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Use the links available on this page to access
articles about The Abell Foundation and its reports, publications
and programs addressing issues affecting the community at large.
Abell Foundation Study Critical of Academic Progress at BCCC
May 25, 2004
- 10.1 % of students graduate or go on to 4-year Schools --Baltimore Sun

Legislators Aim to Undo Ruling on Waterfront Areas
December 18, 2003
- Bill, penalties proposed to protect bay’s shoreline. --Baltimore Sun

State Makes Driving Costly
November 30, 2003
- Perspective, by Robert C. Embry, Jr. Policies: Maryland contributes unnecessarily to the trouble low-income individuals have getting a license and insuring a car. --Baltimore Sun

City Council Seeks Hearing on Abell Report on Evictions.
October 19, 2003
- In Baltimore, evictions are quick, common; consequences extend beyond delinquent renters. --Baltimore Sun

Church Parsonage Being Renovated as City Shelter for At-risk Juveniles
October 9, 2003
- Shelter will serve up to 15 at-risk Baltimore City youth involved with the Departments of Juvenile Services and/or Social Services. --Baltimore Sun

Greater Mix Is Urged In Schools
September 28, 2003
- Poor children test better amid more affluent mates. Findings of new Rusk Report. --Baltimore Sun

Changes Urged In Cleanup Of Bay
August 22, 2003
- Horton’s book convinced Baker (President and CEO Of Bay Foundation) that cleanup effort is close to becoming a model of failure. --Baltimore Sun

Ingenuity Project: 469 Applicants for 120 Spots
August 11, 2003
- The goal of the Ingenuity Project is to nurture and develop city students early enough and intensely enough so that they could achieve the project’s symbolic goal, competing in the Westinghouse Science Talent Search competition, now known as the Intel. --Baltimore Sun

Inner-City Ice Cream Makers Get Taste of Mt. Washington
July 31, 2003
- Now, With a $111,000 Grant from The Abell Foundation Sylvan Beach is making strides. --Baltimore Messenger

Of Service - Dead broke, not deadbeat: Child support system hurts children, families
July 18, 2003
- While almost no one would argue that custodial parents get all the child support they need to raise their families, another group is also poorly served: low-income noncustodial parents. --The Daily Record

Abell Foundation Promotes Research on City’s Problems
May 30, 2003
- The Johns Hopkins Institute for Policy Studies and The Abell Foundation announced that Eric Friedman had been selected to receive the inaugural Abell Award in Urban Policy. --Hopkins Press

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