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Addiction and Health Equity Program
WebThe Addiction and Health Equity Program seeks to generate and promote innovative ideas that improve health equity and increase access to high-quality behavioral health services, reduce negative stigma, and support community engagement to improve public health in Baltimore. In 2019, the Addiction and Health Equity Program continued our work to …
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The solution to Baltimore’s overdose crisis—safe consumption sites
WebBy Brandon Soderberg. Last week, the Abell Foundation released a report encouraging Baltimore to establish overdose prevention sites—regulated locations staffed with medical personnel where people can use drugs.
COVID-19 Information and Resources
WebGeneral Information The Baltimore City Health Department Novel Coronavirus website – Includes information for general public, clinicians, community and business leaders, parents, and older adults and caregivers, travel information, infographics, and links and resources. Baltimore City Health Department COVID-19 Dashboard – …
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Addiction and Health Equity Program
WebOSI-Baltimore’s Addiction and Health Equity Program seeks to generate and promote innovative ideas that improve health equity and lower the threshold to high-quality behavioral health services, reduce stigma, and support community engagement to improve public health in Baltimore. Baltimoreans United in Leadership Development, Inc. …
How Baltimore’s MOMCares is working to close the gaps in Black …
WebRodney created MOMCares, an organization that provides doula services, workforce training and support specifically for Black mothers and families. Founded in 2017, it has grown to employ one part-time staffer and four full-time staff members — all of them doulas — and now Rodney is in discussions with area hospitals and county governments about …
Addiction and Health Equity
WebThe Open Society Institute-Baltimore’s Addiction and Health Equity Program seeks to generate and promote innovative ideas that improve health equity and lower the threshold to high-quality behavioral health services, reduce stigma, and support community engagement to improve public health in Baltimore. The program includes the following
Healing Maryland’s Trauma Act passed
WebLawmakers announced the passage of the Healing Maryland’s Trauma Act Wednesday. The legislation takes Baltimore’s Elijah Cummings Healing City Act and the Healing City movement to the state level. It establishes the Commission on Trauma-Informed Care and calls for a statewide healing framework. The legislation was introduced by Senator Jill
Dr. Leana Wen, Baltimore's former Health Commissioner, named …
WebDr. Leana Wen, who became president of Planned Parenthood in September after a landmark tenure as Baltimore’s Health Commissioner, was named to Time magazine’s #Time100, a list of the 100 most influential people in the world. Last June, at the first event in its 20th Anniversary Speaker Series, OSI presented Dr. Wen with a “Bold …
OSI Community Fellows Hold Monthly Gathering
WebLast Friday, members of Open Society Institute’s 2018 cohort of Community Fellows gathered at the Goodnow Community Center in East Baltimore for their monthly opportunity to share ideas, progress, and resources. The first presenter this month was Amy Tenney (pictured with Fellow Ausar Daniels), who collaborated with the Goodnow Center and …
Damien A. Haussling
WebThe Open Society Institute-Baltimore launched the Community Fellowships network in 1998. It is now a corps of social innovators 180 strong. The program seeks dynamic activists and social entrepreneurs interested in implementing projects that address problems in underserved communities in Baltimore City.
Mayor Scott, Councilman Cohen discuss the implementation of …
WebThis morning at City Hall, Mayor Brandon Scott and other public officials held a press conference to talk about the implementation of the Elijah Cummings Healing City Act. OSI is collaborating with the city and providing substantial funding for Healing City Baltimore, which aims to unearth and reverse the causes of trauma in our city by helping …
ALTIMORE’S RESPONSE TO THE OVERDOSE EPIDEMI
Web4 health department launched Staying Alive, a program which trained drug users and their families to recognize and respond effectively to heroin overdoses which reached thousands of drug users over many years. In 2015, again with OSI support, the health department launched two new public education
Blueprint for Baltimore
WebOpen Society Institute-Baltimore (OSI) is thrilled to announce the launch of Blueprint for Baltimore: 2020 and Beyond, a collaborative effort to create a community-driven agenda for Baltimore and hold the city’s leaders accountable to it. The constant turnover in Baltimore City leadership in recent years had underlined the need for good
B’more Invested announces first round of grants to 10
WebNew grantmaking strategy relies on community members and funders to make decisions on grants BALTIMORE, MD – Launching an innovative approach to community-driven grantmaking, the B’more Invested initiative is awarding $1.5 million in grants to 10 nonprofit organizations that are led by people of color and involved with …
Lois Blum Feinblatt Community Mental Health Fellowship
WebIn honor of Lois Blum Feinblatt, OSI-Baltimore and the Lois and Irving Blum Foundation have created the Lois Blum Feinblatt Community Mental Health Fellowship as part of OSI-Baltimore’s Community Fellowships Program.This fellowship will honor Lois’s 60+ year career as a social worker and mental health counselor. Lois’s life is a testament to her …
Hospital Innovations to Reduce Emergency Department …
Web5 JOHNS HOPKINS BAYVIEW MEDICAL CENTER (BAYVIEW) In 2016, most Bayview ED visits were associated with OUD, and about 70% of these led to admission to Bayview’s Chemical Dependence Unit (CDU) for a three-day detox period.
Mourning the loss of William Miller, Sr., a champion of Baltimore’s
WebBy Scott Nolen OSI mourns the loss of William Miller, Sr., a founding member of longtime OSI partner Bmore POWER and a champion of Baltimore’s peer-led harm reduction movement. I attended last week’s vigil to be in community with those who have also been profoundly impacted by Mr. Miller, Sr.’s voice, his presence, and his […]
New England Journal of Medicine highlights treatment van outside
WebThis month in the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine, Dr. Justin Berk wrote about his experiences treating patients in the Projects Connections at Reentry (PCARE) van, which is parked (illegally, Dr. Berk notes) outside of the Baltimore City Jail every day.OSI provides support for the Behavioral Health Leadership Institute to run the …
Meet OSI-Baltimore’s New Advisory Board Member: John Meyerhoff
WebRheumatologist and social justice advocate John Meyerhoff and his wife Lenel Srochi-Meyerhoff have been regulars at OSI-Baltimore’s “Talking About Race” events for years, finding something revelatory and informative in every topic and each speaker. Believing that race is the crucial issue in America, the couple helped bring renowned attorney Bryan …
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