Past Grants

Art with a Heart

For support of the Summer Jobcorps program, a visual arts program for ten at-risk youth, ages 14 to 21, living in the Rose Street neighborhood. Students will meet five days a week for four weeks to create art work, such as mosaics and decoupage furniture, to display and market at the 2006 Artscape.

Second Chance Project, Inc.

For continued support of an initiative to help more than 337 ex-offenders obtain identification, including Social Security cards, Motor Vehicle Administration identification cards, and birth certificates at the Mayor’s Office of Employment Development’s Re-entry Center at Mondawmin Mall.

Goodwill Industries of the Chesapeake, Inc.

For support of the Shapiro Training and Employment Program’s (STEP) Ticket To Work Project, a program for disadvantaged persons with psychiatric disabilities. Now merged with Goodwill Industries, the goal of the project is to enroll 300 Social Security Administration clients into the program and place at least 80 graduates in jobs.

Homeless Persons Representation Project

Two grants for continued support of an initiative designed to reduce employment discrimination against ex-offenders in Maryland, by promoting legal representation for Baltimore City ex-offenders, and helping to remove past convictions from the records. The program educates ex-offenders about the ramifications of their criminal records, sentencing procedures, probation and parole, and waiver of filing fees.

The Johns Hopkins Institute for Policy Studies

Third-year funding for staffing costs of a Senior Research Analyst position for the Baltimore Workforce Investment Board. The analyst will determine the effectiveness of the ex-offender Re-Entry Center at Mondawmin Mall.