Maryland Fuel Funds

• The Victorine Q. Adams Fuel Fund, formerly the Baltimore Fuel Fund, one of the oldest and largest fuel funds, was organized in 1979. A seed grant of $10,000 was provided by Baltimore Gas and Electric and it matches contributions dollar for dollar. It pays up to $125 to clients facing shut-offs and provides utility credits toward arrearages. It also operates an emergency oil program which provides 100 gallons of oil to eligible families at nominal cost.
  
  Through a partnership with the City of Baltimore, applications for assistance are taken through two Mayor's Crisis Resource Centers, one conveniently located in an inner city shopping mall.
  
  
• The Fuel Fund of Central Maryland (FFCM) is an umbrella organization comprised of local fuel funds in Baltimore City and Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Carroll, Harford and Howard counties.
  
  
• Church, community and state funds for shelters who serve MEAP eligible; charities and service organizations not connected to fuel funds

LEVERAGING

2006: $6.5 million
2005: $6 million
2004: $6.5 million
2003: $3.9 million
2002: $4.1 million
2001: $5.3 million
2000: $1.9 million
1999: $2.4 million
1998: $2.6 million
1997: $1.8 million
1996: $2.5 million
1995: $2.7 million

Page Last Updated: March 26, 2007