United Ministries, Inc.
$20,000 / 2002 / Health and Human Services
For operating expenses of a transitional housing drug-free program for homeless men, many of whom are recovering from substance abuse and are also HIV positive. Successful completion of the program is defined as the participant’s being employed, pursuing a GED, and securing permanent housing.
United Way of Central Maryland
$50,000 / 2002 / Health and Human Services
In support of United Way’s effort to address human service and health needs in Central Maryland.
Unity Center of Christianity
$18,000 / 2002 / Health and Human Services
For continued support of the Do You Know Where Your Children Are? program for the 2002-2003 school year. This grassroots project offers incentives to participating parents and other adults who assume full responsibility for knowing where their middle-school children are during the afternoon and evening hours of the school week.
University of Maryland Baltimore County
$1,000,000 / 2002 / Education
A five-year grant toward establishment of the Walter and Janet Sondheim Public Affairs Scholarship Program.
University of Maryland Baltimore County/The Shriver Center
$149,936 / 2002 / Health and Human Services
For support of the CLEARCorps home repair and education program for the prevention of childhood lead poisoning in the Park Heights neighborhood. The workers are AmeriCorps members who are trained in construction to make home repairs designed to reduce the lead hazards and to provide health education to families in distressed neighborhoods.