Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
$53,000 / 2002 / Health and Human Services
For general support and staffing of Maternity Center East, a women’s health care and family planning facility serving low-income residents of East Baltimore. The Center provides family planning, prenatal, obstetric and primary health care to approximately 3,000 patients who are uninsured or underinsured.
Jubilee Baltimore, Inc.
$20,000 / 2002 / Community Development
For staffing and operating costs to provide services to buyers and owners interested in securing loans and State and federal historic tax credits for purchase and rehabilitation of houses in Reservoir Hill. This initiative is intended to attract new buyers to the neighborhood and to increase the level of reinvestment in the neighborhood.
KIPP Baltimore, Inc.
$50,000 / 2002 / Education
Toward the establishment of a Knowledge Is Power Program (KIPP) Academy, a middle school (grades 5 to 8) based on high expectations for academic achievement and conduct, extended day, community leadership skill training, music training, mandatory enrichment weekend programs and summer school.
Legal Aid Bureau, Inc.
$193,208 / 2002 / Health and Human Services
Third-year funding for an initiative to meet the needs of noncustodial parents whose child support obligations exceed their ability to pay. By providing individual representation, Legal Aid has been able to identify recurring issues that adversely affect noncustodial parents, such as driver’s license suspensions, reports to credit agencies, and denial of access to child support records.
Light Street Housing Corporation
$30,000 / 2002 / Community Development
For community organizing and pre-development costs of negotiating with the Housing Authority to acquire and redevelop scattered-site public housing units in Sharp-Leadenhall.