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  • Birmingham hospital program offers hope amid homicide crisis: How it works

    March 12, 2025 |

    AL.com (Alabama Media Group) |

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    Response Location: United States, Birmingham, Alabama

    Birmingham’s Offender Alumni Association is a group of violence intervention specialists that check in with gun violence patients at the hospital to offer mental health services and case management to prevent reinjury and retaliatory violence. Since launching, the group has taken on 144 clients, providing wrap-around services to victims and their families, including mentoring, emergency relocation and funds for medicine, groceries, rent and utilities.

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  • Deposit before Treatment: The Initiative Standing in the Gap for Cashless Patients

    March 06, 2025 |

    The Solutions Paper |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Lagos

    The Health Emergency Initiative (HEI) responds to health emergencies and pays for medical bills for those who can’t afford them, helping ensure they’re not turned away from the hospital. HEI currently supports 78 hospitals across 12 states, and has intervened in 3,750 emergency road and home accident cases, paying medical bills for 33,500 patients.

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  • Community connections: How Indianapolis partnered up when the Haitians came 

    March 04, 2025 |

    Haitian Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Indianapolis, Indiana

    In response to an influx of Haitian immigrants in the area, several Indianapolis community groups joined forces to support them. These groups connect them to English language services, job opportunities, advocacy support, and assistance in registering their children for school or getting a driver’s license, all while fostering a sense of community and connection.

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  • Jail Voting Soars in Colorado After State Mandates Polling Places in County Lockups

    March 04, 2025 |

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    Response Location: United States, Colorado

    After Colorado passed a state law requiring all jails to create in-person polling places for incarcerated voters, the number of ballots cast from county jails rose from 231 in 2022 to more than 2,300 in 2024.

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  • How Upzoning in Cambridge Broke the YIMBY Mold

    March 03, 2025 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    Response Location: United States, Cambridge, Massachusetts

    Cambridge’s new zoning reform lessens housing restrictions by allowing property owners and developers to build six-story apartments — through a process called upzoning — to accommodate more residents on a single lot in areas that were previously restricted to single-family homes. The city previously aimed to build 350 new units by 2040, but with the new zoning reform, that estimate has grown to 4,880.

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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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  • Healing Smiles: This Nonprofit is Combating Stigma, Improving Access to Cleft Care in Kano

    February 27, 2025 |

    Social Voices |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Kano

    The Grassroots Smile Initiative provides complimentary cleft lip surgeries and associated care, including nutritional support, speech therapy and other treatments. Since 2005, the group has performed over 3,000 free surgeries, averaging about 150 to 200 patients each year.

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  • In Ruga Settlement, Nomadic Children Find Education and Safety Under Canvas

    February 25, 2025 |

    Edugist |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Adamawa

    The Tent to School Education Initiative mounts makeshift classrooms in communities where students would normally have to travel long distances to attend classes, leaving them vulnerable to potential safety concerns. In one nomadic settlement, volunteer teachers with the program have helped 70 percent of students improve their numeracy skills, while 65 percent have been able to build reading competencies.

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  • When There's No School Counselor, There's a Bot

    February 22, 2025 |

    Wall Street Journal |

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    Response Location: United States, Richmond, California

    Sonar Mental Health, the developer of the AI-powered “wellbeing companion” named Sonny, is offering its services to schools that struggle to meet students’ demand for mental health services. Sonny’s algorithm also has trained humans working behind the scenes to ensure students receive proper care. The hybrid bot is available in more than 4,500 public middle and high schools across the country, many of which are in rural and low-income areas.

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  • 'This Business Just Wouldn't Exist' – Farmer Says Federal Program Was Critical to Success

    February 21, 2025 |

    The Daily Yonder |

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    Response Location: United States, Deeth, Nevada

    The Lotspeich Family Farm got technical assistance with the USDA grant application process from their local extension office staff, which helped the farm secure grants that funded the construction of their hoop houses. But future grants for farms are in limbo after President Donald Trump froze federal funding distributed through the USDA and laid off a significant number of federal workers.

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