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Abell Featured Report

Disconnected in Maryland

This analysis of the 2019 American Community Survey reveals the racial and economic underpinnings of the digital divide across the state of Maryland.

Pediatric asthma enacts an unequal burden on Baltimore's children. This Abell Report documents the prevalence of pediatric asthma in Baltimore and calls for an equity-driven, multimodal, public health approach to addressing it.

Reforming Child Support to Improve Outcomes for Children and Families

Child support enforcement practices fuel a cycle of poverty and instability for low-income parents and families. This Abell Report examines the data and recommends strategies Maryland can adopt to reform its child support system.

Overcoming Barriers to Homeownership in Baltimore City

Could additional first-time homebuyer incentives and more flexibly underwritten loans reverse declining rates of homeownership in Baltimore? The short answer: not alone.

Drilling Down in Baltimore's Neighborhoods

This Abell Report mines data from 2000 to 2017 to better understand how the racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic composition of Baltimore's neighborhoods have changed.

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Community Development

Protecting the Environment While Generating Jobs for Low-Income Baltimoreans

The majority of Maryland’s electricity comes from fossil fuels, including coal and natural gas, which pollute the air, endanger public health, and contribute to the climate change effects of global warming. To jumpstart the development of clean energy sources, other states have set ambitious...

Improving Access to Adult Dental Care

Nationally, oral health is improving for the population as a whole. However, profound racial and socioeconomic disparities in oral health persist. According to the Centers for Disease Control, people of color experience untreated tooth decay nearly twice as much as non-Hispanic white adults. ...

Supporting Harm-Reduction Initiatives to Reduce the Stigma Associated with Addiction and Decrease the Negative Impact of Substance Use

Baltimore is losing more people to drug overdose than ever before. Between 2011 and 2018, there was a 500% increase in the number of people who died of an overdose. This stunning rise has led city and state officials to increase funding and programming for overdose prevention. However, these...

Improving the Lives of Noncustodial Parents and Their Children Through Changes to Child Support Enforcement

For years, the Abell Foundation has supported two organizations that provide job training for low-income African American men and their families.

The Job Opportunities Task Force (JOTF): JOTF works to eliminate educational and employment barriers for low-wage workers... Read More

Education

Recruiting and Retaining Teachers of Color in Baltimore City

Effective teachers play a significant role in the overall success of students. Among school-based factors, a high-quality teacher has been shown to have two to three times the impact on student achievement as curriculum, leadership, and other services. Over the last three decades, the Abell...

Addressing Basic Human Needs

The COVID-19 crisis has illustrated just how fragile, and how essential, Baltimore’s safety net is. Even before the pandemic exposed extensive needs for food, shelter, and access to health care, many in our city struggled to meet their own, and their families’, basic needs. During fiscal year...

Stabilizing Neighborhoods to Support Communities

Baltimore is plagued by a surplus of houses that are vacant and abandoned, the tragic result of deliberate policies of segregation and redlining, deindustrialization, suburbanization, and de-population, to name just a few. Enter ReBUILD Metro, which put a stake in the communities of Oliver,...

Growing Opportunities to Access Fresh Food and Support Local Farming

A diet heavier in fruits and vegetables and lower in fats and processed foods offers significant health benefits to prevent the onset of diabetes, hypertension, and other costly diseases. Yet individuals who are food insecure and do not have regular access to fresh produce cannot access these...

Civic Works Real Food Farm

In 2010, Civic Works began building a farming operation for food production and access, workforce training, and education of Baltimore City school children on six acres in Clifton Park called Real Food Farm. Farm operations have grown to include seven production high tunnels (or hoop houses),...

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Disconnected in Maryland

Pediatric Asthma

Reforming Child Support to Improve Outcomes for Children and Families

Overcoming Barriers to Homeownership in Baltimore City

Drilling Down in Baltimore's Neighborhoods

Community Development

Protecting the Environment While Generating Jobs for Low-Income Baltimoreans

Health & Human Services

Improving Access to Adult Dental Care

Criminal Justice & Addiction

Supporting Harm-Reduction Initiatives to Reduce the Stigma Associated with Addiction and Decrease the Negative Impact of Substance Use

Workforce Development

Improving the Lives of Noncustodial Parents and Their Children Through Changes to Child Support Enforcement

Education

Recruiting and Retaining Teachers of Color in Baltimore City

Health & Human Services

Addressing Basic Human Needs

Community Development

Stabilizing Neighborhoods to Support Communities

Community Development

Growing Opportunities to Access Fresh Food and Support Local Farming

Community Development

Civic Works Real Food Farm

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