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The following OSI initiatives, listed alphabetically, support at least one program or organization active in the United States.

Closing the Addiction Treatment Gap

This national program is designed to create awareness of—and increase resources to close—an alarming gap in the availability of drug and alcohol addiction treatment for Americans who need it. more

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Documentary Photography Project

Through grantmaking, exhibitions, and training workshops, the Documentary Photography Project supports photographers whose work addresses social justice and human rights issues that coincide with OSI’s mission. more

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Open Society Fellowship

The Open Society Fellowship enables innovative professionals—including journalists, activists, academics, and practitioners—to work on projects that inspire meaningful public debate, shape public policy, and generate intellectual ferment within the Open Society Institute. more

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OSI-Baltimore

OSI-Baltimore focuses on helping youth succeed, reducing the social and economic costs of incarceration, tackling drug addiction, and building a corps of Community Fellows to bring innovative ideas to Baltimore’s underserved communities. more

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OSI-Washington, D.C.

OSI-Washington, D.C. focuses on civil liberties in the United States as well as other domestic and international policy issues, including globalization, criminal justice reform, human rights, and women's rights. more

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U.S. Programs

OSI's U.S. Programs aims to address core threats to open society, including increasingly punitive national security policies, decreasing government transparency, entrenched structural racism, and growing incarceration rates. more

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Overview

Serious challenges to the U.S. system of justice—the crackdown on immigrants, detention without due process of thousands at Guantanamo Bay, and expansion of government surveillance powers—emerged in the wake of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.

Read an overview of OSI's activities in the United States.

OSI Investment in After-School Programs Led to Dramatic Public Spending Increase, Study Finds
October 14, 2008
In the decade since OSI set out to help New York City institutionalize after-school programs as dependable resources for kids and families, every level of government has dramatically increased funding for daily, comprehensive after-school programs. more

OSI Forum: Obama's Dilemma—Guantánamo and Its Aftermath
OSI-New York
December 9, 2008
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Panelists at this OSI event discussed policy questions arising from the incoming administration's plans to close the U.S. detention facility at Guantánamo Bay.  more

OSI Forum: The U.S. Elections—Innovations in Organizing
OSI-New York
November 21, 2008
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This OSI webcast looks at how nonpartisan groups can use innovative organizing and technology strategies to advance their agenda, and analyzes the role that emerging constituencies played in the recent elections.  more

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