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  • Three Calhoun County entities work together to keep those needing mental health services out of jail

    May 19, 2022 |

    Second Wave Michigan |

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    Response Location: United States, Michigan

    As a part of Michigan’s Social Work Defender Project, social work coordinators at the Calhoun County Public Defender’s Office also work to provide mental health services to fit their client’s needs and keep them from returning to the criminal justice system.

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  • Trying to Help Survivors, a Domestic Violence Agency Turns the Focus

    May 17, 2022 |

    California Health Report |

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    Response Location: United States, California

    Positive Services is an intensive program that works with people responsible for domestic violence with the aim of addressing the root causes for their behavior patterns and in turn, providing them an opportunity to change. The program is run by the non-profit Monarch Services and is part of a growing movement in California wherein advocates for domestic violence survivors and law makers are looking at more humane and holistic approaches to address the issue.

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  • Gardeners transform food waste into fuel, aiding the climate

    May 14, 2022 |

    Royal Examiner |

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    Response Location: United States

    HomeBiogas systems use anaerobic digestion to convert compostable food waste into cooking gas and reduce methane emissions.

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  • Several States Are Taking the Lead on Restoring Overtime Pay

    May 13, 2022 |

    Capital & Main |

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    Response Location: United States

    Washington and California are improving access to overtime pay. Washington is using phased increases to the income threshold requirement over several years. And California mandates extra pay for over eight hours of daily work.

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  • Training on pasture recovery is a win-win for Brazil's cattle ranchers and forests

    May 12, 2022 |

    Mongabay |

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    Response Location: Brazil

    Providing cattle ranchers in Brazil with training and monthly technical assistance in sustainable pasture restoration reduces carbon dioxide emissions while increasing productivity and revenue for ranchers.

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  • India's 'Open Prisons' Are a Marvel of Trust-Based Incarceration

    May 12, 2022 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: India, Rajasthan

    The Sanganer open prison serves as an important alternative to traditional incarceration in India by remaining open for 12 hours a day and allowing inmates to go out. It is one of 88 open prisons in India that works on a model of reform and helps inmates to keep their connection with work, family, and society. In doing so, it enables the development of trust as well as skills that can help them not just during incarceration but also after release.

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  • Young Nigerians are tackling the stigma of mental health

    May 10, 2022 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Cross River

    Having seen first-hand the impact of colonial-era laws and lack of access to professional help on her struggle with depression, Elizabeth Ita founded the non-profit Stilt NG. Since 2019, it has trained 25 young volunteers familiar with mental health struggles themselves to create awareness on mental illness, reduce stigma, and encourage help-seeking behavior for other youth in the community.

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  • ‘I had to be broken to be fixed': the courses trying to change abusive men

    May 09, 2022 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: United Kingdom, Cheshire County

    LifeLine is an intensive, multi-week course that works with perpetrators of abuse to encourage behavior change in them. It is run by My CWA, one among a growing number of non-profits that have been accredited by Respect, UK's lead organization for programs for perpetrators, to run similar courses that follow carefully drafted principles. The aim has been to support survivors of domestic abuse more holistically by addressing the root cause, and now with compelling evidence to show that the approach works, the Home Office has also come aboard.

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  • How a majority BIPOC worker co-op is disrupting the field of therapy

    May 09, 2022 |

    Prism |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    The Alliance Psychological Services of New York is a worker cooperative- meaning it is owned by those working there and everyone is a part of the decision-making process. This model allows workers to choose more sustainable practices and workloads. They also have the freedom to better care for their clients with practices like sliding-scale-based payment.

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  • Malabar Care Connect reduces healthcare barriers for students and families

    May 09, 2022 |

    Richland Source |

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    Response Location: United States, Mansfield, Ohio

    A health center based in a school provides free services to students and their families to help children succeed academically.

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