Job Opportunities Task Force
$30,000 / 2002 / Health and Human Services
For the continuation of a comparative study of Baltimore’s workforce development system and workforce development systems in other cities with similar demographics. Components of the study include a review of the cities’ welfare-to-work systems; one-stop centers for adults who are not on welfare, youth programs, local community colleges’ curricula, public schools’ vocational and dropout prevention programs, literacy programs, and public housing workforce initiatives.
Homeless Persons Representation Project, Inc.
$5,000 / 2002 / Health and Human Services
Toward consultancy fees for the Labor Pool Organizing Project designed to advocate for greater government regulation and protection of temporary employees from unlawful practices.
Homeless Persons Representation Project, Inc.
$128,256 / 2002 / Health and Human Services
In support of an initiative designed to reduce employment discrimination against ex-offenders by providing direct legal services to ex-offenders. The initiative will also create a legislative agenda advocating changes to selected state employment policies that create barriers to job-seeking ex-offenders.
Heart’s Place Shelter
$10,710 / 2002 / Health and Human Services
For renovations to a kitchen and bathrooms in a winter emergency shelter for homeless men, women and children in the Midtown area.
Harford-Belair Community Mental Health Center, Inc.
$187,900 / 2002 / Health and Human Services
Toward the purchase and renovation costs of two houses in Northeast Baltimore to provide housing and residential rehabilitation services to chronically mentally ill substance abuse clients.