Past Grants

A Step Forward

Toward stipends to provide nighttime staffing at a licensed halfway house for drug-addicted homeless ex-offenders. By providing nighttime supervision, A Step Forward hopes to increase its retention rate from 45 percent to 75 percent.

Quarterway Houses, Inc.

Toward renovations of the Weisman-Kaplan House and the Nilsson House, halfway houses that provide homeless men and women with long- term drug treatment and wraparound services following their release from Tuerk House. Renovations will ensure that the facilities meet community standards.

Job Opportunities Task Force

For a study on the high cost of goods and services for low-income Baltimore City residents. The report will provide recommendations of ways to relieve the burden of high priced goods and services to low-income city residents, and to begin a community discussion about the inequality of pricing in the Baltimore area.

Alternative Directions, Inc.

For continued support of the Turn Around Program (TAP), a transition program providing re-entry services, case management, and self- advocacy training for female ex-offenders, both in the correctional facility and upon their release in the community.

Sylvan Beach Foundation, Inc.

For staffing costs of a Program Director and a Director of Operations and Workforce Development. Sylvan Beach Foundation is a residential job training program to encourage troubled youth to become skilled workers and potential entrepreneurs.