Clean Corps Demonstration Program

Mayor Brandon M. Scott, along with the Department of Planning and the Department of Public Works, announced applications for the Clean Corps Demonstration Project, a $14.7 million grant program that improves the City’s capacity to clean and maintain public spaces in historically disinvested neighborhoods throughout Baltimore.

Clean Corps brings together nonprofit organizations located in Baltimore City with neighborhood associations to hire residents to clean and care for community-selected sites, including maintaining vacant lots, alleys, and trash receptacles in specific neighborhoods in Baltimore. During this two-and-a-half-year program, those hired as part of the initiative will earn $15 per hour for the duration of their employment.

Clean Corps grantees will support the Baltimore Department of Public Works to provide excellent regular service to targeted neighborhoods that have been especially impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting economic crisis.

This grant opportunity closed at 5 p.m. on Monday, September 19, 2022. Please reach out to submissions@baltimorecivicfund.org with questions.

Who is Eligible?

Eligible applicants for this grant program:

  • Are tax-exempt organizations located in Baltimore City

  • Bring experience in workforce development, city maintenance, environmental programs, or other work that prepares them for success in the Clean Corps program

  • Demonstrate that they have the support of the neighborhood association for the neighborhood with which they are planning to work

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