Annual Reports

The 2017 Abell Award in Urban Policy goes to a paper that proposes to address the complexities of youth crime and incarceration in Baltimore City through an evidence-based program of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT).

Keeping the Water On

Across the country, cities like Baltimore, with aging infrastructure and concentrated poverty, wrestle with meeting the costs of a safe water supply and ensuring low-income residents have access to water they can afford.

Hope for Hemp? A Misunderstood Plant Prepares for Its Comeback

What if we discovered a plant that grew quickly and in multiple climates, could make everything from textiles to medicine to fuel, and could be more valuable to a farmer’s bottom line than most commodity crops?

Dual Enrollment in Maryland and Baltimore City

Dual enrollment programs offer high school students the chance to enroll in college courses and earn transferable college credit while they are still pursuing a high school diploma. Research shows that dual enrollment participants are more likely to enroll and persist in college, earn higher...

Safe Consumption Spaces: A Strategy for Baltimore

Efforts to combat drug use through the war on drugs have proven ineffective, fueling the highest rates of incarceration in the world and deleteriously affecting public health. Taken together, these challenges have fueled interest in creative and effective interventions aimed to reduce harm to...

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