Past Grants

Caroline Center, Inc.

Toward renovation costs to relocate the Caroline Center Upholstery shop to larger facilities. The additional space will enable the “earn-as-you-learn” upholstering business to increase the number of women trained, as well as to increase program revenue.

The Center for Fathers, Families and Workforce Development.

Eighth-year funding for support of STRIVE Baltimore, a job training and placement service for unemployed or underemployed men and women. STRIVE prepares participants for the workforce through a three-week workshop that focuses on job readiness. The STRIVE model emphasizes attitudinal training, job placement, one-on-one and group counseling, parenting skills, and case management.

Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service

For continued support of the Baltimore CASH (Creating Assets, Savings and Hope) Campaign. The initiative, a free income tax preparation service, is designed to increase the use of the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), a work incentive and poverty-alleviation tool. Its goal is to increase the number of tax returns prepared for low-income taxpayers eligible to receive the EITC tax refunds. The campaign will focus on asset development strategies, including targeting refunds toward individual development accounts, savings for homeownership, and tuition.

Mayor’s Office of Employment Development (MOED)

For support of the Ex-Offender Re-Entry Center in the Northwest Career Center. The Center, located at Mondawmin Mall in the Park Heights section of Baltimore City, will offer transitional support and employment-related services to ex-offenders in an effort to reduce recidivism. The Center will ensure that those served have identification documents, receive job procurement services and case management, and referrals to housing, substance abuse, health care, and legal services.

Moveable Feast

For continued support of the Culinary Arts and Life Skills Training Program for unemployed and underemployed Baltimore City residents. Successful participants of the 12-week program, offered three times a year, receive certificates of completion of courses in culinary arts, CPR, first aid, and food handling. Graduates are placed in entry-level food service positions that pay at least $8.50 an hour, plus benefits.