Washington Village/Pigtown Neighborhood Planning Council, Inc.
$75,000 / 2004 / Health and Human Services
For staffing at the Family Support and Career Center to plan and implement the Managed Work Services model. Managed Work Services contracts with businesses to staff high turnover, entry-level positions. Residents gain valuable work experience in these temporary, transitional jobs, and are then placed into permanent jobs.
Vehicles for Change, Inc .
$45,000 / 2004 / Health and Human Services
Sixth-year funding of a transportation program structured to provide 45 reconditioned cars to low-income residents of Baltimore City who need cars to obtain and hold living wage jobs, and to transport children to child care.
University of Maryland Medical System
$50,000 / 2004 / Health and Human Services
Toward expenses related to the Breathmobile program for asthma treatment of inner-city children in Baltimore City public schools. The program, which delivers state-of-the-art asthma care to more than 400 children, is expected to decrease asthma attacks, absenteeism, and emergency room visits. Data collected will assess the program’s effectiveness.
United Way of Central Maryland
$50,000 / 2004 / Health and Human Services
For general support of United Way’s effort to address health and human services in the Central Maryland region.
Transitioning Lives, Inc.
$25,000 / 2004 / Health and Human Services
A challenge grant for the expansion of services provided by a residential re-entry program for ex-offenders. Transitioning Lives houses six men in a structured, residential environment for a period of up to six months. Each resident is expected to participate in substance abuse and vocational counseling, NA/AA meetings; to contribute toward rent and food; and to participate in housecleaning and kitchen responsibilities.