Past Grants

Legal Aid Bureau, Inc.

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

For support of Project Safe Haven, an after-school program for children in the South Charles Village, East Baltimore and Baltimore/Midway communities.

Job Opportunities Task Force

For continued support to expand educational experiences for eligible prison inmates, establish linkages with employers receptive to hiring ex-offenders, advocate for dropout prevention strategies and recovery programs in non-traditional educational settings, and urge the simplification of forms of all income support programs, such as Medicaid and food stamps.

I Say No 2

For the acquisition of a vacant property to serve as faith-based transitional housing for 16 addicted women and their children in the Westport/Cherry Hill neighborhoods. The program assists participants with job searches and addresses their health and legal issues, while encouraging them to attend counseling and Narcotics Anonymous meetings, adhere to household rules and perform community chores.

I Can

For funds to replace a furnace in an emergency shelter for homeless men and a convalescent care unit for medically fragile men referred by Health Care for the Homeless.