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Grace Timi

February 17, 2025 |

Chicoco Radio Viral Times |

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Response Location: Nigeria, Umoulu, Rivers State

The Youth and Environmental Advocacy Center, in collaboration with NXT Grid, built a solar-powered mini-grid in a rural area to connect community members with power, some of whom were being connected for the first time. Community members donated to help fund the project, resulting in 200 of the 262 structures in the area receiving electricity.

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A mental health clinician and police officer duo now respond to Wauwatosa crisis calls

Bridget Fogarty

February 13, 2025 |

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel |

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Response Location: United States, Wauwatosa, Wisconsin

The Crisis Assessment Response Team (CART) model pairs mental health clinicians with a plain-clothed officer trained in crisis intervention to answer emergency calls together to increase voluntary treatment and decrease involuntary emergency detentions. One team that started working together in Feburary responded to 12 calls in 10 days, with only one resulting in a detention.

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Successful rural county health program could go statewide—if politics don't get in the way

Jaymie Baxley

February 06, 2025 |

North Carolina Health News |

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Response Location: United States, North Carolina

The Healthy Opportunities pilot program uses Medicaid dollars to address non-medical needs like food access, transportation and housing. Since launching in 2022, the program has assisted nearly 30,000 people in 33 of the state’s 100 counties. Research shows the state is spending about $85 less in medical costs per month for each participant, and lawmakers are currently weighing whether to expand the program.

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Effect of ‘curing' policies highlights the disparities that Pennsylvania mail voters face

Carter Walker

February 04, 2025 |

Votebeat Pennsylvania |

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Response Location: United States, Pennsylvania

In Pennsylvania, 38 counties allow voters to “cure” absentee ballots delivered with errors, such as missing signatures and dates. In these counties, roughly 17% fewer voters had their ballots rejected in the most recent election compared to counties where voters are not able to cure mistakes.

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Direct primary care cuts out insurance companies. Could it gain traction under Trump?

Devna Bose

February 03, 2025 |

Associated Press |

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Response Location: United States, Madison, Wisconsin

Direct primary care clinics offer more affordable healthcare and direct access to doctors without added costs or long wait times. Though direct primary care isn’t a replacement for traditional insurance, it makes healthcare — including doctor visits, medications and even X-ray imaging — more accessible and affordable, particularly for those who can’t afford or qualify for traditional coverage.

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Miami Community Responders Work to Ease Mental Health Crises

Glendalys Valdes

January 31, 2025 |

MindSite News |

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Response Location: United States, Miami, Florida

Dream Defenders takes hotline calls and calls from law enforcement asking for outreach workers to intervene on crisis calls. Teams consist of mental health and medical specialists, as well as an experienced crisis counselor trained in de-escalation tactics, aiming to respond to crisis calls with more care and empathy.

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Blind Bungee Jumpers Welcome

MaryLou Costa

January 30, 2025 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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Response Location: United Kingdom, Durham

Traveleyes offers tours catered to blind and visually impaired travelers by pairing them with sighted guests to accompany them on their travels, who describe the details of what they’re seeing and experiencing. Traveleyes has hosted over 1,000 tours, taking over 20,000 guests to locations around the world.

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Inside Africa's Trailblazing Solar Repair Movement

Peter Yeung

January 27, 2025 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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Response Location: Zambia

Nonprofit SolarAid trains repair technicians who can fix solar energy kits. In the 2023-24 financial year, SolarAid’s teams across Zambia and Malawi repaired 2,422 solar products, reducing electronic waste, increasing the lifespan of products, and improving access to solar lights, as well as creating job opportunities

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Early results suggest communities stop logging during basic income pilot project

Sonam Lama Hyolmo

January 27, 2025 |

Mongabay |

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Response Location: Amazon, Peru

After two seasons, an unconditional cash-transfer pilot project for Indigenous peoples in Peru’s Amazon has resulted in a positive impact on families who, in the past, would turn to unsustainable or illegal forest activities as a response to economic stress and food insecurity. According to the pilot's latest internal assessment, three communities are no longer engaging in illegal forest activities to make ends meet.

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A Free-Transit Prescription for Healthier Communities

Elizabeth Hewitt

January 24, 2025 |

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Response Location: United States, Kansas City, Missouri

Kansas City is the largest U.S. city to adopt a zero-fare policy since its public bus system stopped charging riders in 2020. This policy change gives riders more financial flexibility and improves social and physical health outcomes as residents are walking more to get to bus stops and are also more connected to the community through increased access to transportation.

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