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For Immediate Release
Monday, June 26, 2023 |
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MONSE Announces Sixth Round of ARPA Allocations
The awards, totaling $13.4 million, are directly aligned with the Scott Administration's charge to co-produce public safety
BALTIMORE, MD (Monday, June 26, 2023) –Today, the Mayor's Office of Neighborhood Safety and Engagement (MONSE) announced the 6th round of recipients of American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) dollars targeted at improving public safety outcomes. The awards – totaling around $13.4 million – are directly aligned with the Scott Administration's charge to co-produce public safety in partnership with community-based organizations and nonprofits.
This funding is in addition to the $16.5 million already allocated to Baltimore community-based organizations and other institutional partners and is part of Mayor Brandon M. Scott’s violence prevention investment allocated to the public safety agency in 2021.
“Our ability to carry out Baltimore’s Comprehensive Violence Prevention Plan is driven by organizations working in our communities and directly with our residents to make our city safer every single day,” said Mayor Brandon M. Scott. “Investing in these organizations is a central pillar of my administration’s comprehensive approach to public safety, and communities across our city are seeing the positive outcomes they deliver on behalf of Baltimore.”
With this announcement, since FY ‘22, MONSE has allocated roughly $30 million in grants to organizations engaged in community violence intervention, victim services, youth justice, community healing, and re-entry work.
A list of this round of community-based organizations and institutions to receive grants follows:
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Organization Name
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Grant Amount
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Timeframe
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Project Description
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Category
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MONSE Competitive Grants
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National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Metropolitan Baltimore (East Baltimore Mental Health Hub)
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$50,000.00
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Single Year
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NAMI Metropolitan Baltimore will create space for open conversations, provide resources, support, and education to people living with mental health conditions and their families, and work to eradicate additional barriers: lack of knowledge, inability to recognize symptoms in oneself, and inability to identify adequate healthcare resources for mental health symptoms.
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Community Healing
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Greenmount West Foundation (Restorative Community Space)
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$25,000.00
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Single Year
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Funds will be used to support trainings and professional development of current Restorative Community Space staff to grow relationship building, an extension of respect to others and self, and understanding responsibilities within the community, along with responsive community engagement.
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Youth Justice
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Intersection of Change (Martha’s Place)
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$50,000.00
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Single Year
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The program helps women achieve stability through life skills and economic empowerment by providing housing with supportive services such as addictions counseling, money management training, case management, wellness classes, and community meals.
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Community Healing
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Ahavas Chaim, Inc. (Ahavas Chaim Trade Skills Project)
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$50,000.00
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Single Year
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The project will teach and equip youth with computer programming along with web and game development to prepare them for in-demand careers in the tech sector.
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Re-Entry
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Total
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$175,000.00
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MONSE Discretionary Grants
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Bon Secours Community Works
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$500,000.00
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Single Year
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To support the Returning Citizens and Violence Reduction Program as part of Baltimore’s Community Violence Intervention (CVI) ecosystem.
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CVI
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Living Classrooms Foundation
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$500,000.00
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Single Year
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To support Project SERVE Employment Training, Jobs, and Re-Entry Support for Baltimore's Returning Citizens, as part of Baltimore’s Community Violence Intervention (CVI) ecosystem.
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CVI
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Youth Advocate Programs, Inc.
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$7,278,682.00
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Multi-year (FY ‘23 - FY ‘24)
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GVRS service provision, including life coaching, emergency relocation, and participant stipends, for individuals 24 years of age and above over a two-year period.
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GVRS
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Catholic Charities of Baltimore
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$5,100,000.00
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Multi-year (FY ’23 - FY ‘25)
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Funds will go toward the management of two Safe Streets Baltimore sites over a three-year period.
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CVI
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Total
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$13,378,682.00
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ARPA grant applications submitted to MONSE are reviewed by Community Grant Reviewers, a group of 18 Baltimore residents with diverse backgrounds and who have relevant expertise and experience in MONSE’s funding priority areas. Grant applications will be accepted and reviewed on a rolling basis based on funding availability.
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About the Mayor’s Office of Recovery Programs
The American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) provided $641 million to the City of Baltimore in response to the COVID-19 public health emergency and its negative economic impacts. Mayor Brandon M. Scott established the Mayor’s Office of Recovery Programs to transparently and effectively administer this funding on behalf of the City. For additional information, visit the Mayor’s Office of Recovery Programs website at arp.baltimorecity.gov.
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