six-week summer work experience, the students created art pieces, including decoupage furniture and mosaics for sale at Artscape.