Homeless Persons Representation Project, Inc.
$75,000 / 2012 / Health and Human Services
For continued support of staffing and litigation costs of the Permanent Supportive Housing initiative, which advocates on behalf of homeless, disabled clients seeking permanent housing.
Planned Parenthood of Maryland, Inc.
$151,750 / 2012 / Health and Human Services
A two-year grant toward support of a Baltimore City birth control initiative titled “Provision of Long-Acting Reversible Contraception (LARC) Methods for High-Need Clients.” The initiative provides family planning services and access to LARC methods to 470 low-income Baltimore City women.
Baltimore City Health Department
$164,248 / 2012 / Health and Human Services
For support of the Asthma Program, including an evaluation of a model program that provides home-visiting services to children with the most severe asthma. The evaluation analyzes Medicaid cost data related to the asthma home-visiting program to demonstrate the cost effectiveness of the model.
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.