Human Services

2009 Human Services Path Grants

A former Tuerk House client--now an employee--smiles for the camera

All 2009 Human Services Path grants are listed below.

Action-In-Maturity - $10,000

To provide transportation for low-income older adults, so they can continue to live independently in their own homes and communities.

Advocates for Children and Youth, Inc.  - $10,000

For the Children's Health Advocacy Program, which aims to increase the number of low-income children who receive insurance coverage and health care services.

Associated Catholic Charities, Inc. - $10,000

To provide meals, housekeeping, and other services to low-income older residents at Basilica Place and DePaul House.

Association of Baltimore Area Grantmakers - $20,000

For the Neighborhoods for All Ages initiative, a project designed to help older Baltimore homeowners maintain their health and independence while strengthening and stabilizing the neighborhoods in which they live.

Baltimore Alliance for Careers in Healthcare, Inc.  - $10,000

To support the organization's core programming, which provides healthcare career coaching and training to unemployed and entry-level workers in the allied health sector.

Baltimore Community Experience Partnership Fund at BCF (recently named Neighbors in Deed Fund)  - $25,000

To launch a pilot project in six Baltimore City and County communities that will engage and mobilize older adults to improve the quality of life in their neighborhoods. BCF is coordinating the initiative, which is supported by Atlantic Philanthropies and local funders.  

Baltimore Health Care Access, Inc.  - $20,000

For the Veronica Guthrie Emergency Fund, which provides emergency assistance services to about 3,000 homeless and otherwise disadvantaged residents of Baltimore City each year. 

Banner Neighborhoods Community Corporation - $10,000

To provide small repairs and routine maintenance for homes owned by low-income seniors in Southeast Baltimore.

Bon Secours of Maryland Foundation, Inc.  - $10,000

For the Working Families Initiative, which offers low-income Southwest Baltimore residents job readiness and career training, job placement, and programs to promote ecnonomic self-sufficiency and asset building.

CASA of Maryland, Inc. - $10,000

To support workforce development, asset building, and supportive services for day laborers and other low-income workers at the Baltimore Workers' Center.

CASA Program of Baltimore,  Inc. - $15,000

To support the screening, training, and supervision of 60 volunteer Court Appointed Special Advocates, who will represent abused or neglected children in the child welfare system.

Food Research and Action Center, Inc. - $10,000

To help the Maryland Hunger Solutions Project as it works to expand Baltimore City residents' participation in federal nutrition programs, as well as its efforts to bring Maryland additional federal food aid funding.

Greater Homewood Community Corporation, Inc. - $10,000

For Experience-Corps Baltimore, which places older adult volunteers in struggling elementary schools throughout the city to serve as tutors, mentors, and classroom aides.

Homeless Persons Representation Project, Inc.  - $10,000

To support legal assistance programs that help low-income Baltimore residents move from poverty to self-sufficiency.

Job Opportunities Task Force, Inc. - $30,000

To support volunteer tax preparation, public benefits outreach, and advocacy by the Baltimore CASH (Creating Assets Savings and Hope) Campaign and the Maryland CASH Campaign.

Job Opportunities Task Force, Inc. - $15,000

To support efforts to improve economic opportunities for low-income Maryland residents through research, education, advocacy, and programs.

Maryland Citizens' Health Initiative Education Fund, Inc.  - $10,000

To expand Maryland residents' access to affordable health care.

Maryland Disability Law Center, Inc. – $15,000

For the HOMES (Helping Obtain Medicaid Essential Services) Project, which provides education, outreach, and legal assistance to help low-income children and adults with disabilities receive services funded by Maryland's Medicaid program.

Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service, Inc. - $10,000

For Project HEAL (Health, Education, Advocacy, and Law), which provides free legal services to low-income children and families at Johns Hopkins Children’s Center clinics in Baltimore City and County.

National Council on Alcoholism Maryland Chapter, Inc. - $15,000

To provide information, screening, and referrals to individuals seeking treatment for and recovery from addiction.

Public Justice Center, Inc. - $20,000

To provide legal assistance and advocacy on behalf of low-income children and families to protect and expand health care access and coverage.

St. Mary's Outreach Center, Inc. - $10,000

To connect low-income, older residents of Hampden and the adjacent neighborhoods with public benefits and supportive services.

Towson University Foundation, Inc. - $10,000

To support an oral health care program for homeless men provided through a partnership between the Helping Up Mission, the Towson University School of Nursing, and the University of Maryland Dental School.

United Way of Central Maryland, Inc. - $40,000

For the United Way's Emergency Response Fund, a short-term effort to provide immediate emergency assistance and meet the basic human needs of economically vulnerable families in the Baltimore region.

Women's Housing Coalition, Inc. - $10,000

For substance abuse relapse prevention and mental health counseling programs offered to women living in WHC residences.

Women's Law Center, Inc. - $10,000

For the Employment Law Hotline, which provides low-income working women with advice and assistance from an attorney regarding employment law matters.

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Youngsters in Patterson Park get a workout in the neighborhood’s youth soccer league.
One Step Up scholars Sherrone Ricks and Jeane’ Baker celebrate with donors Jonnie-Kay McLean and Norman Morrison.
A Baltimore City student soaks up the sun at North Bay Adventure Camp.
Enjoying the lake at Druid Hill Park. Photo by Middleton Evans.
Dreams do come true: Our Playground at Stadium Place, rebuilt by determined volunteers and generous donors after the original was destroyed by arson. The work was supported by a fund at BCF. 

BCF’s efforts through the Diversity Path will work to rebuild Baltimore’s black middle class.

Baltimore’s vibrant arts and cultural scene boasts innovative projects like the Contemporary Museum’s Mobtown Modern Music Series, which combines classical instruments, jarring visual components and DJ-style electronics into informal performances of works by modern composers. Photo by Robert McIver Photography.
Cyclists atop Federal Hill take in views of the city skyline and bustling Inner Harbor. Photo by Middleton Evans.
Collecting butterflies in the field for a nature study.
In the spring of 2009, an army of dedicated volunteers worked to rebuild Our Playground at Stadium Place, which had been destroyed by arson in September 2008. Photo by Kristine Buls.
Enjoying one of the simple pleasures of summer at a neighborhood camp.
BCF’s Human Services Path emphasizes health, aging, and family economic security.
Neighbors team up to beautify and reclaim a vacant lot.
Most Middle Grades Partnership scholars qualify for the city’s competitive high schools.
Rapid and reliable public transportation for our region is a central goal of the Central Maryland Transportation Alliance, a fund of BCF. Photo by P.A. Greene.
Children beat the heat in the waters of the Walter Sondheim Fountain at the Inner Harbor. Contributions to construct the memorial were collected through a special project fund at BCF. Photo by Will Kirk, courtesy of Homewood Photography.
Students at Great Kids Farm learn about local food production, from “seed to fork.”
Baltimore’s successful One Plus One recycling program has engaged residents in making the city cleaner and greener.
Baltimore City students and farm manager Greg Strella (far right) with the summer harvest at Great Kids Farm.
Students at Baltimore’s Friendship Academy of Engineering and Technology, one of many public charter schools helping to transform public education in our city. Photo by Stephen Jones, courtesy of Baltimore City Public Schools.
BCF’s Promoting Baltimore Path works to ensure that Baltimore continues to retain and attract citizens and businesses.
Experience-Corps Baltimore places older adult volunteers in struggling city elementary schools to serve as classroom aides, mentors, and tutors. Photograph by Michael Ciesielski, courtesy of Greater Homewood Community Corporation, Inc.

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