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2017 Criminal and Juvenile Justice Grants

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Advocates for Children and Youth, Inc.
$80,000 over one year to engage in research, public education, technical assistance for agenda development, and community outreach to advance juvenile justice reform in Maryland

American Civil Liberties Union of Maryland Foundation
$100,000 over one year to support its policy analysis, education, mobilization and advocacy activities to reduce arrest and pretrial detention rates

Baltimore Action Legal Team
$50,000 over one year to support the Baltimore Action Legal Team’s organizational capacity building activities in furtherance of its community education, legal observation and representation, and training activities to advance policing and pretrial reforms

CASA de Maryland
$100,000 over one year to support the continued activities of the Campaign for Justice, Safety & Jobs to bring about policing reforms in Baltimore and Maryland

$45,000 over one year to enable CASA to respond rapidly to any unforeseen efforts by the U.S. Department of Justice, City officials and any other actors to undermine implementation of the DOJ consent decree in Baltimore City

Civic Works, Inc.
$75,000 over one year to enable its Baltimore Center for Green Careers to create career opportunities for individuals with criminal records and promote the adoption of ex-offender friendly hiring practices and employment standards among local businesses

Community Law in Action
$140,000 over one year to engage in community organizing, public education, and advocacy efforts to strengthen community-based alternatives to detention and reduce the number of youth who are automatically prosecuted and incarcerated as adults

Community Oversight Task Force
$95,000 over one year to enable the Baltimore Community Oversight Task Force to carry out needed research, communications, community engagement, and reform activities in support of improved community oversight of the Baltimore Police Department

Fusion Partnerships, Inc.
$250,000 over one year to help a select number of neighborhood associations to develop the capacity to partner equitably with the Baltimore Police Department to create the micro-policing plans required by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) consent decree

Jews United for Justice
$50,000 over one year to support its participation in the Campaign for Justice Safety & Jobs to bring about policing reforms in greater Baltimore

JFA Institute
$30,000 over one year to conduct analysis and make policy recommendations to reduce pretrial and prison populations in Baltimore and Maryland

Job Opportunities Task Force
$100,000 over one year to support its communications and advocacy efforts to reduce barriers to employment for people with criminal records

Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle
$85,000 over one year to support Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle’s efforts to reform policing and pretrial justice in Baltimore and Maryland

Maryland Office of the Public Defender
$50,000 over one year to support the implementation of the Maryland Text Alert Pilot Project by establishing a tool for ensuring individuals who are charged with a crime appear on their court dates

$16,000 over one year to support OPD’s efforts to educate the public and engage impacted community members in reforming the pretrial system in Maryland

Maryland Restorative Justice Initiative
$50,000 over one year to support the Maryland Restorative Justice Initiative to reform parole policies affecting prisoners serving long-term sentences in Maryland

National Association for Civilian Oversight of Law Enforcement
$4,630 over two months to provide training, educational, and networking opportunities to members of the Baltimore City Community Oversight Task Force at the 23rd Annual NACOLE Conference

No Boundaries Coalition
$25,000 over one year to advocate for reforms that improve police accountability and bring about effective community policing in Baltimore

Out for Justice
$40,000 over one year to support Out for Justice’s organizing and leadership development efforts to remove barriers for people with criminal records

Power Inside
$50,000 over one year to strengthen Power Inside’s capacity to advocate and organize for pretrial justice and policing reform

Pretrial Justice Institute
$100,000 over one year to provide technical assistance, public education, communications and policy analysis to help bring about the elimination of money bail in Maryland

Progressive Maryland Education Fund, Inc.
$50,000 over one year to support Progressive Maryland’s organizing and communications activities to advance pretrial reform

Public Justice Center
$80,000 over nine months to conduct legal research about how to bring about pretrial reform in Baltimore

Restorative Response Baltimore: Collective Action to Resolve Conflict (formerly known as Community Conferencing Center)
$100,000 over to two years to provide an effective community-based alternative to justice involvement for youth and young adults in Baltimore

University of Maryland Baltimore Foundation, Inc.
Up to $50,000 over seven months to support the Prisoner Advocacy and Re-Entry Support Project of the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law

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