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  • Osseo schools head off misbehavior before it starts

    May 02, 2016 |

    Minnesota Star Tribune |

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    Response Location: United States, Osseo, Minnesota

    Schools in one Minnesota district are using tactics like yoga breaks, school mottoes and rewards to combat behavioral issues.

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  • Should We Give Homeless People Homes?

    April 26, 2016 |

    BBC |

    Radio |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: Canada, Medicine Hat

    The city of Medicine Hat in Canada ended homelessness by giving every person living in the streets a home. The Inquiry looks into whether this "Housing First" approach could work in other cities.

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  • The Shelter that Gives Wine to Alcoholics

    April 26, 2016 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: Canada, Ottawa, Ontario

    Alcoholism affects homeless people around the world, a condition that makes them physically and mentally dependent on alcohol to maintain stable functions. The Oaks shelter in Ottawa serves free daily pours to severe alcoholics in order to stabilize their physical and mental states, and to help them control the amount of alcohol they intake. These measures in Ottawa have proven cost effective, humane, and offer specialized aid to those suffering from alcoholism.

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  • Vancouver Prescriptions for Addicts Gain Attention as Heroin and Opioid Use Rises

    April 21, 2016 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Canada, Vancouver, British Columbia

    North America is suffering an epidemic of illicit heroin use and fatal overdoses of legal painkillers which fill up courts, jails and hospitals. In Vancouver, Crosstown Clinic is a heroin maintenance clinic that is keeping addicts out of jail and emergency rooms by injecting them the active ingredient in heroin 3 times a day.

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  • To improve lifelong health, Memphis tries rooting out childhood trauma

    April 20, 2016 |

    PBS NewsHour |

    Broadcast TV News |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Memphis, Tennessee

    Childhood trauma such as abuse, neighborhood violence or the death of a parent has been found to lead to dire health and social problems later in life. How can communities intervene to spare future generations the same pain and illness? Special correspondent Sarah Varney reports in collaboration with Kaiser Health News on how the city of Memphis, Tennessee, is tackling the problem.

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  • A Hunger to Live: The Struggle to Interrupt the Cycle of Violence

    April 20, 2016 |

    Jackson Free Press |

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    Response Location: United States, Jackson, Mississippi

    After going to prison themselves, John Knight of Jackson and Shanduke McPhatter of Brooklyn are living straight and determined to make changes. They work as "violence interrupters" in their neighborhoods, using an approach called "Cure Violence," developed by Dr. Gary Slutkin. They mentor other young, at-risk men and encourage them towards graduating high school, community service, staying away from drugs, and pursuing honest work.

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  • School-Based Arrests Down At CPS Schools

    April 18, 2016 |

    WBEZ |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    A decrease in arrests in Chicago public schools is a result of the district moving away from a zero-tolerance policy for discipline and acting in favor of more instructional intervention. This approach has allowed for kids experiencing trauma and lashing out to receive better care and direction than is provided by punitive action.

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  • Correctional farm saves money, redirects lives

    April 15, 2016 |

    Alaska Public Media |

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    Response Location: United States, Wasilla, Alaska

    Point Mackenzie Correctional Farm has 35 inmates who work to produce food for the local food banks and the prison. The inmates who work there learn key practical skills, which have the potential to transform them and reduce recidivism.

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  • How Can Teachers Meet The Needs Of Unaccompanied Minors Who Have Suffered ‘Complex Trauma?'

    April 13, 2016 |

    American University Radio (WAMU) |

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    Response Location: United States, Maryland

    Teachers do not know how to help or understand unaccompanied minors fleeing from Central America, suffering from complex trauma. Montgomery County Public Schools asked the Compadre Network to train educators in a course called 'La Cultura Cura' to help understand the children and learn how best to help them, such as by using non-punitive techniques.

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  • When a better life seems a distant dream for freed convicts

    April 12, 2016 |

    Citizen Matters |

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    Response Location: India, Bengaluru, Bangalore

    Rehabilitation is key for newly released prisoners, to avoid social stigma and financial problems. Providing skill development programs, mental health counseling and financial assistance are just some of the ways that Bangalore is rehabilitating freed prisoners.

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