Umar Youth and Boxing Program, Inc.
$28,000 / 2005 / Health and Human Services
Capital funding for the renovation of Umar’s existing facility for expansion of boxing and tutorial programs for 40 at-risk youth. Umar provides an after-school program and full-day summer camp, a computer lab and academic program, including homework assistance by tutors.
The Shepherd’s Clinic
$46,000 / 2005 / Health and Human Services
For ongoing support to cover malpractice insurance for volunteer physicians, nurses, and physicians’ assistants who donate medical care to uninsured Baltimore City residents.
The Samaritan Center
$45,000 / 2005 / Health and Human Services
For continued support of the Travel Voucher Program. Each year, the program provides bus vouchers to more than 400 homeless people who want to leave Baltimore to reunite with family, find employment, or receive treatment for substance abuse.
The Samaritan Center
$50,000 / 2005 / Health and Human Services
For continued support of the Eviction Prevention Assistance program at The Samaritan Center, designed to provide emergency grants to individuals and families facing eviction. Aside from providing a one-time grant directly to the landlord, the Center’s case manager will refer the unemployed to Catholic Charities’ employment services and assist clients in applying for other income supports, such as food stamps and Medicaid Earned Income Tax Credit.
Safe and Sound Campaign for Children and Youth
$250,000 / 2005 / Health and Human Services
For the implementation of the Family Recovery Program, an initiative designed to reduce the length of time children spend in the Baltimore City foster care system. The program will provide case management support and substance abuse treatment for 250 parents whose children are entering foster care. It is expected that the time children of participating parents spend in foster care will be reduced by 50 to 70 percent.