Maryland Food Bank
$50,000 / 2006 / Health and Human Services
For support of the School Pantry Program in 45 to 50 Baltimore City public schools. In exchange for volunteering in the schools, parents are eligible to attend classes on nutrition, budgeting, and meal planning, and to receive free food once a month.
Liberty Learning Center/ Holy Lamb Ministries, Inc.
$30,000 / 2006 / Health and Human Services
Start-up costs for a learning center serving children from low-income families in East Baltimore. The center is licensed to serve 30 children from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m., five days a week. The after-school program provides computer tutorials, academic and faith-based instruction, as well as hot meals provided by the Maryland Food Bank.
Koinonia Baptist Church
$55,000 / 2006 / Health and Human Services
Two grants for the purchase of a 15-passenger mini-bus and continued support of Project Safe Haven, providing after-school and summer programs for children in the Harwood, East Baltimore/Barclay, and Gardenville communities.
Johns Hopkins University/ Bloomberg School of Public Health
$35,000 / 2006 / Health and Human Services
In support of the Baltimore Initiative, to develop a plan designed to improve life circumstances for disadvantaged and at-risk youth of East Baltimore, and to address related problems of drugs, crime, education, and joblessness. After profiling the population and reviewing existing programs at work in the community, the Baltimore Initiative’s recommendations will be presented to Baltimore leadership for review and implementation.
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
$43,989 / 2006 / Health and Human Services
For support of the Family Planning Initiative at the Center for Addiction and Pregnancy. The purpose of the initiative is to provide family planning education and counseling to high-risk, substance-abusing women who are pregnant or have young children.