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- Howard County Government, Department of Citizen Services - $9,766Funding supports coordination and outreach for the North Laurel-Savage Multi-Service Center.
- Domestic Violence Center - $121,114Funding supports a two-year commitment to provide the organization with financial stability, diversity of funding, technological proficiency and champion supporters.
- Association of Community Services - $73,316Funding supports the continued refinement of the organization's infrastructure and the ability of ACS to carry out its mission, strategic objectives and long term revenue picture.
- Alianza de la Comunidad - $40,000Funding supports increased organizational stability, data management capability and increased community support of the organization.
- STTAR Center, Inc. - $3,000Funding supports Spanish language training for staff to increase outreach to the Hispanic community.
- On Our Own of Howard County, Inc. - $15,278On Our Own received funds to support their wellness and recovery training program for consumers with mental health issues.
- National Family Resiliency Center, Inc. - $6,500NFRC received funding to support and video tape speakers on a variety of topics as part of the training for volunteer peer counselors who provide support to their clients
- Maryland Foundation of Dentistry for the Handicapped - $8,125The Maryland Foundation of Dentistry for the Handicapped will provide pro bono dental services for twenty-five Howard County residents who are disabled and low income
- Korean American Community Association - $12,000Funding provides for technology upgrades for the Care Line to better meet the growing demand for services in the Korean-American community.
- Individual Differences in Learning Assoc. - $30,000Funding supports further professional development activities within the HCPSS to the implement the use of the materials addressing issues affecting the twice exceptional learner, developed with previous Foundation support.
- Humanim - $10,000Funding supports the development of a verbal language training program for children both hearing and deaf with autism, language delays and other communication disorders based on Applied Behavioral Approach.
- Humanim - $3,600Funding was received for computer hardware and software that will improve the efficiency of psychiatrists in the outpatient clinic as they move from a manual chart system to an electronic system.
- Howard County Public School System, Dunloggin Middle School - $5,413Funding supports the continuation of the Asset Community Team comprised of school staff, students, parents and community members at Dunloggin Middle and charges the team with the task of infusing civility into each asset lesson.
- Howard County Public School System, Deep Run Elementary School - $5,600Funds support a proposal to foster parental learning to create more supportive learning environments in the home by developing a series of health, education and safety workshops aimed at the targeted families.
- Howard County Mental Health Authority - $15,000The organization received funding to maintain their Mental Health Disaster Team (MHDT) which was created post-9/11. A coordinated disaster relief effort around mental health will be an important function in the event of an emergency.
- Howard County Government, Department of Police - $49,000In an effort to increase the protection of Howard County’s growing senior population, the HCPD will establish a full-time sworn officer as a Senior Liaison Officer and develop programs that focus on victimization of senior citizens, elder abuse, wandering, driver safety and mental health issues thus increasing the protection, reducing levels of fear, and improving communications between seniors and the police.
- HC DrugFree - $39,500Funding would support a process to build the infrastructure and capacity of this growing organization.
- FISH of Howard County - $18,000Grant supports emergency funding for pharmacy assistance for the working poor without prescription coverage, those awaiting application processing for assistance programs and those discharged from hospitals with prescriptions and no funds to secure them.
- Chase-Brexton Health Services - $15,000Chase Brexton proposes to partner with Tai Sophia to provide complementary medicine, namely acupuncture care, to their patients at their Columbia site, many of whom have complicated medical and psycho-social concerns, as a means to aid in stress reduction.
- Autism Society of America, Howard County Chapter - $20,000Funding is provided for the development of a resource “toolkit” for pediatricians and primary care physicians focusing on the areas of diagnosis and early intervention, family support services, medical and mental health care, and health care transition through the life stages for autism spectrum disorder.
- Alianza de la Comunidad - $22,064Alianza de la Comunidad received funding to continue to provide parenting classes and workshops to Hispanic parents living in Howard County, in order to strengthen their parenting skills and empower them to become advocates for themselves and their children. They use "Active Parenting", a program which has created materials specific to Spanish speakers.
- Women's Giving Circle of Howard County - $6,900Funding supports the year long follow-up sessions of the 2007 Journey camp for adolescent girls, a project of the Women's Giving Circle to support young girls during a formative development period of their lives.
- Salvation Army - $10,000Grant supports crisis services for families with low-income in need of eviction and utility turnoff prevention and will help to leverage additional funding to meet the $20,000 shortfall of funds raised through the 2006 Christmas Kettle Campaign.
- Leadership Howard County - $9,275Program would prepare 9-15 youth to become active board members through a series of training workshops and establishing a mentoring relationship with members of the participating boards.
- Howard County Public School System, Homewood Center - $2,500Grant support the Phoenix Project, a student publication based on Relationships, Resilience and Responsibility and Rising to the Challenge using the eight categories of the developmental asset framework for the themes of the book.
- Howard County Public School System, Centennial High School - $5,000Grant supports the efforts of two high schools to incorporate the message of positive decision making into the developmental asset curriculum for the upcoming school year.
- Howard County Public School System - $5,000Grant supports training for three staff members from each of the County’s high schools to address the issue of harassment at the high school level.
- Howard County Public School System - $3,000Funds will help support a Peer Leadership Conference for over 500 elementary school student leaders.
- Howard County Poetry and Literature Society - $2,000Funds support a multi-generational program focused on poetry and nature as a means of reducing stress and improving mental health.
- Howard County Mental Health Authority - $10,000Funding supports certificate level clinician training in the areas of Early Childhood Mental Health and Treating Youth with Sexual Behavior Problems.
- Howard County Library - $5,000Funding would be used to purchase an additional 20,000 "Choose Civility in Howard County" car magnets and leverage additional financial support from the Columbia Association and the Howard County Friends of the Library.
- Howard County Government Department of Police - $10,000Grant will support a targeted public awareness campaign. The campaign messages will be designed to raise awareness about various traffic safety issues, such as buckling up, avoiding tailgating, and never driving under the influence.
- Howard County Government - $7,500Funding will support a process to assess Howard County Health Department's management and staffing structure and its effectiveness in providing services to the Howard County community.
- Howard Community College Educational Foundation, Inc. - $10,000Funding supports the research phase of a planning grant for the proposed expansion of the Wellness Center to service faculty and staff at HCC.
- Howard Community College Educational Foundation, Inc. - $5,000Funding supports a pilot program to help move HCC employees toward health by supporting the employee wellness program.
- Grassroots Crisis Intervention Center, Inc. - $3,300Funding will support the addition of social work services to provide direct services to families and individuals who utilize the Elkridge Love Mission’s food bank and other services for people of low income who are in need.
- CrossLife Community Church - $3,400Grant supports community effort to enhance the work of the Elkridge Love Mission to provide food, clothing, and other supports to individuals in need from the Elkridge area.
- Community Action Council - $3,000Funding will support the expediency of bringing the North Laurel-Savage Multi-Service Center to full service operation by July 1, 2007.
- Blossoms of Hope - The Howard County Cherry Tree Project, Inc - $5,000The Cherrybration event will create a special place in time each spring for the community to come together to honor the beauty of nature, renew the spirit, and share the hope of tomorrow; while raising cancer awareness and supporting the Claudia Mayer Cancer Resource Center.
- Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity - $1,170Grant supports the development of an orientation package for new members and families of the Alpha Achievers education program. This program fosters an environment favorable to the pursuit of excellence and provides an opportunity for African American boys to refine their leadership and critical thinking skills.
- Alianza de la Comunidad - $5,000Funding supports strategic planning process for Alianzia de la Comunidad.
- Autism Society of America, Howard County Chapter - $20,000The organization received funding to build on the "Best Buddies" peer to peer mentoring program at Atholton and Oakland Mills High Schools to provide an after school peer mentor in order that students with an autism spectrum disorder or other developmental disability may participate in after school, extra curricular activities.
- Winter Growth - $20,000Funding supports the development of new software to meet the requirements for reporting and tracking the numerous regulatory and funding agencies involved in the provision of their varied programs.
- Volunteer Center Serving Howard County - $20,000Funds will further enhance the ongoing disaster volunteer initiative.
- The Arc of Howard County - $30,000Funding supports the continuation and expansion of the volunteer development efforts benefiting consumers of The Arc’s services and supports.
- St. John Baptist Church Mentoring Program - $20,000Funding seeks to establish a “Mini-Village Mentoring Program”, framed within the context of the Developmental Assets to support youth from low income, single headed households in the villages of Wilde Lake, Harpers Choice and Oakland Mills. The organization is committed to maximizing the experience of the mentee by making the Developmental Assets a way of life for the entire congregation.
- Northfield Elementary School - $7,500Funds continue the development of an after-school, intergenerational mentoring program where adult mentors work developing thriving behaviors in at-risk students who will then instill (pay forward) thriving behaviors in students school-wide.
- NeighborRide - $22,500Funding supports the upgrade of in-house hardware, software and database systems to support their matching of senior passengers with volunteer drivers.
- National Council of Jewish Women - HC Chapter - $7,500NCJW-HC’s Breakfast Buddies program that will provide food year round for children from the Dasher Green Head Start Center, who are potentially food-insecure during the weekends when they are not in school.
- Lazarus Foundation - $10,000Lazarus Foundation received funds to develop an educational program for children, adolescents and their parents that addresses cyber safe practices and user responsibility.
- Korean American Community Association - $20,000Funding awarded to develop a culturally based program using the developmental asset framework to address relationship issues between Korean youth and their parents. The Korean American Community Association will partner with two local faith based organizations serving the Korean community: Bethel Presbyterian Church and the Korean American Church of Philippi.
- Howard County Library - $12,500Funding will expand the Health Information Center to include age-appropriate materials for children and adolescents on wellness issues such as physical activity, nutrition, substance abuse and a variety of other lifestyle choices impacting on their well-being.
- Department of Health Services Administration - $25,000The University of Maryland received funding to bring the award winning Legacy Leadership Institutes to Howard County.
- Department of Fire & Rescue Services - $10,000Funding supports the translation of basic emergency questions and responses to Chinese, Korean and Spanish and equips each piece of fire apparatus with a Visual Language Translator communication device and a set of language communication cards.
- Department of Citizen Services - $50,000This proposal provides funding in support of a joint effort of a number of human service providers to provide needed services in the North Laurel-Savage area using a multi-service center approach.
- Columbia Foundation - $30,000The Columbia Foundation received funding to purchase the Foundation Information Management System (FIMS), an integrated software package that has been designed specifically for charitable foundations.
- Alpha Achievers Program - $3,500Alpha Achievers of Oakland Mills received a dollar for dollar matching grant for the 2007-08 school year in order to increase the number of youth and the time they spend focusing on activities and issues related to the youth’s growth and development.
- STTAR Center, Inc. - $95,000Funding provides the organization with financial stability, diversity of funds, technological proficiency and champion supporters.
- Oakland Mills Community Association - $30,000Funding will help support the establishment of a Community Organizer for the Oakland Mills Village revitalization.
- Vision - Howard County - $2,000Funding supports a part-time position to build resources to grow the organizational capacity of Vision Howard County to continue their work on community research, examination and engagement.
- Stevens Forest Elementary School - $3,000Project will disseminate through the Stevens Forest Elementary School website the results of a multi-year study conducted by students (SFES Research Center) on the impact of cigarette smoke on plants.
- Maryland Society for Sight - $13,655Funds support the Howard County Vision Screening Program, which will help provide vision screening for 364 children in pre-school and Head Start.
- Leadership Howard County - $20,000Funding supports an "Emerging Leaders" program for young professionals ages 25-35, which would train and cultivate future community leaders.
- Humanim - $10,000Funding supports the purchase software that enables automated patient phone contact for notification of appointment times and to purchase equipment needed to update the patient record management system.
- Howard County Poetry and Literature Society - $4,000Funding will establish and launch the premier issue of "The Little Patuxent Review", a bi-annual publication of local fiction, non-fiction, social commentary, poetry and artwork. The first issue is dedicated to using the arts as a tool for healing and health.
- Howard County Library - $15,000Funding supports the start-up costs for a program called "Choose Civility" (based on a book by Johns Hopkins University professor, Dr. P. M. Forni) designed to establish a community initiative to educate citizens about how to successfully connect with and be aware of others, foster self-expression, develop thoughtful responses to challenging situations, and learn conflict resolution skills.
- Howard County General Hospital - $60,000Funding supports the implementation of a Cancer Patient Navigator Program, in partnership with the American Cancer Society, that would bridge the gap between their underserved clients diagnosed with cancer and the wealth of local support resources.
- Howard Community College Educational Foundation, Inc. - $23,400Funding will support HCC's "Community Opportunities in Recreation and Enrichment" program for adults with developmental disabilities which focuses on increasing health and wellness.
- HC DrugFree - $20,730Funding supports a project to create a "teen voice" on issues related to substance abuse in Howard County. By involving teens, HC DrugFree hopes to gain insights to strengthen its prevention education programs.
- Family Tree - $10,000Project will provide for support services for families who are at-risk, uninsured and/or underinsured who receive services from the new Chase Brexton Health Services Center.
- Domestic Violence Center - $12,500Funding will retain a part-time children's counselor, to eliminate the need for the children's counseling waiting list and increase the number of children served to 125.
- Department of Fire & Rescue Services - $25,000Funding is requested to continue providing CERT Team training for residents and business leaders in Howard County.
- Courtesy on the Road, Inc. - $15,000Funding supports the continuation of an incentive based training campaign to encourage drivers.
- Community Action Council - $8,000Project supports a nutritional and health awareness program for clients served by the Community Action Council of Howard County.
- Community Action Council - $15,000Project supports a strong case management program which offers persons seeking assistance through CAC the option to address their needs from a long-range self-sufficiency perspective rather than through a short-range crisis intervention perspective.
- Camp Attaway, Inc. - $5,000Funding supports a Counselor-in-Training program for children with disabilities in partnership with the Department of Recreation and Parks and other local camps.
- Alianza de la Comunidad - $20,000Funding provides for parenting classes and workshops for Howard County's Spanish speaking community, to strengthen and empower parents to become advocates for themselves and their children.
- Women's Giving Circle of Howard County - $6,500Funding supports a research project and report on evidence-based best practices applicable to residential camp programs for middle school girls which help girls combat the deleterious effects of mass culture.
- Howard County Muslim Foundation - $5,800Funding will cover blood tests, lab costs, mammograms, publicity and outreach for a free health fair for the Howard County community.
- Howard County Center of African American Culture - $10,000Program introduces middle school students to health professionals as a long term career goal.
- Forest Ridge Elementary School - $2,000Grant will fund the After-School Bus for the Homework Club for the 2006-2007 school year for children whose parents are unable to pick them up after school.
- Sunrise Rotary Club of Ellicott City - $4,500This project is a public-private partnership that offers academic and culturally enriching experiences to children from families with low-incomes living in Howard County.
- St. Francis of Assisi Parish - $1,000Funding will help support an intergenerational work camp program traveling to Gulfport, Mississippi to assist in rebuilding homes damaged by Hurricane Katrina.
- Neighbor Ride - $3,655Funds will provide for the purchase of equipment to be used in the recruitment of volunteer drivers.
- Leadership Howard County - $9,000Funds will be used to commission the writing of a "Harvard Case Model-type" review of the transportation issues related to the health and wellness of Howard County residents.
- HC DrugFree - $10,000Grant provides contingency funding to sustain organization while they reach their fundraising goals.
- Department of Police - $4,500Grant supports the Police Department's anti-bullying campaign being conducted by an Atholton High School student.
- Department of Citizen Services - $10,000Funding will address urgent human service needs such as temporary housing, eviction prevention, utility assistance and emergency food assistance.
- Columbia Foundation - $10,000Funds help support a study of the county population’s capacity to make bequests through the process of planned giving.
- Association of Community Services - $5,000Grant provides funding to the Association of Community Services for support of its services.
- University of Maryland Center for Health and Homeland Security - $15,000Funding will assist Howard County in planning for Howard County Pandemic Flu Summit.
- Search Institute - $119,700Project will provide consultation and support for the continued development of the Howard County Connections Initiative.
- University of Maryland School of Medicine -- Dept. of Epidemiology & Preventive Medicine - $140,000Funding will assist Howard County in preparing for a potential flu pandemic.
- Deep Run Elementary School - $2,000Grant supports the Deep Run Elementary School's presentation at the Search Institute 2006 Healthy Communities * Healthy Youth Conference in Minneapolis, MN.
- Chase-Brexton Health Services - $189,204Funding will support a new primary health care facility providing services to underserved populations and others in Howard County.
- Howard County Public School System’s Central Office - $40,000Funding supports equipping every public school and a number of the private schools in Howard County with portable 800 MHz public safety radios for two-way crisis communication.
- Leadership Howard County - $8,050Program would prepare 9-15 youth to become active board members through a series of training workshops and establishing a mentoring relationship with members of the participating boards.
- Volunteer Center Serving Howard County - $25,000Grant supports the Volunteer Center in the area of disaster volunteer management and continuation of its core center programs of active volunteerism.
- The Arc of Howard County - $24,400Project would support the establishment of a Volunteer Coordinator position to expand the agency's volunteer base to include more direct contact and assistance with its clients and to develop a cadre of future volunteer leaders.
- Pointers Run Elementary School - $2,000Funding will support an expansion of the Developmental Assets Framework within the school community to include the development of a Parent Asset Team for the 2006-2007 school year along with a variety of other asset rich activities.
- Office of Children's Services - $10,100Project will extend the developmental asset movement in our community to those who care for infants, toddlers, and preschoolers and embed the Early Childhood Developmental Assets Framework in the Howard County Office of Children's Services.
- Northfield Elementary School - $4,424Project will provide students "at-risk" for problem behaviors with a mentoring-type healthy enrichment experience based on the development asset framework thus enabling them to feel nurtured, valued and empowered.
- Neighbor Ride - $20,609Funding will support the creation of a permanent, part-time Volunteer Coordinator position to provide for the sustainability of the program.
- Korean American Community Association - $13,000Funding will support the development of a community education program for the prevention of drug abuse and drug-related criminal activities in the Korean American community and form partnerships with the Howard County Police Department, Howard County Health Department, Howard County Mental Health Authority and HC DrugFree as well as local Korean youth ministries.
- Howard County Health Department - $4,000Funding will support a project of the Howard County Injury and Violence Coalition to train coaches and other school personnel on traumatic brain injury in athletics.
- Howard County Health Department - $4,500Funds will support the work of the Howard County Diabetes Coalition to implement a diabetes education program for Howard County residents with or at-risk of diabetes.
- Howard County General Hospital: A Member of Johns Hopkins Medicine - $35,675Project is a two-year pilot project to test a computerized interpretation service in the HCGH emergency department.
- Grassroots Crisis Intervention Center, Inc. - $37,000Funds will provide for communication and automation services and supports which maintain important network operations during the relocation period of Grassroots' Renovation and Expansion Project.
- FISH of Howard County - $9,000The project will support the emergent pharmacy needs for individuals with limited resources and develop a sustainability plan for the pharmacy assistance program.
- FIRN, Inc. - $8,000Grant will support a community process to increase the level of cultural competency in the county by developing a set of localized standards of accountability and supporting greater cultural understanding within the community.
- FIRN, Inc. - $35,000Grant funding will increase the local pool of trained interpreters while also expanding the financial viability of FIRN's Language Connections interpreting business.
- Dunloggin Middle School - $8,710Funding will support a plan to strengthen the developmental asset framework through increased parental, student, and community involvement by creating an "Asset Community Team."
- Community Action Council - $15,000Funding will support the purchase of a new school bus to replace aging and unsafe vehicles within the existing fleet.
- Atholton Elementary School - $4,000Funding supports an outreach program using the developmental asset framework to connect students who are disenfranchised from their school and community with seniors living in a local retirement facility.
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