Past Grants

A Step Forward, Inc.

Two grants for pre-development and renovation costs for a property to be used as a Single Room Occupancy facility to house recovering substance abusers. The newly renovated house, with its capacity to serve up to eight men, will be operated as an Oxford House, a democratically run, self-supporting, and drug-free facility. The residents will receive support and services from A Step Forward, Inc. until permanent housing becomes available.

Prisoners Aid Association of Maryland, Inc.

Toward the acquisition and renovation of an additional facility of the Female Transitional Housing Program, serving women who are homeless and/or ex-offenders. The expansion to the new facility will provide housing and support services for up to 25 women per year.

Institutes for Behavior Resources.

For the completion of renovations to the new headquarters of the R.E.A.C.H. mobile drug-abuse treatment program, the first full-service mobile drug-abuse treatment program of its kind. The new headquarters allows for more effective communication and coordination, efficient use of personnel resources, and a dispensing area on-site for methadone and buprenorphine.

Citizens Planning and Housing Association.

Toward the eviction reform initiative in Baltimore City. CPHA will host workshops and disseminate educational materials through print, electronic newsletters, the web, and community meetings, encouraging a prohibition of placing tenant property in the public right-of-way, and requiring landlords to take responsibility for disposal of the property.

Jobs, Housing & Recovery, Inc.

For support of Carrington House, a drug and alcohol recovery facility. Carrington House programming includes long-term recovery, group counseling, individual counseling, educational support, employment readiness, training and placement, relapse-prevention, and life-skills classes.