SB 874

Did not advance

Community Health and Safety Works Grant Program and Fund - Establishment

Sponsor: Mary Washington (District 43)Committee: Budget and TaxationSubject: Housing and Community DevelopmentStatus: Hearing 3/28 at 1:00 p.m. (as of Nov 9, 2023)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Establishing the Community Health and Safety Works Grant Program in the Department of Housing and Community Development; establishing the Community Health and Safety Works Grant Program Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund to provide financial assistance in the form of grants under the provisions of the Program for certain eligible projects; and requiring interest earnings of the Fund to be credited to the Fund.

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Testimony (94)

MGA witness list

FAV 81FavorableUNF 12UnfavorableINFO 1Information only

Position	Witness	Organization	Testimony
FAV	Guttman, zvi	Agudath Israel of Greenspring, Inc.	Written (PDF)
FAV	Cullen, Theresa	Alice Ferguson Foundation	Written (PDF)
FAV	Jones, David	Allegany College Of Maryland	Written (PDF)
FAV	Williams, Dave	Allegany County Historical Society	Written (PDF)
FAV	McManus, Caroline	American Communities Trust	Written (PDF)
FAV	Grzymski, Donald	Archbishop Curley High School	Written (PDF)
FAV	Markoe, Abby	Baltimore SquashWise, Inc.	Written (PDF)
FAV	Smith Wilson, Tehma	Baltimore Urban Leadership Foundation aka The Door	Written (PDF)
FAV	Falcone, Jennifer	Bel Air Downtown Alliance, Inc.	Written (PDF)
FAV	Fisher, Brant	Brewers Hill Neighbors	Written (PDF)
FAV	Sherwood, Daniel	Brunswick Main Street	Written (PDF)
FAV	Vaughan, Reganlobbyist	Catholic Charities of Baltimore	Written (PDF)
FAV	Wolowik, Avrohom	Cheder Chabad, Inc	Written (PDF)
FAV	Jacobs, Sarah	Chizuk Amuno Congregation & Schools	Written (PDF)
FAV	Hinson, Ronald	City of Cambridge Maryland	Written (PDF)
FAV	Cucufate, Cesar	City of Laurel	Written (PDF)
FAV	Thorn, Melissa	City of Westminster	Written (PDF)
FAV	Washington, Mark	Coldstream Homestead Montebello Community Corporation	Written (PDF)
FAV	Young, W. Stephen	Cresaptown United Methodist Church	Written (PDF)
FAV	Thompson, John	Deep Roots, Clairvaux Farm	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Norman, Kara	Downtown Frederick Partnership	Written (PDF)
FAV	Jennings, Ms. JohnDre	Druid Heights CDC	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Reyes, Alan	Eager Park Neighborhood Association	Written (PDF)
FAV	Washington, Cheryl	East Baltimore Development, Inc.	Written (PDF)
FAV	Bondi, Melissa	Enterprise Community Partners	Written (PDF)
FAV	Hein, Dawn	Evergreen Heritage Center	Written (PDF)
FAV	Flood Bennett, Renita	Fairmount Heights Community Development Corp	Written (PDF)
FAV	Timothy, Bridges	Fayette Street Outreach Org, Inc	Written (PDF)
FAV	Bridges, Timothy	Fayette Street Outreach Org, Inc.	Written (PDF)
FAV	whitmer, Elizabeth	Federal Hill Neighborhood Association	Written (PDF)
FAV	Albright, Richard	Friends of Jerusalem Mill, Inc.	Written (PDF)
FAV	Swanston, Chelrisa	GeN'xt Ministries Inc.	Written (PDF)
FAV	Chaiken, Meredith	Greater Baybrook Alliance, Inc.	Written (PDF)
FAV	Kohler-Frueh, Leila	Habitat for Humanity of the Chesapeake	Written (PDF)
FAV	Doty, Daniel	Hamilton-Lauraville Main Street, Inc.	Written (PDF)
FAV	Hope, Jenny	Historic East Baltimore Community Action Coalition, Inc.	Written (PDF)
FAV	McCabe, Julie	Homes for America	Written (PDF)
FAV	Ahmad, Nazeer	Islamic Center of Maryland (ICM)	Written (PDF)
FAV	Patel, Madiha	Islamic Society of Baltimore (ISB)	Written (PDF)
FAV	Triola, Francine	Jewish Foundation for Group Homes, DBA Makom	Written (PDF)
FAV	Nathanson, Marthalobbyist	LifeBridge Health	Written (PDF)
FAV	Baron, Yaakov	Lubavitch of Howard County DBA Chabad Ellicott City	Written (PDF)
FAV	Fleegle, Nina	Main Street Historic Chestertown	Written (PDF)
FAV	Bogdan, Henrylobbyist	Maryland Nonprofits	Position only
FAV	Bogdan, Henrylobbyist	Maryland Nonprofits	Position only
FAV	Ward, Caitlin	Maryland Science Center	Written (PDF)
FAV	McCullough, Nicole	Mayor and Town Council of Oakland	Written (PDF)
FAV	Andemichael, Rahwa	Montgomery Community Media	Written (PDF)
FAV	Nichols, Charlene	Mount Aviat Academy	Written (PDF)
FAV	Jacobs, Sharon	New Service Training Employment Program, Inc	Written (PDF)
FAV	Daniel, Deborah	New Waverly United Methodist Church	Written (PDF)
FAV	Bordley, Minister Brian	ONE More... ONE Less Mentoring Inc.,	Written (PDF)
FAV	Kravetz, Daniel	Rebuild Metro Inc.	Written (PDF)
FAV	Hoppa, Charlie	Reisterstown Improvement Association, Inc.	Written (PDF)
FAV	Snyder, Kari	Southeast Community Development Corporation	Written (PDF)
FAV	Fisher, Brant	Southeast Community Relations Council	Written (PDF)
FAV	Holmes, Laurie	St. Vincent de Paul of Baltimore	Written (PDF)
FAV	Braxton, Rosella	The H.O.P.E. Academy	Written (PDF)
FAV	Cole, Patricia	The Havre de Grace Colored School Museum and Cultural Center, Inc.	Written (PDF)
FAV	Wharton, Rayner	The National Great Blacks In Wax Museum	Written (PDF)

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Organizations on record

Agudath Israel of Greenspring, Inc.FAV 1

Alice Ferguson FoundationFAV 1

Allegany College Of MarylandFAV 1

Allegany County Historical SocietyFAV 1

American Communities TrustFAV 1

Archbishop Curley High SchoolFAV 1

Baltimore SquashWise, Inc.FAV 1

Baltimore Urban Leadership Foundation aka The DoorFAV 1

Bel Air Downtown Alliance, Inc.FAV 1

Brewers Hill NeighborsFAV 1

Brunswick Main StreetFAV 1

Catholic Charities of BaltimoreFAV 1

Cheder Chabad, IncFAV 1

Chizuk Amuno Congregation & SchoolsFAV 1

City of Cambridge MarylandFAV 1

City of LaurelFAV 1

City of WestminsterFAV 1

Coldstream Homestead Montebello Community CorporationFAV 1

Concerned CitizenUNF 1

Cresaptown United Methodist ChurchFAV 1

Deep Roots, Clairvaux FarmFAV 1

Department of Budget and ManagementINFO 1

Downtown Frederick PartnershipFAV 1

Druid Heights CDCFAV 1

Eager Park Neighborhood AssociationFAV 1

East Baltimore Development, Inc.FAV 1

Enterprise Community PartnersFAV 1

Evergreen Heritage CenterFAV 1

Fairmount Heights Community Development CorpFAV 1

Fayette Street Outreach Org, IncFAV 1

Fayette Street Outreach Org, Inc.FAV 1

Federal Hill Neighborhood AssociationFAV 1

Friends of Jerusalem Mill, Inc.FAV 1

GeN'xt Ministries Inc.FAV 1

Greater Baybrook Alliance, Inc.FAV 1

Habitat for Humanity of the ChesapeakeFAV 1

Hamilton-Lauraville Main Street, Inc.FAV 1

Historic East Baltimore Community Action Coalition, Inc.FAV 1

Homes for AmericaFAV 1

Islamic Center of Maryland (ICM)FAV 1

Islamic Society of Baltimore (ISB)FAV 1

Jewish Foundation for Group Homes, DBA MakomFAV 1

LifeBridge HealthFAV 1

Lubavitch of Howard County DBA Chabad Ellicott CityFAV 1

Main Street Historic ChestertownFAV 1

Maryland NonprofitsFAV 2

Maryland Science CenterFAV 1

Mayor and Town Council of OaklandFAV 1

Montgomery Community MediaFAV 1

Mount Aviat AcademyFAV 1

New Service Training Employment Program, IncFAV 1

New Waverly United Methodist ChurchFAV 1

ONE More... ONE Less Mentoring Inc.,FAV 1

Rebuild Metro Inc.FAV 1

Reisterstown Improvement Association, Inc.FAV 1

Southeast Community Development CorporationFAV 1

Southeast Community Relations CouncilFAV 1

St. Vincent de Paul of BaltimoreFAV 1

The H.O.P.E. AcademyFAV 1

The Havre de Grace Colored School Museum and Cultural Center, Inc.FAV 1

The National Great Blacks In Wax MuseumFAV 1

Town of DelmarFAV 1

Town of EmmitsburgFAV 1

Town of Thurmont Office of Economic DevelopmentFAV 1

Towson Chamber of CommerceFAV 1

University of Maryland, BaltimoreFAV 1

VEHICLES FOR CHANGEFAV 1

WallaceBlack CommunicationsFAV 1

Washington County Free LibraryFAV 1

Wells, Inc.FAV 1

Yeshivas Toras SimchaFAV 1

YMCA of Cumberland, MDFAV 1

YMCA of FrederickFAV 1

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVVaughan, ReganCatholic Charities of BaltimoreRegistered for: Catholic Charities

FAVNathanson, MarthaLifeBridge HealthRegistered for: Lifebridge Health, Inc.

FAVBogdan, HenryMaryland NonprofitsRegistered for: Maryland Nonprofits

FAVAlston, BryanRegistered for: Maryland Alliance of State Aided Organizations; Baltimore City Community College; CHA, Inc. dba Mary & Main Dispensary; Bon Secours Community Works; B-360 Baltimore; GEDCO (Govans Ecumenical Development Corporation)…

FAVMiicke , SarahRegistered for: Baltimore Jewish Council