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This morning, Tara Huffman, director of OSI-Baltimore’s Criminal and Juvenile Justice program, joined WYPR’s “On the Record” with Sheilah Kast to talk about the consent decree between the city and the Department of Justice announced yesterday. Listen to the segment here. Read OSI-Baltimore’s statement about the consent decree here.

The Wall Street Journal today profiled Baltimore’s Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion (LEAD) program, which seeks to divert low-level drug offenders to treatment and other support services and away from arrest. OSI-Baltimore is the primary funder of the program, working in collaboration with the Baltimore Police Department, the State’s Attorney’s Office, and Behavioral Health System Baltimore, as announced in […]

WYPR’s program On the Record, hosted by Sheilah Kast, wrapped up its ongoing series profiling the 2016 cohort of OSI-Baltimore’s Community Fellows by speaking with LaMarr Darnell Shields about his project, The Teacher Exchange. In a reversal of the traditional teacher-student relationship, The Teacher Exchange aims to engage young people in their own education by […]

Five months after the Department of Justice released a report stating that “there is reasonable cause to believe that [Baltimore Police Department] engages in a pattern or practice of conduct that violates the Constitution or federal law,” the city and the Department of Justice this morning announced a legally binding consent decree requiring reforms of […]

WYPR’s program On the Record, hosted by Sheilah Kast, continues its ongoing series profiling the 2016 cohort of OSI-Baltimore’s Community Fellows by featuring Eliseba Osore and her project, the ShareBaby Baby Pantry. The pantry provides diapers, clothing, and other basic goods to organizations that work with families in need such as House of Ruth, Sarah’s […]

In its story, “Eyes Over Baltimore: How Police Use Military Technology to Secretly Track You,” Rolling Stone details the controversy over the Baltimore Police Department’s (BPD) secret surveillance program. The story cites the efforts of the Campaign for Justice, Safety & Jobs, an OSI-Baltimore grantee, to get the City Council to address the surveillance program and […]

OSI-Baltimore will partner with the New Day Campaign, an organization that uses art-based programming to challenge the stigma associated with mental illness and substance abuse, on its 2017 “Addiction Now” Coffee House series. The Addiction Now series explores the current cultural, scientific, and clinical aspects of addiction. The first Addiction Now event, “Opioid, Opioid, Opioid” […]

Today, as part of its ongoing series of profiles of OSI-Baltimore’s 2016 cohort of Community Fellows, WYPR’s “On the Record,” hosted by Sheilah Kast, profiled Gianna Rodriguez, Deborah Ramsey, and JC Faulk (click names to hear each profile). As pat of her Fellowship, Gianna Rodriguez will expand on her work with Baltimore Youth Arts to establish […]

As part of its ongoing series of profiles of OSI-Baltimore’s 2016 cohort of Community Fellows, WYPR’s “On the Record,” hosted by Sheilah Kast, recently profiled Jennifer Will-Thapa and Jermaine Bell. Jennifer will develop the Common Ground Youth Farm Project during her Fellowship. The project will provide on-the-job training, mentorship, and personal development to young people […]