Past Grants

TuTTie’s Place

For the purchase of furniture and equipment for a new 16-bed residential group home for Baltimore City foster-care children, ages 14-21. TuTTie’s Place is committed to providing care for hard-to-serve foster children who have experienced multiple failed placements.

Baltimore Outreach Services, Inc. (BOS)

Toward the purchase and renovation costs of three new units to help meet demand for transitional housing. BOS provides housing services to the residents for up to two years.

University of Maryland School of Medicine

For the cost of producing ten PSAs and a three-minute violence prevention program designed to reach at-risk disadvantaged teens from Baltimore City through cell phones and other portable media. Links to the videos will be posted on You Tube and My Space. DVDs will be available to all Baltimore City public schools. An evaluation will be conducted to determine if these emerging technologies are a viable dissemination mechanism to reach the targeted audience.

Baltimore Substance Abuse Systems, Inc.

For the third and final year of Threshold to Recovery, a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Local Initiative Funding Partners program. The three Threshold centers are open for extended hours offering a low-cost, high-volume, effective means of increasing access to treatment, retaining people in treatment, and sustaining recovery. The centers welcome walk-ins and offer alternative healing therapies such as tai chi, acupuncture, and meditation.

Women’s Housing Coalition

To provide case management services at the new Jenkins House residence for low-income, disabled women. The goal of Jenkins House is to stabilize residents in permanent housing and prepare them for increased levels of independent living through supportive services with the help of a case manager. Services include counseling in life skills, job placement, education, relapse prevention, mental health, and entitlement benefits.