Rural Hospitals Find Ways to Survive, Expand
http://www.usnews.com/news/healthiest-communities/articles/2019-07-17/rural-hospitals-find-ways-to-survive-expand?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker
Katelyn Newman
U.S. News & World Report
17 July 2019
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Close collaboration between stakeholders in a community allows rural health centers to remain in operation. With the failure of many rural hospitals across the United States, medical providers, nonprofit organizations, and even city governments are coming together to invest and save institutions crucial to their communities. From placing faltering hospitals under municipal control, to expanding services through nonprofit donations, many rural communities are finding solutions that fit.
Heartland High: Ohio's First School For Students With Addiction
https://radio.wosu.org/post/heartland-high-ohios-first-school-students-addiction?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker
Paige Pfleger
WOSU
16 July 2019
Radio / 3-5 Minutes
When students return to school after receiving treatment for drug or alcohol addictions, they often face new pressures and are convinced to again use substances. At Heartland High in Columbus, Ohio, a small class size, peer support, and access to a recovery coach help students stay sober.
How One Community Brought Child Mortality Down From 154 To 7 Per 1,000 Live Births
https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2019/07/12/740847647/how-one-community-brought-child-mortality-down-from-154-to-7-per-1-000-live-birt?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker
Peter Yeung
NPR
12 July 2019
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Providing door-to-door health care for mothers and children under five years of age greatly reduces mortality. Thanks to a program of home visits by community health care workers funded by the Clinton Health Access Initiative, the Yirimadio neighborhood of Mali’s capital city, Bamako, has succeeded in dramatically reducing childhood mortality. The government intends to scale the pilot program into a nationwide campaign by 2022.
Inside the Ambitious Campaign to Drive Homicides in Chicago Below 400
https://www.thetrace.org/2019/07/chicago-gun-violence-399-campaign?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker
Brian Freskos
The Trace
11 July 2019
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In Chicago, community organizations, public officials, and private funders have come together behind a campaign called “<399” – with the goal of bringing homicides to under 400. This collaboration has taken on a comprehensive, community-centered approach that includes initiatives like community outreach, individual support, and mentoring. While they’ve received significant funding from the city, they’re hoping to secure long-term financial and political support from all levels of government.
‘I'm not the only one who has a mom in jail': Camp reunites locked-up mothers with their kids
http://milwaukeenns.org/2019/07/11/exclusive-im-not-the-only-one-who-has-a-mom-in-jail-camp-reunites-locked-up-mothers-with-their-kids?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker
Allison Dikanovic
Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service
11 July 2019
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Wisconsin’s Camp Reunite is bringing together women experiencing incarceration with their children. The camp was hosted at Taycheedah, a correctional facility in Fond du Lac, WI, and while the kids were there had less security and more carnival games. Parental incarceration has a strong effect on children and on the parent/child bond, something Camp Reunite hopes to help repair.
What Gun Violence Prevention Looks Like When It Focuses on the Communities Hurt the Most
https://www.thetrace.org/2019/07/gun-violence-prevention-communities-of-color-funding?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker
Elizabeth Van Brocklin
The Trace
10 July 2019
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Across the United States, gun violence prevention initiatives are finally turning their attention to the urban communities hit hardest and supporting community-driven approaches. In the past, financial support has gone to linear, legislative approaches to gun control that often favor white communities, but the tides are turning. Funding has shifted to focus on initiatives that provide trauma recovery centers, hospital-based centers, and programs that provide communities hit the hardest with mentorship, job training, and therapy – all initiatives that have proven to help break the cycle of gun violence.
When Public School Starts at Age 3
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/09/opinion/free-pre-k-washington.html?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker
Conor Williams
The New York Times
9 July 2019
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In Washington D.C., public preschool teachers are paid similar salaries to public elementary school teachers and each pre-K site receives Head Start funding. The system, which starts with three-year-olds, is getting early results.
How Hydroponic School Gardens Can Cultivate Food Justice, Year-Round
https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2019/07/07/737789983/how-hydroponic-school-gardens-can-cultivate-food-justice-year-round?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker
Robin Lloyd
NPR
7 July 2019
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Brownsville Collaborative Middle School is one of a growing number of elementary schools in the U.S. using community gardens to teach predominantly low-income students about healthy food options and provide produce to larger communities situated in food deserts.
With Rural Health Care Stretched Thin, More Patients Turn To Telehealth
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/07/07/737618560/with-rural-health-care-stretched-thin-more-patients-turn-to-telehealth?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker
Patti Neighmond
NPR
7 July 2019
Radio / 5-15 Minutes
Almost a quarter of rural Americans surveyed by NPR had used a telehealth service in the past few years. While new technologies are allowing remote patients to gain new access to healthcare, lack of broadband service and outdated insurance policies are making it hard for more widespread adoption.
How Norway turns criminals into good neighbours
https://www.bbc.com/news/stories-48885846?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker
Emma Jane Kirby
BBC
7 July 2019
Multi-Media / 1500-3000 Words
Norway’s Halden Prison is taking a different approach to incarceration: emphasizing rehabilitation over punishment, which has led to a 20% decrease in recidivism in just two years. Over the past two decades, the country has sought rigorous criminal justice reform, which at Halden Prison means job training and certifications, yoga and other recreational activities, reenvisioning the role guards play, and spaces that look more like home than a jail cell. Underpinning Halden’s design and functions is the core understanding that when you treat people like your neighbor, they’ll be released as neighbors.
As Floods Keep Coming, Cities Pay Residents to Move
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/06/climate/nashville-floods-buybacks.html?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker
John Schwartz
The New York Times
6 July 2019
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The city of Nashville is a model for other U.S. cities focusing on how to deal with homes that are flooding more consistently than before. The National Flood Insurance Program exists to help insure homes that wouldn't be covered by private insurance; for some homeowners, the frustration of constant flooding is alleviated by the city's initiative to buy back those properties from their owners, turning them instead into more environmentally friendly parks, paths, and other flood buffers.
How grassroots partnerships are working toward long-term food security
https://www.columbiamissourian.com/news/state_news/how-grassroots-partnerships-are-working-toward-long-term-food-security/article_12f9654a-8d26-11e9-9e21-cb01002d8a71.html?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker
Alexis Allison
Columbia Missourian
3 July 2019
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Overcoming the causes of social isolation plays a crucial role in combating food insecurity. From faith-based community meals paired with job programs in Branson, to food recycling initiatives that tap into local markets in Kansas, multiple organizations across Missouri and the United States are developing solutions oriented toward local needs. In some cases, such as the work of Mother Hubbard’s Cupboard in Bloomington, IN, building community leads to political advocacy and civic engagement.
