OSI-Baltimore’s Education and Youth Development Program seeks to ensure that all student groups are fully included in schooling and other opportunities that prepare them for success in adulthood. Equitable education provides the most accessible egress out of the crippling cycle of poverty. It is most readily achieved by removing prohibitive barriers and nullifying inequitable practices that push children out of school and into the school-to-prison pipeline.
Advocates for Children and Youth**
$250,000 over three months to provide general support.
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Maryland
$100,000 over two months to provide general support.
Attendance Works
$100,000 over one year to enable Attendance Works to advance student success and help close equity gaps by reducing chronic absence.
Baltimore City Public Schools Re-Engagement Center
$100,000 over one year to provide students the opportunity to retake previously failed courses, master academic content, and recover course credit under the direction of qualified teachers through The Re-Engagement Center.
Baltimore Digital Equity Coalition
$25,000 over one year to enable Baltimore Digital Equity Coalition to bridge the digital divide that has been brought to light by the COVID-19 pandemic, by providing Baltimore residents with a stable internet connection, digital devices, technical support and training.
Disability Rights Maryland
$100,000 over two months to provide general support.
NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
$100,000 over two months to provide general support.
Positive Schools Center
$100,000 over one year to enable The Positive Schools Center to train educators and students in Baltimore City public schools to use restorative and complementary practices to improve school climates.
Project Waves
$25,000 over one year to enable Project Waves to provide free internet access to 2,000 households by 2023 and help close the digital divide in Baltimore City.
Strong Schools Maryland*
$100,000 over one year to support policy advocacy on the public school system in Maryland.
The Education Trust
$100,000 over three months to provide general support.
Wide Angle Youth Media
$80,000 over two months to provide general support.
*Funding provides through the Open Society Policy Center, Open Society Foundations’ advocacy organization
**Co-funded with the Criminal and Juvenile Justice Program