TAEL Enterprise, Inc.
$5,000 / 2007 / Criminal Justice and Addiction
To provide rent, utilities, and related expenses at UPRISING House, a transitional housing program serving six female ex-offenders and their children. The clients will be encouraged to pursue education, acquire job skills, and set life goals to become self-sufficient and economically independent.
Sinai Hospital of Baltimore
$36,000 / 2007 / Criminal Justice and Addiction
Toward support of an interim methadone maintenance study for clients participating in the Sinai Hospital Addictions Recovery Program. The study has been designed to evaluate both the efficacy and cost benefits of interim methadone treatment as compared with prompt entry into “comprehensive” treatment including counseling on enrollment, heroin use, cocaine use, HIV-risk behavior, and crime.
Recovery In Community
$5,000 / 2007 / Criminal Justice and Addiction
Start-up costs for the new transitional housing program, including training for a house manager and for Internet equipment and services.
Prisoners Aid Association of Maryland, Inc.
$100,000 / 2007 / Criminal Justice and Addiction
Toward the acquisition and renovation of an additional facility of the Female Transitional Housing Program, serving women who are homeless and/or ex-offenders. The expansion to the new facility will provide housing and support services for up to 25 women per year.
No Turning Back Supportive Housing for Men/A Step Forward, Inc.
$25,000 / 2007 / Criminal Justice and Addiction
For the purchase and installation of a new HVAC system, and to cover costs of office supplies and staffing for a transitional housing facility for men recovering from substance abuse. The facility provides housing for up to one year, financial counseling, nutritional classes, family reunification services, along with job readiness and an opportunity to work for a landscaping and hauling business.