Goodwill Industries of the Chesapeake, Inc.
$150,000 / 2003 / Health and Human Services
For startup costs of Project Bridge, a transitional employment project for ex-offenders returning to Baltimore City. After completing five weeks of training prior to release from prison, participants are referred to work crews for three months before being placed into employment Project Bridge is a partnership among Goodwill Industries, Catholic Charities, Second Chance and STRIVE.
Goodwill Industries of the Chesapeake, Inc.
$132,233 / 2003 / Health and Human Services
Third-year funding of the SEETTS program (Supporting Ex-Offenders in Employment, Training and Transitional Services), a workforce development initiative for persons leaving Maryland prisons and returning to Baltimore City. The program, providing 14 weeks of transitional services for up to 120 inmates at a time, assists participants in securing gainful employment through job readiness.
Good Samaritan Hospital Foundation
$63,900 / 2003 / Health and Human Services
For continued support of a pilot nursing program designed to enroll Good Samaritan Hospital employees in nursing school at Coppin State College Nursing and remediation classes are offered to 30 Good Samaritan employees on-site at the hospital.
Fusion Partnerships, Inc.
$50,000 / 2003 / Health and Human Services
For support of Power Inside, a literacy, life skills and community re-integration program for women currently or formerly incarcerated in the Baltimore City Detention Center. The purpose of the program is to reduce the recidivism rate among the female transient jail population.
Episcopal Social Ministries
$25,000 / 2003 / Health and Human Services
In support of the Collington Square Re-Entry Program Expansion Project. The eight-week faith-based program offers support services, job training and job placement to addicted men and women in recovery.