OSI-Baltimore’s Criminal and Juvenile Justice Program seeks to reduce the use of incarceration and its social and economic costs without compromising public safety, and promote justice systems that are fair, are used as a last resort, and offer second chances. It supports advocacy, public education, research, grassroots organizing, litigation and demonstration projects that focus on reforming racial and social inequities at critical stages of the criminal and juvenile justice systems—from arrest to reentry into the community.
24+None
$25,000 over one year to enable 24+None to continue to build a youth-led movement to eliminate the automatic prosecution of youth as adults in Maryland.
Advocates for Children and Youth***
$250,000 over three months to provide general support.
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Maryland
$100,000 over one year to provide general support.
Architects of Justice*
$25,000 over nine months to support policy advocacy on youth justice reform in Maryland.
Baltimore Action Legal Team
$100,000 over six months to support the capacity of the Baltimore Action Legal Team to reduce criminalization, reduce pretrial incarceration, and improve police accountability.
$189,000 over one year to support the capacity of the Baltimore Action Legal Team to reduce criminalization, reduce pretrial incarceration, and improve police accountability.
Baltimore Algebra Project
$100,000 over two months to improve the capacity of the Baltimore Algebra Project to develop youth leaders and reduce youth involvement with the justice system.
Bmore Awesome
$50,000 over two months to support the efforts of Bmore Awesome, Inc. to engage in youth leadership development, organizing and advocacy to reform youth justice and school discipline in Baltimore.
CASA
$100,000 over one year to provide support to the Grantee’s diverse justice work in Baltimore.
Center for Children’s Law and Policy
$93,000 over one year to provide expert analysis of Maryland’s current criminal and juvenile justice laws, and make recommendations for how to reduce youth contact with the justice system.
Community Law in Action
$50,000 over two months to provide general support.
F.R.E.S.H.
$25,000 over two months to provide general support.
Jews United for Justice
$50,000 over one year to support grassroots organizing and education efforts to bring about race equity and restorative justice reforms in Baltimore and Maryland.
JFA Institute
$20,000 over one year to help identify and institutionalize reforms that resulted in jail population reductions in Baltimore during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Job Opportunities Task Force
$100,000 over one year to provide general support.
Life After Release*
$25,000 over one year to support policy advocacy to reduce justice involvement of people of color.
Maryland Justice Project
$14,000 over three months to support Maryland Justice Project in efforts to reduce mass incarceration and advance social justice, with a focus on women and girls who have had contact with the criminal justice system.
Public Justice Center
$100,000 over two years to provide general support.
Progressive Maryland Education Fund**
$100,000 over one year to provide general support.
Rebuild, Overcome and Rise / ROAR
$25,000 over one year to support the Rebuild, Overcome and Rise (ROAR) Center in its efforts to engage crime survivors in shaping non-carceral approaches to crime and violence.
Restorative Response Baltimore
$100,000 over two years to provide general support.
Youth As Resources
$50,000 over one year to provide general support.
Youth Empowered Society
$75,000 over one year to provide drop-in services, leadership development, and other supports to prevent and eliminate youth homelessness in Baltimore.
*Funding provides through the Open Society Policy Center, Open Society Foundations’ advocacy organization
**Co-funded with the Addiction and Health Equity Program
***Co-funded with the Education and Youth Development Program
