Association of Baltimore Area Grantmakers
$5,000 / 2009 / Workforce Development
For continued support of a part-time staff position to facilitate the Workforce Development Affinity Group.
Baltimore Healthcare Access
$50,000 / 2009 / Workforce Development
Toward the implementation of the EarnBenefits Baltimore Program in the Baltimore City Detention Center. Baltimore Health Care Access will serve 487 Baltimore City Detention Center inmates for benefit eligibility.
CASA of Maryland, Inc.
$100,000 / 2009 / Workforce Development
For continued funding of the Baltimore Worker Employment Center for day laborers and low-income workers. The formal hiring center offers a safe and organized way to help workers find jobs in construction, landscaping, home improvement, sanitation, and other day-to-day low-skilled physical labor-intensive jobs. The center provides a place to receive workplace rights education, health and safety training, legal counseling, basic vocational training, and identification cards.
Center for Urban Families
$300,000 / 2009 / Workforce Development
For continued support of STRIVE Baltimore, a job training and placement service for men and women. In a three-week intensive workshop focusing on job readiness, the STRIVE model emphasizes attitudinal training, job placement, post-placement support, one-on-one and group counseling, parenting skills, and case management.
Harbor City Services, Inc.
$15,000 / 2009 / Workforce Development
Toward general operating costs of a document management, moving/storage, and warehouse business providing sheltered employment to Baltimore City residents with psychiatric disabilities.