Digit All Systems, Inc.
$40,000 / 2011 / Workforce Development
For support of Information Technology certification training in Microsoft applications for 200 Baltimore City students. By providing classes in Microsoft Office applications, Digit All Systems expects to award 166 participants with Microsoft application certificates.
The Work First Foundation
$400,000 / 2011 / Workforce Development
For continued support of the Baltimore Ex Offender Re-entry Employment Program for America Works of Maryland participants. The program aims to place 400 ex-offenders into jobs paying an average of $8.50 an hour. The program will help those placed into jobs retain employment for up to 180 days.
Govans Ecumenical Development Corporation
$40,156 / 2011 / Workforce Development
Toward support of CARES Career Connection, an employment program that serves 120 unemployed men and women in Baltimore City. The program provides job counseling, resume preparation, mentoring, and assistance with job placement, with the goal of helping 60 clients find employment within 12 months of enrollment.
Year Up Washington, Inc.
$200,000 / 2011 / Workforce Development
Toward continued support and expansion of the Year Up Baltimore program, a workforce development initiative for up to 64 at-risk young adults ages 18 to 24 in Baltimore City. Year Up provides one year of information technology training. During the first six months of the program, participants are paid weekly stipends and attend classes. For the next six months, students are placed in paid internships and are then assisted in finding professional level jobs.
Housing Authority of Baltimore City
$137,500 / 2011 / Workforce Development
To provide the Vehicles for Change program with cars and driver’s education for 50 families participating in the Housing Authority’s Special Mobility Housing Choice Voucher Program.