The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. once said, "Riots are the cry of the unheard." If that maxim is true, Baltimore children, youth, and young adults were crying out long before the 2015 killing of Freddie Gray, Jr. sparked demonstrations and unrest in the city.
The fund, proposed by Baltimore City Council President Bernard C. “Jack” Young after the unrest of 2015, and approved by voters the following year, will provide taxpayer dollars to organizations that work with the city’s young people.
BALTIMORE, MD – The Baltimore Children and Youth Fund (BCYF) today announced that its 24-person, Proposal Review Panel has completed the initial review of grant applications for Year One of the fund. The panel then forwarded their recommendations to Associated Black Charities, which will
