The Family League of Baltimore City, Inc.
$58,586 / 2004 / Health and Human Services
In support of Baltimore’s Success by 6 Partnership, created to provide early literacy activities in family child care and home visiting programs. The programs offer parents and day care providers with tools to build children’s language skills.
Episcopal Housing Corporation
$31,400 / 2004 / Health and Human Services
Capital grant for the development of the Collington Square Oxford House, a residential drug treatment program for eight men in recovery. The model provides a structured environment for addicts who have stabilized their lives and found employment, but who require peer support and reinforcement of a small, drug-free community.
The Enterprise Foundation
$75,000 / 2004 / Health and Human Services
For the expansion of the Re-entry Partnership (REP) Initiative, a program designed to help prepare inmates for transition from prison back into their communities. The program incorporates pre-release and post-release components. As part of the case management re-entry plan, ex-offenders participate in vocational and educational programs prior to being transferred to the Metropolitan Transition Center. Support services include transportation of the ex-offender, so that upon release the individual is linked directly with community resources.
Coalition to End Childhood Lead Poisoning
$81,500 / 2004 / Health and Human Services
For staffing and related costs to expand legal representation of tenants in Rent Court. The funding will be used by the staff to educate clerks and judges about a new law requiring landlords to register and comply with lead paint laws before filing a complaint in Rent Court. The law has the potential to reduce the number of eviction cases while increasing compliance with childhood lead paint laws. It is expected that the laws will improve housing conditions and lower the incidence of childhood lead poisoning.
Chase Brexton Health Services
$50,000 / 2004 / Health and Human Services
Capital funding for renovation costs of a facility at 10 West Eager Street to house the Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP) for substance-abuse treatment. Heroin is the drug of choice for approximately 45,000 people in Baltimore City; not surprisingly, the incidence of intravenous drug use among Baltimore City’s poor is high. The IOP addresses the multiple health needs of this high-risk population.