Historic East Baltimore Community Action Coalition, Inc.
$50,000 / 2006 / Criminal Justice and Addiction
For continued support of Dee’s Place, a 24-hour substance abuse recovery facility serving residents in East Baltimore. As a key partner in the Threshold to Recovery initiative, Dee’s Place offers counseling, auricular acupuncture, wellness, case management, mental health services, referrals for jobs and housing, and 12-step meetings through the night, from 9 p.m. to 9 a.m.
I Can’t We Can, Inc.
$100,000 / 2006 / Criminal Justice and Addiction
For general support of residential and outpatient substance abuse treatment programs at the new I Can’t We Can (ICWC) Counseling Center in the Park Heights community. ICWC will be able to double its capacity over a three- year period to serve up to 600 clients.
Institutes for Behavior Resources.
$75,000 / 2006 / Criminal Justice and Addiction
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.
Job Opportunities Task Force
$30,000 / 2006 / Criminal Justice and Addiction
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.
Jobs, Housing & Recovery, Inc.
$10,000 / 2006 / Criminal Justice and Addiction
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.