Charm City Care Connection
Abell Foundation support will allow CCCC to open a daytime Harm Reduction Drop-in Center (HRDC) for people with a substance use disorder to provide a safe space to access needed services and support. The HRDC will include low barrier and easy to access services, including the following:syringe exchange,fentanyl test strip distribution, naloxone distribution, community meals and case management.
United Ministries, Inc.
On going support for Earl’s Place which provides housing and support services to up to 35 homeless men suffering from addiction and assists them in locating, obtaining, and maintaining permanent housing.
ACLU Foundation of Maryland, Inc.
On going support for ACLU’s criminal justice project to include efforts around ending the misuse of solitary confinement, expanding parole opportunities for individuals sentenced to life sentences, and encouraging meaningful family and community connections for iincarcerated individuals.
The Justice Policy Institute
The Justice Policy Institute (JPI) is a non-profit research, public policy and communications organization that focuses both locally and nationally on reforms in the juvenile and criminal justice systems. This grant provided funding to continue JPI’s efforts to use the successful reentry of the Unger population to advocate for parole reform and effective reentry services in Maryland.
Association for the Public Defender
The Association for the Public Defender of Maryland was created to support the activities of the Maryland Office of the Public Defender (OPD), an independent state agency that provides legal representation to indigent defendants throughout the state. This grant provides matching funds for an AmeriCorps volunteer who will be placed at OPD in Baltimore City to develop a routinized process for public defenders to include expungement petitions into their process for closing a case. The project year will focus on a pilot cohort of public defenders to develop, implement, and refine a process that can be replicated throughout Baltimore City and ultimately OPD offices statewide.