House Of New Beginnings
$5,000 / 2012 / Health and Human Services
For six months of rent and utilities so that House of New Beginnings may provide services to homeless youth in foster care and to those aged out of foster care.
Reach Out and Read
$50,000 / 2012 / Health and Human Services
Toward the salary of a Program Director for the Greater Baltimore School Readiness Project, and for the purchase of books to implement a one-on-one literacy tutoring project for 160 students in grades K through five in four Title 1 schools in Baltimore City. The project recruits and trains volunteers to work with students twice a week for a minimum of 16 hours. It aims to have students reading closer to grade level by the end of the school year.
Baltimore City Health Department
$60,000 / 2012 / Health and Human Services
For continued support of the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Initiative, a multi-agency collaboration and partnership that aims to improve reproductive health services available to young people, reduce teen births, and improve family-planning services.
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
$100,000 / 2012 / Health and Human Services
Toward support of the Preconception Women’s Health and Pediatrics initiative for low-income women in Baltimore City. The initiative includes a needs assessment, the development of a preconception care protocol, evaluations of the impact of the protocol on short-term and long-term outcomes for mothers, and an assessment of cost effectiveness.
The Salvation Army
$5,000 / 2012 / Health and Human Services
For general support of services for the needy.