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  • 'Playworks' reinvents recess as a learning experience

    April 21, 2025 |

    Capital News Service Maryland |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Playworks helps schools use recess as a tool for learning, with structured games and set expectations that teach students how to respect and include others, resolve conflicts, and manage their emotions. Studies show that the program helps reduce bullying while also helping students build skills that make them more successful in the classroom.

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  • Teaching mental health professionals to think like a farmer

    April 10, 2025 |

    Food and Environment Reporting Network |

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    Response Location: United States

    LandLogic Model trains mental healthcare providers to use farmers’ relationships to their land to identify and treat depression, anxiety, and other emotional issues. Virtual and easily adaptable training models have helped the LandLogic Model support this notoriously hard-to-reach population.

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  • Une ligne d'écoute pour prévenir les crimes sexuels sur les mineurs

    April 02, 2025 |

    L’actualité |

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    Response Location: Canada, Quebec

    Ça suffit est une ligne d'écoute pour les adultes susceptibles de commettre des délits sexuels sur des mineurs. Les personnes bénévoles qui répondent aux appels sont formés pour écouter les appelants et leur fournir des ressources d’aide, avec plus de 700 appels pris en 2024.

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  • These cities give residents a say in the budgets. Is Atlanta next?

    April 02, 2025 |

    Atlanta Civic Circle |

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    Response Location: United States, Providence, Rhode Island

    Participatory budgeting gives residents a direct say in how municipal funding is allocated by allowing them to submit project ideas and vote on proposals created by city staff. One program in Rhode Island, for example, saw nearly 300 people in nine neighborhoods voted on project ideas, with nearly a quarter of those voters reporting they were unlikely to vote in typical elections.

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  • Paying ranchers to host elk? Novel approach could help wean Wyoming off its feedground habit.

    March 31, 2025 |

    WyoFile |

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    Response Location: United States, Wyoming

    A novel initiative in Wyoming pays ranchers to voluntarily host elk on their private lands, decreasing dependence on disease-spreading public feedgrounds, reducing ranchers' costs, and providing promising results, though scalability and funding challenges remain significant obstacles.

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  • DePaul class inside Cook County jail brings together incarcerated and traditional students

    March 27, 2025 |

    WBEZ |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    Through the Inside-Out program, traditional college students and students who are incarcerated share the same classroom, coming together for quarter-long courses. All participants receive college credit and students from both groups say learning together helps them break down barriers and understand new perspectives.

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  • How a shelter hit by Trump's aid cuts protects LGBTQ migrants in Mexico

    March 25, 2025 |

    Associated Press |

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    Response Location: Mexico, Tapachula

    Casa Frida is a Mexican shelter and resource center serving LGBTQ+ migrants fleeing persecution and violence in their home countries. The organization provides temporary shelter and meals for a small number of people and helps dozens of others connect to legal guidance, temporary work, psychological counseling, and advice on renting safely.

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  • The Fifth Vital Sign: Atlanta Doctors Are Talking Climate Change With Patients

    March 25, 2025 |

    The Xylom |

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    Response Location: United States, Atlanta, Georgia

    Doctors are leveraging trust built over time with patients to combat misinformation around climate change. The Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health and its affiliates, including Georgia Clinicians for Climate Action, train healthcare providers on climate communication through fellowships, advocacy work, and educational materials to better equip them for these conversations.

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  • Federal program helping Louisiana expand broadband paused

    March 18, 2025 |

    The Current (Louisiana) |

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    Response Location: United States, Louisiana

    Through Granting Unserved Municipalities Broadband Opportunities, referred to as GUMBO, small internet service providers have been able to bring fiber broadband to roughly 65,000 homes, businesses, and community organizations in Louisiana. However, the next phase of the program is in limbo after federal grants allocated to support it were put on hold.

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  • “Close the Gap” or Political Band-Aid? South Africa's HIV/AIDS Response

    March 02, 2025 |

    Modern Diplomacy |

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    Response Location: South Africa

    South Africa’s “Close the Gap” campaign aims to bridge disparities in HIV/AIDS treatment. To make the initiative more effective, some African countries are incorporating traditional health practitioners into the healthcare framework to provide more holistic care that bridges the gap between Indigenous cultural knowledge and modern medical practices.

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