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  • Special courts take on criminal cases of veterans struggling with truama

    February 24, 2015 |

    PBS NewsHour |

    Broadcast TV News |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    Veterans are at a higher risk for getting in trouble with the law, especially those with PTSD. San Francisco city defendants and the VA created a special veterans court which prosecutes veterans through treatments and helping them work back to a normal life.

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  • Closing the digital divide on the inside

    February 23, 2015 |

    Marketplace |

    Radio |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Sheridan, Wyoming

    A new juvenile justice center in Wyoming begins the movement to bring greater technological advancements to the education of the girls living there. The Wyoming Girls' School provides them with the state of the art tools they need to not fall behind while they fulfill their sentence.

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  • Empathy, not Expulsion, for Preschoolers at Risk

    February 20, 2015 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    Preschoolers in the U.S. who misbehave are increasingly being expelled. In Connecticut, trained counselors educated teachers about how to deal with emotionally traumatized kids which reduced expulsions.

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  • How communities are keeping kids out of crime

    February 15, 2015 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: United States, Toledo, Ohio

    The toll that prison can take on young offenders is often irreversible. Cities and states are moving away from locking up juvenile offenders, offering treatment and other programs to prevent them from becoming hardened criminals.

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  • Respite From the Storm

    February 15, 2015 |

    WNYC |

    Radio |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Mental health care sometimes takes a backseat to physical treatment. Temporary respite centers, as alternatives to hospitals, could be a big part of the future of mental health care in New York City.

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  • Dying To Be Free: There's A Treatment For Heroin Addiction That Actually Works. Why Aren't We Using It?

    January 28, 2015 |

    The Huffington Post |

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    Response Location: United States

    With rising opioid overdose deaths nationwide, antiquated treatment methods like abstinence-based and 12-step programs are not working. A solution can be found in medication-assisted treatment, from methadone to buprenorphine-naloxone, but there are still many barriers to access.

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  • New Phoenix team tackles recidivism of those with mental illness

    January 27, 2015 |

    AZ Central (The Arizona Republic) |

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    Response Location: United States, Phoenix, Arizona

    Assertive community treatment teams working through outreach-centered programs in Maricopa County have become an industry standard for treating those with persistent and severe mental illnesses who have recently been incarcerated. They provide a long-term approach, aiming to halt a cycle of incarceration and hospitalization by focusing on underlying issues such as what caused the police interaction and incarceration.

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  • In school discipline, intervention may work better than punishment

    January 25, 2015 |

    The Seattle Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Burien, Washington

    When tackling the topic of student discipline, some of the country’s toughest schools have done a turnaround. Instead of focusing on rules broken, they now ask kids to confront themselves. The result? Fewer suspensions and new perspective on the point of school itself.

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  • LA policy shift yields decline in school suspensions

    January 10, 2015 |

    LA Daily News |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    Huge numbers of students were getting suspension as punishment - until there was a nationwide push to rollback zero-tolerance policies instituted after the deadly Columbine High School shootings that emphasize harsh discipline for even minor misbehavior in favor of support-focused alternatives. The idea: Cultivate communication between teachers and students by gathering in weekly circles to discuss concerns and form one-on-one “harm circles” between students, parents and counselors when conflicts arise.

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  • How One California City Began Bringing Its Murder Rate Down—Without Cops

    November 12, 2014 |

    The Nation (New York) |

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    Response Location: United States, Richmond, California

    Richmond, California's Office of Neighborhood Safety responded to alarmingly high gun violence levels with an outreach approach to young men at high risk of getting shot or of shooting others. Instead of a heavy-handed enforcement strategy, the office intervenes in likely retaliatory violence and enrolls men as fellows in a year-long program offering counseling, education, job training, and a $500 monthly stipend for fellows on the right track. In the programs first three years, gun homicides dropped and 65 of 68 fellows survived.

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