BioTechnical Institute of Maryland, Inc.
$47,575 / 2006 / Workforce Development
In support of BioSTART, a 12-week bridge program introducing Baltimore residents to bioscience terminology, employment possibilities, laboratory procedures, and laboratory math. Upon successful completion, students move to the nine-week laboratory associates class, followed by three-week paid internships. The internships qualify the applicants for entry-level laboratory positions with average starting wages of $12 per hour, plus benefits.
Baltimore Alliance for Careers in Healthcare, Inc.
$75,000 / 2006 / Workforce Development
For continued support and expansion of career coaching, career mapping, and the Pre-Allied Health Bridge Project. The project is designed to assist entry-level workers obtain the requisite basic skills for post-secondary training leading to higher paying jobs in health care.
Art with a Heart
$9,000 / 2006 / Workforce Development
For support of the Summer Jobcorps program, a visual arts program for ten at-risk youth, ages 14 to 21, living in the Rose Street neighborhood. Students will meet five days a week for four weeks to create art work, such as mosaics and decoupage furniture, to display and market at the 2006 Artscape.
Anne Arundel Economic Development Corporation
$35,000 / 2006 / Workforce Development
For the establishment of the BWI Employment, Training and Transportation Center. The purpose of the center is to support the Baltimore Washington International (BWI) business community as it works to improve the transportation system, and to promote economic development and workforce opportunities in the BWI vicinity.
Sandtown Habitat for Humanity
$100,000 / 2006 / Criminal Justice and Addiction
Toward the renovation of 25 vacant rowhouses in Sandtown- Winchester. The initiative will provide affordable homes for a selected group of low-income Baltimore City families. Through sweat equity of 200 hours, donations, and volunteer help in the rehabilitation process, the cost of Habitat homes are kept affordable for those earning less than 35 percent of the area median income. New homeowners have access to health, educational, and job-training services of New Song Ministries in Sandtown-Winchester.