Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service
$50,000 / 2003 / Health and Human Services
To support the Baltimore CASH (Creating Assets, Savings and Hope) Campaign, an initiative to increase the use of the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and free income tax preparation service. The goal of the program is to increase the number of tax returns prepared for low-income taxpayers eligible to receive the EITC.
Maryland Society for Sight
$18,479 / 2003 / Health and Human Services
For continued support of the Mobile Eye Care for the Homeless Expansion Program. The program’s van visits five locations each month and provides free eye examinations and glasses.
Love Center for Women and Children
$5,000 / 2003 / Health and Human Services
Emergency funding for operating costs of a residential facility for homeless addicted women and their children.
Legal Aid Bureau, Inc.
$150,000 / 2003 / Health and Human Services
Fourth-year funding for an initiative to address financial needs of non-custodial parents burdened with child support obligations. The program provides individual representation to more than 200 non-custodial parents, addressing systemic problems with the child support enforcement system through litigation. The program also works with the Child Support Enforcement Administration to improve statewide child support policy and to educate service providers and noncustodial parents.
Koinonia Baptist Church
$5,000 / 2003 / Health and Human Services
For support of Project Safe Haven, an after-school program for children in the South Charles Village, East Baltimore and Baltimore/Midway communities.