Baltimore ACORN/American Institute for Social Justice
$65,000 / 2003 / Health and Human Services
For second-year funding of a comprehensive lead poisoning prevention program in the Park Heights Avenue area. The initiative assesses lead hazards in homes and refers families to lead poisoning prevention and treatment resources.
Baltimore American Indian Center, Inc.
$5,000 / 2003 / Health and Human Services
Toward administrative costs to operate a center serving Native Americans in the Baltimore region. The Center provides a wide range of services, including housing, health care, employment, cultural programs and activities for senior citizens.
Baltimore City Department of Housing and Community Development
$75,000 / 2003 / Community Development
Second-year funding for the Neighborhood Conservation Program, a community conservation initiative in the outer-ring neighborhoods such as Ashburton, Forest Park, Lauraville and Windsor Hills. The purpose of the project is to identify vacant properties within highly marketable neighborhoods and to determine whether current owners intend to reinvest, whether the properties are suitable for acquisition and rehabilitation, and whether abandoned properties should be demolished.
Baltimore City Office of Homeless Services
$5,000 / 2003 / Health and Human Services
For the development of a report on youth homelessness in Baltimore.
Baltimore City Office of Homeless Services
$5,000 / 2003 / Health and Human Services
For two summer interns to research the effectiveness of the City’s eviction prevention program and prepare an analysis of the Code Blue Program, a supplemental emergency shelter system activated in inclement cold weather, during the winter of 2002-2003.