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  • LA seniors find housing solution with home share program

    Jenny Hamel

    September 25, 2018 |

    KCRW |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    In Los Angeles, seniors finding themselves unable to pay rising rents on fixed incomes and those attempting to age in place in need of some extra help are being paired together in a new home share program. Organizations that help develop pairing are growing in the area as needs increase, but it isn't always the best solution for everyone.

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  • How impact investors can better serve communities: ask them what they need

    Eillie Anzilotti

    September 24, 2018 |

    FastCompany |

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    Response Location: United States, Williamson, West Virginia

    Impact Experience is an organization that bridges the gap between impact investors and the communities in which they want to invest, from West Virginia to Houston and more. These “experiences” occur during retreats in cities across the country that could use investment. Jenna Nicholas, the founder of Impact Experience, uses this time to help people build genuine relationships that lead to long-lasting investments. In Williamson, West Virginia alone, the experiences have led to $25 million in local funding.

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  • Program helps Colorado teens coming out of foster care system

    Erin McIntyre

    September 22, 2018 |

    The Denver Post |

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    Response Location: United States, Grand Junction, Colorado

    In Grand Junction, Colorado, Foster Alumni Mentors is working to connect young adults in or leaving the foster care system with others who have gone through the same person, giving them a mentor to help them with applying and paying for college, finding jobs, and more. The program create 19 mentorship relationships during its first year of existence and the personal connections manifest in more ways than one.

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  • The city curing violence like a disease

    Thomas Mackintosh

    September 21, 2018 |

    BBC |

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    Response Location: England, London

    The Cure Violence program in Chicago uses former gang members as "violence interrupters" to intervene in imminent gun violence incidents, a public-health approach that treats violence like a communicable disease that can be contained before it spreads. Neighborhoods using the approach have experienced drops in violence. London officials, seeing that the program had similar positive effects when used by Scotland's Violence Reduction Unit, are starting a program to respond to high rates of knife crimes. But the amount they are investing is too small, one criminologist warns.

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  • What does a more thoughtful disaster response look like?

    Eillie Anzilotti

    September 20, 2018 |

    FastCompany |

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    Response Location: United States, North Carolina

    A new coalition of nonprofits is working to change the way corporations and philanthropists think about disaster assistance. Most efforts and money funnel to communities in the early days and weeks after a disaster, while very little goes toward long term recovery efforts. The coalition has created a framework to guide more effective assistance to minimize waste and get appropriate resources to communities when they need them.

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  • Detroit Radical Childcare Collective: Not your typical babysitters

    Melinda Clynes

    September 18, 2018 |

    Model D |

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    Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

    A progressive childcare organization called the Detroit Radical Childcare Collective (DRCC) is filling a need for inclusive, socially-minded childcare options for working parents. The DRCC follows a set of guiding principles (called child-friendly activism), doesn't impose a gender binary, and promotes economic justice by offering their workers a living wage. The collaborative was started in December of 2016 and has since steadily increased in loyal clients and childcare applicants.

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  • How one North Carolina town stayed dry during Florence

    Patrik Jonsson

    September 17, 2018 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: United States, Swan Quarter, North Carolina

    In North Carolina, residents of the town of Swan Quarter have put aside their political differences to support building a dike, meant to protect from the consequences of severe flooding and climate change. The dike has helped prevent flooding so far, but it's also lowered flood insurance premiums and sparked investment in the town based of higher confidence in the value of the land.

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  • Is this the greenest outdoor shop in the country?

    Shawnté Salabert

    September 14, 2018 |

    Outside Business Journal |

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    Response Location: United States, Fayetteville, Arkansas

    Pack Rat Outdoor Center, an outdoor retailer in Arkansas, is making their mark in the fight for sustainable practices. Through efforts to recycle, compost and upcycle materials, the store sends less to a landfill than it does to recycling centers. The efforts have been so successful thus far that even community members are joining in and becoming more active in sustainable practices and education.

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  • Opioid-addicted students pose new challenges for colleges

    Kelly Field

    September 13, 2018 |

    The Hechinger Report |

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    Response Location: United States, New Brunswick, New Jersey

    The opioid crisis has thrust colleges into a new role - recovery house. Compared to 2013, when only a couple dozen colleges had addiction recovery programs, today, there are close to 200. Of the students who enroll, one study found, only eight percent relapse. Although an increasing number of higher education institutions are rolling out similar programs, the stigma and cost of the approach remain significant barriers to more widespread adoption.

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  • Should Medicare pay for toothpaste and shoes?

    Rochelle Sharpe

    September 12, 2018 |

    Politico |

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    Response Location: United States, Boston, Massachusetts

    In Massachusetts, nonprofit Commonwealth Care Alliance is piloting a new experiment: using federal dollars from Medicare and Medicaid to provide preventive care and pay for the things that aren't explicitly medical, but are vital for maintaining good health. According to the company, "hospital admissions plunged 27 percent for the organization’s elderly clientele between 2011 and 2017," but there are concerns about whether this model could successfully scale to a national level.

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