Health Care for the Homeless, Inc.
$5,000 / 2007 / Health and Human Services
To provide emergency shelter for homeless persons with disabilities.
Health Care for the Homeless, Inc.
$75,000 / 2007 / Health and Human Services
Costs for expansion of the Baltimore Housing First pilot project for homeless persons with physical and mental disabilities. Based on a national model that places homeless persons in stable housing as a first priority and then follows up with supportive services provided by outreach workers, Baltimore’s project expects to provide permanent housing and supportive services to 100 chronically homeless individuals over a five-year period.
Harlem Park Buckeyes
$5,000 / 2007 / Health and Human Services
Toward the purchase of uniforms and equipment for 150 youth participating in the Harlem Park football program.
East Baltimore Christian Athletic Association/EZRA
$10,000 / 2007 / Health and Human Services
For continued support of youth athletic programs for 375 inner-city children, ages nine to 17. Adult volunteers coach and teach fundamentals of playing organized sports while at the same time instilling values of sportsmanship, hard work, discipline, and respect.
B-SPIRIT-A2Y
$40,000 / 2007 / Health and Human Services
For continued support of after-school tutoring and mentoring programs for at-risk students in the Park Heights Community. The program, along with tutoring and mentoring, provides utilities, insurance, and security monitoring for the newly renovated and expanded After-School Institute. Located in one of the poorest and most distressed neighborhoods in Baltimore, B-Spirit offers an opportunity to 50 younger people to take advantage of programming designed to improve their quality of life.