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  • Women-led mutual aid initiatives in the age of COVID-19

    May 11, 2020 |

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    Response Location: United States

    In response to the Covid-19 pandemic, groups of women around the world have started mutual aid initiatives such as coordinating volunteers to help immuno-compromised residents get groceries and other essential goods and raising money for emergency aid. Women have a long history organizing mutual aid ventures in response to social problems and crises. Though operating to scale can be difficult because it requires a lot of volunteers and coordination, women-initiated groups in the United States and United Kingdom provide aid and services to meet needs not being met by governments and elected officials.

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  • No COVID outbreak yet in New Hampshire prisons, jails

    May 11, 2020 |

    Monadnock Ledger-Transcript |

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    Response Location: United States, New Hampshire

    Through the first week of May 2020, New Hampshire prisons and jails had avoided a COVID-19 outbreak after taking only modest prevention measures. There were no deaths and no reported cases among the more than 2,400 people held in state prisons, nor in any county jails, and only a handful of prison and jail staff had tested positive. Prisons screened employees entering facilities, engaged in extensive cleaning, suspended visits, and limited transfers and programs. Though the prisons followed CDC guidelines on testing, critics say they have not tested enough to track the virus' spread.

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  • As grim stories emerge from Wisconsin nursing homes, one took steps to halt coronavirus and keep everyone safe

    May 10, 2020 |

    Milwaukee Journal Sentinel |

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    Response Location: United States, Slinger, Wisconsin

    A nursing home in Slinger, Wisconsin has emerged as a model for mitigating worst-case scenarios during the COVID-19 pandemic, a stark contrast to many other assisted living facilities across the nation, where the virus has devastated populations. While nursing homes around the nation are changing protocols to address the issue, Autumn Oaks' method of enacting both proactive action and preventative measures has provided a model that health officials are saying could be replicated elsewhere.

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  • In Contrast To Wyoming, Wind River Tribes Counter COVID-19 With Aggressive Measures

    May 07, 2020 |

    Wyoming Public Media |

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    Response Location: United States, Wyoming

    Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho tribes share land, and despite previous disagreements, they collaborated to create one of the state's most effective coronavirus testing clinics. 3,000 people from both tribes have been tested, about 30% of all tests done in Wyoming. The two nations have also helped residents, impacted by casino closures and sharp drops in oil and gas revenues, with special hunting seasons, food supply distributions, and providing quarantine housing. More testing has meant higher cases identified, which has led some to create a narrative blaming Native people for the spread of the virus.

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  • Local Farms Adapt To Pandemic's Impact — And Thrive

    May 07, 2020 |

    Grady Newsource |

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    Response Location: United States, Athens, Georgia

    When restaurants and farmers markers shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Hearts of Harvest Farm teamed up with the drive-thru restaurant Cafe Racer to sell their produce to people in the Athens/Atlanta area. They created a socially distanced, drive-thru grocery experience where customers would preorder their produce boxes online and pick them up without having to leave their vehicle. The first week, they sold 97 boxes and now they are selling out each week.

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  • Contact tracing key part of reopening

    May 06, 2020 |

    Concord Monitor |

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    Response Location: United States, New Hampshire

    Contact tracing is not new for the state of New Hampshire, but officials are now adapting previous practices to better match the infectious capabilities of COVID-19. The practice is normally handled by the state Bureau of Infectious Disease Control, but to keep up with the need, the state recruited additional assistance from the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services as well as hired furloughed nurses and other medical professionals.

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  • Tampa Bay Area creatives make music, build virtual audiences despite COVID-19

    May 05, 2020 |

    83 Degrees Media |

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    Response Location: United States, Tampa, Florida

    Tampa Bay Area performing artists are finding ways to adapt their practices to abide by the social distancing guidelines brought on by COVID-19. Creatives are learning how to stream their performances online, discovering new computer skills and software, and hosting Instagram livestreams. Not all artists have the financial luxury to only work on their art, but some of these coronavirus efforts also raise a little support through "tip jars." Everyone is eager to return to "normalcy," but these artists are happy with how they are meeting the moment.

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  • The Kearns model: Helping youths by teaching parents

    May 04, 2020 |

    The Salt Lake Tribune |

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    Response Location: United States, Utah

    In an effort to stem drug and substance abuse, Utah's Salt Lake City county is reaching out proactively to parents with courses and parenting programs. By arming parents with the tools to talk with their children and navigate tricky situations, the county is hoping to reduce the county's high reported usage rates.

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  • A volunteer army has answered Colorado's need for masks. Denver's jails are one recent beneficiary.

    May 04, 2020 |

    The Colorado Sun |

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    Response Location: United States, Denver, Colorado

    Across Colorado, grassroots groups have come together to create homemade masks for the state’s most vulnerable populations to protect against COVID-19. Two of those populations are Denver’s Downtown Detention Center and Denver County Jail. Groups like Dena’s Mask Making Army, the Mask Mavens, and even some AA and sober living communities have rallied together – virtually, of course – to use their sewing skills to fill the mask needs, about 3 masks per person, for those experiencing incarceration.

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  • Mental health care becomes team effort in NH as coronavirus pandemic increases need for working together

    May 03, 2020 |

    Manchester Ink Link |

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    Response Location: United States, Manchester, New Hampshire

    New Hampshire's community mental health centers are working together to deliver both in-person and telehealth services to community members during the coronavirus pandemic. All 10 of the state's centers are "sharing ideas and helping each other with what is working and identifying what isn’t working," while also working to help reduce barriers to health care access for those experiencing homelessness.

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