KIPP Baltimore, Inc.
$50,000 / 2009 / Education
For continued support of the extended day program at the KIPP Ujima Village Academy and the new elementary school, KIPP Harmony, which opened in fall 2009. The longer school day and week, and the summer school, are key components of the program designed to move student achievement to the top 10 percent in the Baltimore City Public School System.
Loving Arms, Inc.
$65,000 / 2009 / Health and Human Services
Toward start-up operating costs and for the purchase and installation of a fire escape for a short-term residential group home for eight emotionally disturbed youth in Baltimore City.
Manifest Wonders Christian Center
$5,000 / 2009 / Criminal Justice and Addiction
Toward the purchase of furniture and appliances for a new transitional housing facility to accommodate ten ex-offender women in recovery.
Maryland Center for Arts and Technology, Inc.
$50,000 / 2009 / Workforce Development
For continued support and expansion of job training programs for unemployed and underemployed youth and adults in Baltimore City. The center recruits and trains individuals for positions in healthcare and other high growth/high shortage industries.
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.