Poverty $1,840,000

National Programs

A. Family Income

Center for Community Change: $90,000
a) For general support of this organization, whose activities include work on jobs, welfare reform and public housing ($70,000); and b) for its National Campaign on Jobs and Income Support ($20,000). (Second installment of a two-year $180,000 grant).

Center for Law and Social Policy: $75,000
For general support of this organization, which works to promote policies to improve the economic security of low-income families with children. (First installment of a two-year $150,000 grant.)

Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: $120,000
For general support of this organization, which works to reduce poverty in the United States through improvements in federal, state, and local policies and programs; development of reforms in federal, state, and local tax and budget policies; and more effective operation of low-income programs. (Second installment of a two-year $240,000 grant.)

National Housing Law Project: $20,000
For support of its national Earned Income Disregard (EID) initiative, an effort to promote and enforce full implementation of the EID for residents of public housing.

National Women's Law Center: $40,000
For support of the Project to Strengthen the Safety Net, which aims to ensure that low-income women and their families, both nationally and in the District of Columbia, receive the help they need to leave poverty.

Women Work: $40,000
For its project to develop policy analyses and recommendations in support of educational and training services to help women in transition enter the workforce and achieve economic self-sufficiency.

The Workforce Alliance: $35,000
For general support of this organization, whose mission is to help national leaders develop welfare, workforce and higher education policies that are better informed by effective practioners from the training and employment field.

B. Family Support

Food Research and Action Center: $50,000
For general support of this organization, which works to ensure that the Food Stamp Program and key child nutrition programs better serve low-income families.

District of Columbia Programs

A. Family Income

Academy of Hope: $20,000
For general support of this organization, which provides educational programs including day and evening classes, computer training, an external diploma program and one-on one tutoring for adults reading below the 6th grade level.

Byte Back: $25,000
For general support of this organization, which provides career ladder computer training to the underemployed and computer access to at-risk youth.

Capital Area Asset Building Corporation: $45,000
a) For general support of this organization, which operates comprehensive Individual Development Account (IDA) programs that encourage savings and financial management strategies for adults and youth in disadvantaged neighborhoods in D.C. ($25,000); and b) to support the creation of new individual development accounts through the provision of matching funds ($20,000).

The Children's Foundation: $10,000
To support its Building Blocks to Better Child Care program, which provides training and technical assistance to child care workers in the District.

JHP, Inc.: $20,000
For general support of this organization, which provides employment readiness programs (including education, counseling, and training) and housing assistance and support services to at-risk and homeless individuals in the D.C. metropolitan area.

Jubilee Jobs, Inc.: $25,000
For general support of this organization, which provides job preparation and placement services to disadvantaged job-seekers in the metropolitan D.C. area, and encourages practical next steps toward wage growth, training, or promotion.

Literacy Volunteers of America-National Capital Area (LVA-NCA): $20,000
For general support of this organization, which works to improve the rate of adult literacy in the District of Columbia through its one-on-one tutoring, family literacy, workplace literacy, and basic skills classes for TANF/low-income parents.

Manna, Inc.: $20,000
For support of its Individual Development Account Program and for the work of the Manna Community Development Corporation, which supports the efforts by tenants of expiring use Section 8 properties to secure long-term solutions to their needs for affordable housing.

Nation's Capital Child and Family Development (NCCFD): $40,000
To support the Education and Employment Training Program, which helps parents move from welfare to work by providing education, job readiness training, and job search assistance to low-income individuals with children enrolled at NCCFD child development facilities.

Neighbors' Consejo: $25,000
For general support of this organization, which provides individual and group-level intervention programs for the homeless and low-income populations of Washington, DC, particularly for immigrants in the Mount Pleasant, Columbia Heights, and Adams Morgan neighborhoods.

Southeast Ministry: $12,500
For general support of this organization, which provides educational, job readiness training, and job placement services to residents of Ward 8.

STRIVE DC, Inc.: $25,000
For general support of this organization, which offers a training and job placement program for chronically unemployed inner-city adults and youth; this includes three weeks of attitudinal job readiness training, and a minimum of two years of follow-up support.

Wider Opportunities for Women: $25,000
For general support of this organization, which will continue to build its capacity and the capacity of other community organizations to address employment and training issues facing low-income District of Columbia residents. (Second installment of a two-year $50,000 grant.)

YWCA National Capital Area: $25,000
For general support of this organization, which creates opportunities for employment growth and leadership for women, children and their families through education and training. (Second installment of a two-year $50,000 grant.)

B. Youth Development

Asian American LEAD: $65,000
a) For general support of this organization, which seeks to nurture, empower, and support the development of Asian American youth, families, and community ($35,000) and; b) to support its efforts to renovate its recently purchased permanent facility ($30,000).

DC Children and Youth Investment Trust Corporation: $12,500
To support the 2002 Summer Programs Initiative, specifically for program expenses at Birney Elementary School.

Heads Up: $35,000
For general support of this organization, which seeks to improve the school performance of low-income students, and works to improve local and national out-of-school time policy.

Homeless Children's Tutorial Project, Inc.: $20,000
For general support of this organization, which provides educational and emotional support to homeless, formerly homeless, and at risk children in D.C.

Latin American Youth Center: $25,000
For support of the Teen Parent Support Program, which seeks to help teen mothers and fathers continue their education, postpone pregnancy, and learn the skills they will need to be able to find and keep good jobs.

Life Pieces to Masterpieces: $25,000
For general support of this organization, which aims to provide African-American males, ages 3-21, and their families, living in Washington, DC's low-income and public housing in Wards 7 and 8, with the tools and opportunities to improve their quality of life.

Martha's Table: $30,000
For support of its Children and Family Program, which strengthens and empowers families through education, employment and nutrition within a nurturing environment.

Mary's Center for Maternal and Child Care: $35,000
For support of its Teen Program, which serves uninsured Hispanic teens and focuses on preventing teen pregnancy, STD/HIV transmission, and promoting overall health.

Mentors, Inc.: $20,000
For general support of this organization, which offers a one-on-one mentoring program that provides high school students in the D.C. Public School System with activities to support their academic, career and personal enrichment goals.

Metro Teen AIDS: $20,000
For general support of this organization, which focuses on preventing the spread of HIV infection among youth in Washington, D.C.

Student Conservation Association, Inc.: $5,000
For support of the National Capital Region Urban and Diversity Outreach Program, which provides young D.C. residents with skills that enable them to articulate and achieve their education and employment goals while working on important conservation projects in the District.

The Urban Alliance Foundation, Inc.: $25,000
For general support of this organization, whose mission is to train students for the world of work beyond high school through work skills development, life skills enrichment, and educational planning and preparation.

Young Women's Project: $35,000
For general support of this organization, which seeks to provide high-quality youth development programs to teen women in high schools and in foster care group homes.

C. Family Support

Advocates for Justice and Education, Inc.: $25,000
For general support of this organization, which seeks to educate and empower parents of children with special needs to advocate on behalf of their own children.

Calvary Bilingual Multicultural Learning Center: $35,000
For general support of this organization, which seeks to provide safe, nurturing and affordable childcare and family support services to moderate and low-income families.

Community Family Life Services: $35,000
For support of its Trinity Arms Transitional Housing Program, which provides a holistic network of services to strengthen homeless families.

The Family Place: $30,000
For general support of this organization, which works to promote family empowerment, improve child health and development, and foster parent leadership in Wards 1 and 4. (Second installment of a two-year $60,000 grant.)

Food Research and Action Center (FRAC): $25,00
For support of FRAC's District of Columbia Initiative, Helping Families in Need in the District of Columbia: Expanding Access to Federal Nutrition Programs, which will focus on increasing the use of federal nutrition resources in the District.

Healthy Babies Project: $35,000
For general support of this organization, which offers comprehensive medical, mental health, and social services to pregnant women and their families.

House of Ruth: $25,000
For support of its Kidspace Child and Family Center's Parenting Training Project, which seeks to develop and promote effective parenting skills among homeless and abused mothers.

Perry School Community Services Center, Inc.: $35,000
For general support of this organization, which offers anti-poverty programs that include youth development, economic empowerment, and family support services.

Planned Parenthood of Metropolitan Washington: $40,000
For general support of this organization, which provides comprehensive, culturally sensitive, affordable, and confidential family planning and reproductive health services to women and teens in low-income and at-risk communities in the metropolitan Washington area.

Women Empowered Against Violence (WEAVE): $20,000
For the East of the River Domestic Violence/Sexual Assault Center, which aims to provide residents with one site where they can access advocacy services, emergency civil legal assistance, domestic violence, rape and sexual assault counseling, and medical services.

D. Housing and Community Development

Brandywine Street Association: $10,000
For general support of this organization, whose mission is to re-establish a safe and desirable neighborhood and address the underlying social and economic needs of the residents with a solid employment and youth development program.

Coalition for Nonprofit Housing and Economic Development: $20,00
For general support of this organization, which seeks to preserve affordable housing for low- and moderate-income District residents and to revitalize distressed neighborhoods through its training and capacity building, public education, and communications components. (First installment of a two-year $45,000 grant.)

2M Center, Inc.: $20,000
For support of the East of the River Technology Collaborative (ERTECH), a community-based technology resource and advocacy group that promotes basic technology skills and know-how and encourages the use of email and the Internet as effective tools in communicating and organizing.

Washington Innercity Self Help: $10,000
For general support of this organization, which works to organize low-income tenants around affordable housing issues in the District of Columbia and develop the capacity of D.C. leadership at the community level.

E. Local Policy

Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: $75,000
For its D.C. Fiscal Policy Institute, a project that analyzes budget, tax, and programmatic issues affecting low- and moderate-income District families and individuals, and prepares analyses for use by policymakers, advocates, and the media.

Council of Latino Agencies: $25,000
For general support of this organization, which seeks to advance a policy agenda for D.C.'s Latino population and the organizations that serve it, by using reliable statistical data and accurate information on this community.

DC Action for Children: $30,000
For general support of this organization, which advocates on behalf of children, youth, and families in the District of Columbia.

The District of Columbia Employment Justice Center: $30,000
For general support of this organization, which works to improve employment policies affecting low-income individuals and offers legal services and education programs that serve low-income and unemployed District workers. (Second installment of a two-year $60,000 grant.)

National Housing Law Project: $30,000
For support of its project to Increase the Capacity and Effectiveness of Resident Organizations, which helps residents of public housing to have an impact on the policies and plans developed by the D.C. housing authority.

Washington Area Women's Foundation: $25,000
For support of its Portrait Project, a collaborative research and public education initiative to document and begin to address the needs of women and girls in the D.C. area, particularly those living in poverty. (Second installment of a two-year $50,000 grant.)

Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless: $65,000
a) For general support of this organization, which seeks to meet the needs and alleviate the suffering of persons who struggle with homelessness and poverty ($40,000), and b) for support of the D.C. Partnership to End Poverty, which aims to develop a comprehensive anti-poverty strategy in the District of Columbia ($25,000).

Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless: $20,000
For the Oshun Project for Human Rights, which works to create just policies on the national level for parents struggling with poverty and addiction, and to include the parents' voices in the articulation of policy goals and needs.

Wider Opportunities for Women: $15,000
For its work to ensure that low-income job seekers in Washington, DC have access to the training programs and resources necessary to earn self-sufficiency wages.