From Client to Cook: Anita’s Journey to Stability with the Help of My Sister’s Place Women’s Center
Anita in the kitchen at My Sister's Place Women's Center When Anita first arrived at My Sister’s Place Women’s Center (MSPWC), her immediate focus was on recovery and maintaining her sobriety, but what she found was so much more. At MSPWC, a day shelter for Baltimore’s homeless and impoverished women and children, Anita met with [...]
Faces, not Numbers: We Change Lives, One Person at a Time
Catholic Charities provides shelter to individuals and families like Elizabeth and Stewart. Catholic Charities is experiencing a significant increase in the demand for services and assistance with many Marylanders turning to us for the first time. Our services not only provide them with vital assistance such as food and shelter, but also improves their lives [...]
Entering the Green Industry
On November 3rd, Our Daily Bread Employment Center (ODBEC) entered into the green industry. Supported by a grant from the Maryland Energy Administration, ODBEC implemented a Weatherization Learnership Training Program. The Learnership is a unique training and on the job employment program that includes partnerships with C&O Conservation, Maryland Energy Conservation, and the Community College of Baltimore [...]
EarnBenefits: Parish-based program helps families in financial crisis
Counselor Mike Escol heps an applicant find out what assistance he is eligible to receive through the EarnBenefits program located at the parish of St. Clement Mary Hofbauer. The addition of six Catholic parishes as referral sites for the EarnBenefits program is making assistance available to county families experiencing a financial crisis. Since August, the [...]
Early Intervention at St. Jerome’s Head Start (now Baltimore City Head Start)
Kim Amoroso is delighted with the services she and her son, Robert, have received through St. Jerome’s Head Start program. After Kim Amoroso prepares her four-year-old son Robert for the Head Start Program, she usually accompanies him three to four days of the week. Dividing her time between volunteering in the office and in her [...]
Dre’s Story
Holden Hall provides the guidance and support many of our men need. Although we hope that they reach total independence and self sufficiency, we realize the reality is that everyone needs an ongoing support system. Holden Hall has become that system for many. After two “successful” years at Holden Hall, Dre’, a 38-year-old man with [...]
Dollars and Money Sense
“It’s changed my beliefs about money,” Veronica Edmonds says of the Financial Literacy seminar she completed at My Sister's Place Women's Center. The four-session classes are made available to participants of the resource center for women through Families that Work, a job-readiness program for expectant mothers. A $15,000 grant from Citi underwrites the cost of [...]
Diligence Pays Off
Heather Price, Esperanza Center volunteer attorney Many factors drive immigrants away from their home countries and pull them to the United States. Poverty, violence, and lack of opportunities cause many young people to flee, particularly from Central America, seeking a better and safer life here in the United States. Each year, more minors travel unaccompanied [...]
Dana’s Letter of Appreciation to Christopher Place Employment Academy
Roland entered Christopher Place Employment Academy (CPEA) in April of 2008 with a desire to stabilize his life and to become the person he felt he could be. In the first few months at CPEA, Roland had trouble adjusting to the new routine and trusting in the program. Looking back, it was clear to see that Roland wasn’t [...]
CPEA Graduation
The 32 graduates of the October 18 commencement ceremony were given a mantra to recall their shared experience: “Once a CP man, always a CP man.” Family, friends and supporters in attendance at Our Daily Bread Employment Center applauded the combined classes of graduates of CP (Christopher Place Employment Academy) for achieving the graduation requirement [...]