The following organizations were awarded grants for year 2001.

Arts & Culture
Community Development
Conservation & Environment
Education
Health & Human Services
Other

Arts and Culture

Baltimore Shakespeare Festival $5,000
Baltimore, MD
Toward consultancy fees to undertake an assessment of the Festival's organizational structure and to develop a strategic plan.

Creative Alliance, Inc. $5,000
Baltimore, MD
For a marketing study of the current demand for artists' studio-residencies as part of the major renovation of the Patterson Center for the Arts in East Baltimore. In addition to providing a residency program, the Center will house contemporary art exhibits, music, dance and theatrical performing groups, and year-round educational programs.

Everyman Theatre $5,000
Baltimore, MD
Toward general operations for a repertory theater company of actors who live and work in the Baltimore Washington area.

Greater Baltimore Cultural Alliance $5,000
Baltimore, MD
In support of the 2001 Greater Baltimore Cultural Summit, to address the issues of cultural tourism, collaborative programming, and enhanced community cultural opportunities.

Maryland Citizens for the Arts Foundation $10,000
Ellicott City, MD
Two grants for the expansion of arts education and outreach programs.

National Museum of Ceramic Art and Glass $42,720
Baltimore, MD
For continued support of the implementation of the ceramic arts curriculum in classroom settings and instruction and after-school ceramic arts clubs in 19 Baltimore City public middle schools.

Young Victorian Theatre Company $5,000
Baltimore, MD
Toward a permanent endowment to stabilize the Young Victorian summer community theater.

Community Development

Baltimore Center for the Performing Arts $1,000,000
Baltimore, MD
Four-year funding for leasehold improvements to the Hippodrome Theatre, a venue to house Baltimore's premier Broadway road shows in the heart of the West Side redevelopment area on Eutaw Street between Baltimore and Fayette Streets.

Baltimore City Department of Housing and Community Development $75,000
Baltimore, MD
Toward staffing for a vacant house intervention and community conservation program. This initiative is designed to identify vacant or problem properties in the community and to track these properties through the code enforcement process.

Baltimore Development Corporation $420,000
Baltimore, MD
Two grants toward an initiative designed to persuade nonprofit organizations, such as World Relief and the Association of Academic Physiatrists, to move their national headquarters or regional offices to Baltimore City.

Baltimore Development Corporation $30,000
Baltimore, MD
Two grants for administrative expenses of Maglev-Maryland, a magnetic levitation high-speed train which, when fully operational, will reduce travel time between Baltimore and Washington to less than 20 minutes.

Baltimore Development Corporation $5,000
Baltimore, MD
To fund the costs of retaining a consultant whose responsibility is to develop consensus-building activities related to brownfields reforms. A strengthened State brownfields program, including an enhanced tax incentive package similar to the State Enterprise Zone Program, is considered one of the keys to economic revitalization of older cities like Baltimore and within the State's Smart Growth strategies.

Baltimore Neighborhood Collaborative/Association of Baltimore Area Grantmakers $60,000
Baltimore, MD
Renewed funding for an expansion of six neighborhood community-building initiatives. This collaborative will provide support to help develop local leadership and increase community activism.

Baltimore Regional Partnership $50,000
Baltimore, MD
For an analysis of alternative land use, transportation, and housing scenarios for the Baltimore region. This study will help to provide new planning tools for strategies to reduce traffic and air pollution.

Citizens Planning and Housing Association $17,000
Baltimore, MD
Two grants for the Campaign for Regional Solutions, toward the development of policies designed to break up concentrations of poverty in the Baltimore region.

Civil Justice, Inc. $60,000
Baltimore, MD
To provide legal services to low- and moderate-income first-time homebuyers in Baltimore City in an effort to prevent unscrupulous and illegal real estate transactions known as "flipping."

Episcopal Housing Corporation $40,000
Baltimore, MD
Toward renovation costs of two vacant houses in the Reservoir Hill community to assist in the strengthening of the neighborhood.

Friends of Patterson Park $5,000
Baltimore, MD
In support of BikeJam 2001, an urban cycling festival held in Patterson Park.

Greater Baltimore Committee $5,000
Baltimore, MD
Toward the cost of a management review of the Baltimore City Office of Personnel.

Greater Baltimore Committee $28,958
Baltimore, MD
For expenses related to the sale of the Community Court Building.

Green Policy Institute/The Tides Foundation $35,000
Washington, DC
For a feasibility study of a societally oriented, environmentally friendly chicken processing business on the Eastern Shore. The study addresses the potential marketability and profitability of a business to process and distribute high-quality natural chicken products free of hormones and antibiotics.

International Center for Sustainable Development $300,000
Gaithersburg, MD
Two grants for start-up costs to establish the International Center for Sustainable Development in Baltimore. The focus of the program is to promote energy conservation, efficiency, renewable energy and sustainable development through the efforts of an Energy Ombudsman and the convening of a Sustainable Baltimore Forum of community leaders and experts to discuss local opportunities.

Live Baltimore Marketing Center $40,000
Baltimore, MD
For continued support of marketing activities designed to promote residential living in Baltimore City. Focus will be website and distribution of sales packets.

Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development $60,603
Crownsville, MD
For additional support of the Live Near Your Work program, in partnership with Citizens Planning and Housing Association. The purpose of the program is to provide financial incentives for employees who purchase homes in neighborhoods near their workplace.

Maryland Film Festival $90,000
Baltimore, MD
Two-year support of the 2002 and 2003 Maryland Film Festival. This funding includes travel expenses to bring filmmakers to Baltimore during an annual spring festival as a marketing tool to encourage future film production in Baltimore and Maryland.

Office of the Mayor $125,000
Baltimore, MD
For expenses related to Phase II of a land use and redevelopment plan for the east side neighborhood north of Johns Hopkins Hospital. The plan centers on a biomedical research facility and explores the feasibility of other economic, retail and residential uses.

Patterson Park Community Development Corporation $25,000
Baltimore, MD
For independent accounting services for a community development corporation experiencing extensive growth. Through housing acquisition, rehabilitations, sales and rentals, the corporation has been able to abate the deterioration of neighborhoods north and east of Patterson Park

Patterson Park Community Development Corporation $20,000
Baltimore, MD
Toward an initiative to clean streets and alleys in a 22-square-block area of the Patterson Park community.

People's Homesteading Group $50,000
Baltimore, MD
Two-year support of the Anchors of Hope initiative in the Greenmount Community for the rehabilitation of six vacant houses for resale.

Preservation Maryland $25,000
Baltimore, MD
For the Historic Communities Investment Fund, a matching grant program to create additional historic districts in Baltimore. These new and expanded districts will be eligible for the Maryland State Historic rehabilitation tax credit refund.

Conservation/Environment

1000 Friends of Maryland $27,400
Baltimore, MD
For the cost of developing a County Score Card, measuring efforts to abate sprawl, and publishing a guide to issues related to land-use legislation. This guide is being written for activists who are interested in familiarizing themselves with the political process and land use litigation.

Baltimore Police Foundation $50,000
Baltimore, MD
In support of the Environmental Crimes Unit Campaign Against Illegal Dumping, including prosecution of offenders and the establishment of a "tip line" to encourage citizens to report illegal dumping. This effort will target ten "hot spots" that have been identified as chronic dumping sites for commercial debris and illegal contaminants.

Center for Watershed Protection $25,000
Ellicott City, MD
To support the Builders of the Bay program, designed to launch a series of local roundtable task forces. These task forces will investigate existing building codes and ordinances and make recommendations to local county planning commissions designed to make building codes environmentally sensitive and economically feasible.

Chesapeake Bay Foundation $5,000
Annapolis, MD
For support of the 2002 Environmental Legislative Summit.

Chesapeake Bay Foundation $170,000
Annapolis, MD
For costs related to a rewrite of Turning the Tide, a book on the current state of the Chesapeake Bay and the outlook for its recovery. An interactive website will also be developed to accompany the publication.

The Conservation Fund $150,000
Annapolis, MD
Two-year grant to provide technical assistance to local county officials and land trusts to facilitate Maryland's Green Print and Legacy Programs. The Fund will also produce and distribute "Better Models for Development in Maryland" as an educational tool to encourage local officials to take more strategic approaches to land conservation in Maryland.

Earthome Productions, Inc. $11,500
Stevenson, MD
Three grants for expenses related to production, pre-screening and symposia on "The Next Industrial Revolution," a treatise on sustainable economic, environmental and social responsibility.

Environmental Law Institute $20,000
Washington, DC
In continued support of the Forests for the Bay Project in an effort to abate forest fragmentation and disappearance of Maryland woodlands. The project advocates the voluntary landowner management of existing forestland, cooperative management of smaller parcels, re-establishment of trees in brownfields, provisions for property tax incentives for retention and stewardship of forests, expansion of programs to secure forest buffers along the waterways, and better monitoring of current forest harvest practices to ensure compliance with regulations.

Herring Run Watershed Association $5,000
Baltimore, MD
For general support of stewardship activities designed to improve the environmental quality of the Herring Run watershed, which reaches the Chesapeake Bay.

Education

Arts Education in Maryland Schools Consortium $10,000
Baltimore, MD
Two grants for general support of programs designed to integrate the cultural arts into the curriculum of Maryland's public schools.

Archdiocese of Baltimore $46,000
Baltimore, MD
To provide tuition assistance at St. Elizabeth of Hungary School for children of the purchasers of Patterson Park Community Development Corporation's renovated homes.

Archdiocese of Baltimore $76,000
Baltimore, MD
To provide scholarships enabling Baltimore City public school at-risk students to attend parochial schools in Baltimore City during the 2001-2002 school year. By participating in this model delinquency and dropout prevention program, these students are expected to benefit from smaller classes, one-to-one instruction and a structured educational setting.

Baltimore Academy of Excellence $55,000
Baltimore, MD
For scholarships to enable 22 inner-city students to attend the Academy's Traditional School and Special Needs School in a year-round structured learning environment. The Academy enrolls students who have failed in a regular public school setting and who can take advantage of its specialized curriculum, individualized attention and counseling.

Baltimore City Public School System/100 Book Challenge $35,000
Baltimore, MD
To support a coordinator to assist with the implementation of the 100 Book Challenge program in elementary schools. The program is designed to help teachers, families, and administrators create positive environments in which children learn to read independently.

Baltimore City Public School System/Fast ForWord Computer-Based Program $13,714
Baltimore, MD
To evaluate the "Fast ForWord" computer-based training program, a reading program designed for children with language-based learning impairments. The program incorporates adaptive technology, matching participants' incoming skill level, while focusing on re-enforcing key predictors to reading success: phonemic awareness, phonological awareness and language skills.

Baltimore City Public School System/National Academic League $139,900
Baltimore, MD
In support of the 2001-2002 National Academic League in Baltimore City middle schools. The league provides extracurricular interscholastic programming in a competition and media atmosphere associated with athletic events to encourage higher academic achievement.

Baltimore City Public School System/Baltimore City College $44,847
Baltimore, MD
For support of the 2001-2002 Speech and Debate Program, including field trips to colleges; and for a summer camp component.

Baltimore City Public School System/Edgecombe Circle Elementary School $42,676
Baltimore, MD
In support of the Bridges to Learning Program for the 2001-2002 school year. The program consists of individualized assessments of students' cognitive and perceptual learning abilities and individualized plans for remediation based on the Structure of Intellect model of intelligence.

Baltimore City Public School System/Harford Heights Intermediate School $5,000
Baltimore, MD
For teacher stipends and expenses to support a music summer camp implementing the Orff Method.

Baltimore City Public School System/Northern High School $5,000
Baltimore, MD
To provide incentives for 300 students participating in the High School Math Review Program, a four-week summer program.

Baltimore City Public School System/John Ruhrah Elementary School $9,000
Baltimore, MD
For costs of a staff assistant to implement the Bridges to Learning Program, a model for remediation of reading deficits.

Baltimore City Public School System/Lake Clifton-Eastern High School $121,000
Baltimore, MD
For the continuation and expansion of the NOVEL/STARS on-line educational system at Lake Clifton Eastern High School, Francis M. Wood Alternative School and the Fairmount-Harford Alternative School for the 2001-2002 school year. This computerized school-based educational program is designed as a prevention project for students at risk of dropping out of school.

Baltimore City Public School System/The Midtown Academy $95,520
Baltimore, MD
For completion of the third-floor building renovations to house the middle school, and for start-up costs of the phased-in seventh grade. As one of the New Schools, Midtown Academy is managed by a team of parents, teachers and an administrator.

Baltimore City Public School System/Roland Park Elementary/Middle School $5,000
Baltimore, MD
Toward staffing of a string instrument music program.

Baltimore City Public School System/Southwestern High School $61,800
Baltimore, MD
For administrative support for the Pre-nursing Academy, created to reduce the dropout rate, provide exploration of career opportunities and help relieve nursing shortage.

Baltimore City Public School System/Tench Tilghman Elementary School $6,000
Baltimore, MD
For the continued support of the Inside-Out Program, an environmental education program for third- and fifth-grade students. This scientifically-based curriculum involves creating a "green space" schoolyard garden, cooking classes, clean-ups, and a three-day camping trip with pre- and post-expedition briefings.

Baltimore Curriculum Project $180,655
Baltimore, MD
Three grants for the implementation of a blend of the French model of preschool curriculum and the Core Knowledge Preschool Sequence in Baltimore County Head Start Centers and three Baltimore City Public School System preschools. The objective of this effort is to develop an effective preschool curriculum that will prepare at-risk two- to four-year-olds for kindergarten in a structured preschool setting.

Baltimore Curriculum Project $145,339
Baltimore, MD
For services provided by the Baltimore City Public School System for FY2000 in support of the Baltimore Curriculum Project. The curriculum provides daily lesson plans combining two nationally known curricula, Direct Instruction and Core Knowledge.

Baltimore Curriculum Project $528,926
Baltimore, MD
Two grants in support of the implementation of the Baltimore Curriculum Project for the 2001-2002 school year. The Project will also provide oversight for City Springs Elementary School and the Barclay School, two New Schools operating under a quasi-charter status.

Baltimore Reads, Inc. $32,000
Baltimore, MD
For an evaluation of Baltimore City's adult literacy program to determine average cost of the programs and their effectiveness in changing the income levels of participants.

Baltimore Shakespeare Partnership $5,000
Baltimore, MD
For support of the Shakespeare Summer Camp, a four-week cultural arts program, for students in Baltimore City public schools.

The Baraka School, Inc. $472,052
Baltimore, MD
Toward operating expenses for the 2001-2002 school year. The boarding school, located in Kenya, provides a residential academic program for 21 at-risk underachieving Baltimore City middle-school boys.

The Baraka School, Inc. $500,000
Baltimore, MD
For the continuation of The Baraka School residential program for the 2002-2003 school year.

Core Knowledge Foundation $140,750
Charlottesville, VA
Planning grant to fund the search for a project director, and for creation of prototypes and related materials for the language arts lesson plans focused on vocabulary. The goal of this project is to reduce the literacy gap between advantaged and disadvantaged students.

Earthspan/Center for Conservation Research & Technology/University of Maryland Baltimore County $91,000
Catonsville, MD
For the implementation of Eye of the Falcon, an educational pilot program in math, science and wildlife conservation research within the Ingenuity Project curriculum in Baltimore City public middle schools.

Fund for Educational Excellence $10,000
Baltimore, MD
In support of an ongoing evaluation comparing the effects of Catholic education programs and those of the Baltimore City Public School System. A selected number of at-risk inner-city youth will be in the study.

Fund for Educational Excellence $2,000,000
Baltimore, MD
Five-year funding in support of a collaborative high school reform initiative in nine zoned Baltimore City high schools and the creation of six to ten "Innovation" small high schools. The objective of this major collaborative is to reduce the drop-out rate and to increase student achievement by improving academic rigor, creating more advanced leadership and raising the level of teaching.

Gilman School $5,000
Baltimore, MD
Toward the support of the 2001 Baltimore Independent School Learning Camp, a summer enrichment program for Baltimore City public school students.

The Ingenuity Project $623,030
Baltimore, MD
For continued support of the 2001-2002 Ingenuity Project, an intensive math and science curriculum for Baltimore City public middle and high school students with emphasis on scientific research and preparation for national competitions.

Kipp Foundation $10,000
San Francisco, CA
A planning grant for the establishment of the Kipp Academy-Baltimore City, a highly structured, extended day, cultural arts-based academic program.

Morgan State University $21,830
Baltimore, MD
Toward expenses of the Jumpstart Program, a work-study education program for college students to tutor preschool children in an effort to improve academic achievement.

National Center for Learning Disabilities $38,000
New York, NY
For the implementation of the Get Ready to Read! assessment tool in the Baltimore County Head Start Centers, designed to determine extent of the children's reading readiness.

Parks & People Foundation $190,000
Baltimore, MD
In support of the SuperKids Camp 2001, a six-week summer school educational, cultural and recreational program for inner-city Baltimore City public school students entering third grade who are performing below grade level.

The Piney Woods School $141,320
Piney Woods, MS
To provide scholarships at a boarding school for selected at-risk Baltimore City adolescent male students for the 2001-2002 school year. The grant includes funding for the salary of a retention counselor whose responsibilities are to encourage positive attitudes, appropriate social behavior and academic achievement.

Teach For America-Baltimore $100,000
Baltimore, MD
For expansion of the program to recruit, select, train and provide ongoing support for 100 Teach For America corps members. Recent college graduates are then placed in 34 Baltimore City public schools.

Health and Human Resources

Alternative Directions, Inc. $35,000
Baltimore, MD
Toward costs of staffing to assist incarcerated fathers file for modifications of child support payments.

Baltimore City Foundation $10,000
Baltimore, MD
In support of the Baltimore Stars Coalition's participation in the 2001 Amateur Athletic Union boys' national basketball tournament.

Baltimore City Health Department $175,667
Baltimore, MD
For continued support of ChildSight¨, a vision screening program for Baltimore City public middle-school students for the 2001-2002 school year. The program, expanding to 40 schools, enables over 12,000 students to be screened for vision correction needs. Free on-site refractive error eye examinations and eyeglasses are available through third-party payments.

Baltimore City Healthy Start, Inc. $673,000
Baltimore, MD
Third-year funding of Recovery In Community, a substance abuse prevention and recovery initiative. The purpose of the citywide program is to expand the number of treatment slots and increase the resources and supports available to recovering addicts and their families. By assessing the effectiveness of a comprehensive continuum of community-based supports, the program aims to reduce relapses and drug-related crime.

Baltimore City Public School System/Universal Classroom Breakfast Program $30,000
Baltimore, MD
Two grants to provide gap funding for non-reimbursable breakfasts for the Universal Breakfast Program in classrooms in seven schools during the 2001-2002 school year. The program is part of an ongoing study to determine the long-term effects of students' participation in breakfast in the classroom (as opposed to the cafeteria) on attendance, tardiness, incidence of disciplinary action, academic achievement and the Maryland State Performance and Assessment Program.

Baltimore Efficiency & Economy Foundation, Inc. $42,000
Baltimore, MD
For an evaluation of the effectiveness of the Baltimore City Early Disposition Court. The court was established in 2000 to reduce the backlog of cases in the criminal courts. It was established to handle criminal defendants charged with misdemeanors who are eligible for release on their own recognizance.

Baltimore Police Foundation $62,000
Baltimore, MD
In support of the planning and development of the Recruitment Initiative, designed to attract qualified candidates for Baltimore City's police force.

Baltimore Police Foundation $78,000
Baltimore, MD
For the purchase of information technology equipment for support of the Police Court Liaison Program. The installation of a computerized system will enable electronic transfer of summonses and provide a scheduling matrix and 24-hour hotline.

Baltimore Police Foundation $225,000
Baltimore, MD
To purchase in-car video camera equipment for 50 police vehicles. The purpose of this initiative is to promote officer safety, at the same time, realize more effective criminal investigations and arrests.

Baltimore Substance Abuse Systems, Inc. $25,000
Baltimore, MD
For a feasibility study of the proposed merger of the Baltimore Substance Abuse Systems and the Baltimore Mental Health Systems.

BioTechnical Institute of Maryland, Inc. $150,000
Baltimore, MD
Toward planning and implementation of programmatic scaleup, sustainability initiatives and a feasibility study of a potential relocation to the BioPark area in East Baltimore.

Bon Secours of Maryland Foundation $20,000
Baltimore, MD
In support of the Bon Secours Youth Employment and Career Development Project. The program assists high school students to obtain after school employment and plan for their future careers, and provides formal training sessions in financial literacy, leadership, and post-high school education planning.

Boys Hope Girls Hope $170,000
Bridgeton, MO
For the purchase of a house in Baltimore City to use as a residential group home for eight at-risk boys. The residential program includes an educational component.

BUILD Fellowship, Inc. $201,000
Baltimore, MD
Capital funding for the renovation of three houses in high-risk communities for persons recovering from substance abuse.

Center for Poverty Solutions $5,000
Baltimore, MD
Toward the establishment and implementation of a Child Hunger Hotline for parents in Baltimore City during the summer months.

The Center for Fathers, Families and Workforce Development $394,868
Baltimore, MD
For third-year funding of STRIVE/Baltimore, a job readiness and placement service for men and women. The three-week program prepares participants for the workforce through a highly structured workshop that focuses on attitude modification and the development of job readiness skills for entry-level employment. Core services also include targeted job placements with long-term follow-up, one-to-one and group counseling and case management.

Center for Promotion of Child Development Through Primary Care $341,630
Millersville, MD
For the development and implementation of the Child Health and Development Interactive System (CHADIS), a computer interactive system with the capacity to identify and monitor psychological and developmental problems. The program provides a diagnostic and referral tool in order to improve the assessment of, and access to, treatment for mental health needs of children.

Charles Village Community Foundation, Inc. $77,905
Baltimore, MD
For the purchase, installation and maintenance of 12 security video cameras to be placed in the Waverly business district. The project is intended to reduce the number of armed robberies and other crimes as well as to increase the perception of safety for local merchants and their customers.

Courage To Change $23,616
Baltimore, MD
To provide the first month's rent and a package of personal effects to 48 homeless recovering men and women. The residents will be given housing for one year in a transitional housing program while they stabilize their lives, find jobs and remain drug-free.

Dayspring Programs, Inc. $5,000
Baltimore, MD
For expenses related to the ongoing renovations of the Dayspring Children's Place, a residential facility for foster children and children of substance-abusing parents.

Enoch Pratt Free Library $34,000
Baltimore, MD
For an evaluation of the Technology Center to determine the effectiveness of current programming designed to help clients seek better paying jobs and increased personal growth. The study also addresses staffing and physical plant needs.

The Enterprise Foundation $75,000
Baltimore, MD
In support of the Re-Entry Partnership (REP) initiative, designed to address ex-offenders' transition from prison back into the community. One of eight national pilot projects, REP is developing resources needed to manage program services that meet the ex-offenders' special needs. Part of the initiative includes the design and installation of a management information system to provide a process and outcomes evaluation.

Goodwill Industries of the Chesapeake, Inc. $175,000
Baltimore, MD
Two-year funding of a workforce development initiative for persons leaving Maryland prisons and returning to Baltimore City. The program, providing 14 weeks of transitional services to up to 120 inmates at a time, will assist all participants in securing gainful employment through intensive job readiness training, life skills and computer training and job placements.

Govans Ecumenical Development Corporation $5,000
Baltimore, MD
In general support of CARES (Civic and Religious Emergency Services), a center providing emergency food and financial assistance for utility cutoffs, eviction prevention and medical prescription needs. The program was developed by representatives of 34 local churches and community organizations to serve the special needs of the homeless, hungry, senior citizens and mentally ill.

Health Care for the Homeless, Inc. $5,000
Baltimore, MD
For emergency funds to provide shelter for homeless clients who cannot be served through Baltimore City services after the normal work hours.

Helen Keller Worldwide $15,000
New York, NY
For continued training and technical assistance in support of Baltimore City Health Department's implementation of the ChildSight¨ program in Baltimore City public middle schools. The initiative provides free vision screening and glasses for those children with severe refractive error who might not be able to afford the services otherwise.

I Can, Inc. $63,000
Baltimore, MD
In support of the transitional housing program providing shelter and extensive case management services for 58 homeless men for up to 12 months of residency. The goal of the program is to provide a period of stability for the men during which they can pursue educational credentials, job skills training, financial planning and budgeting and to prepare for a move into permanent housing.

I Can't We Can, Inc. $30,000
Baltimore, MD
For expenses related to the renovation of three houses in West Baltimore to accommodate recovering addicts participating in a 60-day detoxification program.

Institutes for Behavior Resources $35,000
Baltimore, MD
Toward a consultancy fee to develop and implement a demonstration project designed to determine the effectiveness of integrating workforce development with drug treatment services.

Job Advancement Network $20,000
Baltimore, MD
For the establishment of a grant pool for workforce development organizations to provide effective job retention and career advancement services.

Job Opportunities Task Force $30,000
Baltimore, MD
For support of a research analyst to conduct a comparative study of Baltimore's workforce development system with other cities sharing similar demographic characteristics. Components of the study include a review of the cities' welfare-to-work system; one-stop centers for adults who are not on welfare; youth programs; local community colleges' curricula; public schools' vocational and drop-out prevention programs; literacy programs; and public housing workforce initiatives.

Job Opportunities Task Force $65,000
Baltimore, MD
In support of programs to provide economic opportunities for low-skill job seekers. The Task Force has three priorities: to promote income supports that will enable workers and their families to enjoy a living wage; to increase the number of low-skilled workers trained in information technology jobs; and to reduce barriers hampering employment for ex-offenders.

Johns Hopkins University/Urban Health Institute $50,000
Baltimore, MD
For an analysis of school health services currently being provided in the Baltimore City public schools and current billing practices for these services. The report will also make recommendations for ways to increase revenues to support and enhance school health services.

Kennedy Krieger Institute $125,000
Baltimore, MD
For general support of programs serving children with neurological disabilities.

Koinonia Baptist Church $30,000
Baltimore, MD
Toward the purchase of a 15-passenger van to transport youth to and from the Neighborhood Evening Reporting program. An alternative to detaining youth in juvenile detention facilities, the program is designed to reduce recidivism by offering home-monitored youth computer skills training, conflict resolution and anger management training, tutoring, GED preparation and job readiness training.

Legal Aid Bureau, Inc. $274,235
Baltimore, MD
For expansion of the project to address the needs of noncustodial parents whose child support obligations far exceed their ability to pay. By providing individual representation, Legal Aid has been able to identify recurrent issues that adversely affect noncustodial parents, such as driver's license suspensions, reports to credit agencies and denial of access to child support records.

Maryland Association of Nonprofit Organizations $5,000
Baltimore, MD
Toward the development of a policy paper on child support enforcement reform.

Maryland Center for Veterans Education and Training, Inc. $60,000
Baltimore, MD
Two-year funding for support of the Emergency Services and Transitional Housing programs serving homeless veterans. In recognition of the traumas of severe psychological distress and substance abuse that homeless veterans have often experienced, the center offers a military model of support, rehabilitation and healing to men and women through individual counseling, job readiness and placement, mental health services, three balanced meals a day and housing.

Maryland Citizens' Health Initiative Education Fund, Inc. $100,000
Baltimore, MD
For continued support of a grassroots effort to educate citizens and policy makers about the need for universal health coverage in Maryland. In recognition that there are more than 550,000 Marylanders with no health insurance, including 43,000 children, the initiative aims to guarantee quality, affordable health care for all Marylanders.

Maryland Community Kitchen $97,367
Baltimore, MD
Second-year funding in support of the Job Placement Transportation Service Program designed to provide interim transportation for people seeking interviews and participating in job training programs. The transportation service is also available to those working at new job sites through one pay period, before they have found other commuting options such as Bridges to Work.

Maryland Criminal Justice Administration Institute $160,000
Baltimore, MD
In support of an extension of a licensing agreement for the use of the Judicial Dialog, a criminal case flow informational technology program. The goal of the project is to determine the effectiveness of the Judicial Dialog as a case flow and management tool in processing and analyzing data from the Circuit Court and Early Disposition Court.

Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene/Division of Special Populations $99,000
Baltimore, MD
Two-year funding for support of Tamar's Children, a program designed to meet special needs of incarcerated women and their infants. In partnership with Marian House, Tamar's Children is offering integrated services based on case management and peer mentoring to ensure a secure mother-infant attachment while reducing the likelihood of future social, emotional, developmental and medical problems.

Maryland Society for Sight $17,772
Baltimore, MD
Toward support of the Mobile Eye Care programs for local homeless people. The program uses a specially equipped van to provide eye exams to those who cannot afford the services.

The Men's Center, Inc. $5,000
Baltimore, MD
For general support of comprehensive services to inner-city fathers in need of job readiness training, parenting and life skills training, GED classes and individual counseling.

Open Gates, Inc. $200,000
Baltimore, MD
Toward the capital campaign of a new facility for the Open Gates Health Center established to serve uninsured and underserved families in Pigtown/Washington Village area. The development of two rowhouses will enable the center to provide additional examination rooms, a larger waiting area, laboratory space, storage and administrative offices.

Parks & People Foundation $123,000
Baltimore, MD
In support of the Boys Middle School Soccer League for the 2001 season. Students from 26 middle schools participating in the league must maintain a 90 percent attendance rate and a C average.

Planned Parenthood of Maryland, Inc. $73,730
Baltimore, MD
For partial funding of the Statewide Emergency Contraception Project, providing outreach and education to clients.

Public Justice Center, Inc. $107,000
Baltimore, MD
In support of the Appellate Advocacy Project designed to encourage the Public Justice Center's participation in those cases that affect the civil rights of poor people.

Quarterway Houses, Inc. $23,067
Baltimore, MD
For the continuation of a buprenorphine detoxification program for residents of Tuerk House who are opiate-dependent.

Rose Street Community Center $309,000
Baltimore, MD
Three grants for continued support of drug treatment and job training program for FY 2001. The Center supports job training, educational opportunities and drug treatment program for community residents interested in rehabilitation. The Center also provides weekly stipends to program participants to assist with living expenses while enrolled in the self-help program.

The Shelter Foundation, Inc. $16,095
Baltimore, MD
Three grants for continued support of the After-School Homework Centers and summer camp at Bentana Apartments.

The Shepherd's Clinic-William H.M. Finney Foundation, Inc. $45,000
Baltimore, MD
Continued funding to provide primary medical and dental care to persons in Baltimore City who lack medical and/or dental insurance.

Sinai Hospital of Baltimore $150,000
Baltimore, MD
For the capital expansion of the Sinai Hospital Addictions Recovery Program. By consolidating all administrative and clinical services into one self-contained facility, the enhancement will improve the efficiency and quality of care and ensure patients' privacy and confidentiality.

Suited to Succeed $10,000
Baltimore, MD
Continued support to provide professional attire and career support services to Baltimore City women making the transition from welfare to work.

Tai Sophia Institute $150,000
Columbia, MD
For support of the Penn North Community Health Initiative. The clinic provides complementary health care, auricular and full body acupuncture, drug detoxification, Narcotics Anonymous meetings, Tai Chi classes, nutrition, massage and educational programs for those seeking holistic approaches to drug treatment.

Unity Center of Christianity $18,000
Baltimore, MD
For continued support of the "Do You Know Where Your Children Are?" program for the 2001-2002 school year. This grassroots pilot project offers incentives to participating parents and other adults who assume full responsibility for knowing where their middle school-age children are during the afternoon and evening hours of the school week.

University of Maryland at Baltimore $86,000
Baltimore, MD
Two-year funding for the implementation of the maternal Substance Abuse Acupuncture Program. The goals of the program are to improve the health of the addicted pregnant mother and to improve the parent-child relationships. Therapeutic play is an ancillary program to the daily treatment process for the mothers.

University of Maryland at College Park/College of Behavioral and Social Sciences $50,000
College Park, MD
For a study of the Baltimore City Drug Treatment Court. The purpose of the study is to provide information on effects of drug treatment court on outcomes such as welfare status, employment status, education level, mental and physical health, family and social relations.

University of Maryland School of Medicine $90,030
Baltimore, MD
To provide outreach social support services for clients involved in the Violence Intervention Project. The 18-month pilot project has been designed to serve victims of repeat violence with a comprehensive range of support services, including counseling, job training, job search and placements in an effort to reduce violence recidivism, crime and medical expenses.

Vehicles for Change, Inc. $49,000
Elkridge, MD
Third-year funding of a transportation program to provide used reconditioned cars for low-income residents of Baltimore City who need a car to get to work.

Vehicles for Change, Inc. $10,000
Elkridge, MD
Planning grant for the development of a comprehensive business plan for an automotive technician training center in Baltimore City.

Women Behind the Community, Inc. $10,000
Baltimore, MD
For support of the Dressing Room Project, an initiative providing professional clothing and work-related training to welfare-to-work recipients.

Other

Association of Baltimore Area Grantmakers $13,250
Baltimore, MD
Two grants for 200l general membership and the Education Funders Affinity Group.