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How cognitive behavioral intervention is reducing gun violence in Chicago

Patience Hurston

May 17, 2024 |

The Columbia Chronicle |

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Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

The Institute for Nonviolence Chicago is working to reduce gun violence by reaching out to victims and perpetrators immediately after the violence. The organization negotiates peace and offers cognitive behavioral intervention services to help them develop strategies to keep negative emotions from turning into violent actions.

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Illinois Ended Cash Bail. Now Reformers Want More Support for People on Pretrial Release.

Pascal Sabino

May 01, 2024 |

Bolts |

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Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

The Community Release With Support program provides wraparound services to people on pretrial release by connecting them with housing support, employment services, and education programs, as well as helping participants make their court dates. These services have become even more vital since Illinois passed the Pretrial Fairness Act to eliminate cash bail requirements. Roughly 3,000 people have participated in the support program, which has connected 1,000 people with employment services, more than 740 with education programs, and more than 250 with housing support.

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For Gary Kids Struggling with Truancy, This Program Offers a Lifeline

Maddy Franklin

April 25, 2024 |

Capital B (Gary) |

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Response Location: United States, Gary, Indiana

To help address chronic absenteeism, Project Rebuild works with families to determine the root cause of school absences and connect them to needed resources and services. In the 2022-23 school year, 81 percent of families referred to the nonprofit completed the program, with a total of 61 families participating. Only one percent of families who participate have to be referred again for continued truancy concerns.

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St. Paul partnership brings trust, opportunities to troubled Karen youth

Kyeland Jackson

April 25, 2024 |

Minnesota Star Tribune |

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Response Location: United States, St. Paul, Minnesota

A partnership between the local school district, police and the nonprofits the Karen Organization of Minnesota and The Urban Village is helping fight addiction and gang influence among Karen youth. Since the partnership was formed, overdoses among youth have decreased significantly, and some students have begun forming supportive relationships with specialists from nonprofits and local police whom they can lean on when they need to.

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California to expand re-entry programs for formerly incarcerated individuals. Here's how they work

Levi Sumagaysay

April 24, 2024 |

CalMatters |

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Response Location: United States, California

California is shifting to expand programs that help give incarcerated people the skills and knowledge they need to effectively transition back into society. Various re-entry programs for men and women across the state that connect people with education and job resources helped dropped recidivism rates from 44.6% to 41.9%, based on the state’s most recent data, and also cost taxpayers less than the average cost of incarceration.

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Quinault Indian Nation wellness courts replace punishment with empowerment

Luna Reyna

April 09, 2024 |

ICT News |

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Response Location: Quinault Indian Nation, United States, Taholah, Washington

The Quinault Indian Nation’s Family Wellness Court provides a culturally relevant alternative to traditional Western court systems that focuses on healing rather than punishment. 100 of the 400 tribal courts in the country have wellness courts for adults, families and youth, providing substance use disorder support, mental health care, and other family support services.

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Sala de consumo | Consumption Room

Daniel Alarcón Pablo Argüelles Camila Segura Luis Fernando Vargas

April 09, 2024 |

Radio Ambulante |

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Response Location: Mexico, Mexicali, Baja California

La Sala is a community center that provides harm reduction services to those in need. People can come in to exchange used needles for clean ones and other supplies to make drug use safer. The Center also provides naloxone and testing for HIV and other diseases, all for free. The Center reopened in mid-2019 and has had about 1,900 visits since then.

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'More eggs, more baskets': How a network of abortion pill providers works together in the wake of new threats

Abigail Brooks Dasha Burns

April 07, 2024 |

NBC News |

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Response Location: United States

Since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and individual states started passing strict abortion bans, groups like Aid Access, Hey Jane and Just the Pill began mailing abortion medications to women in states with bans. Six months after the Supreme Court decision, researchers saw an increase in women getting abortion medication outside of traditional healthcare settings. Aid Access alone reports mailing about 10,000 pills a month.

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How a renter education course could lower barriers to housing

Katie Ellington Serrao

March 26, 2024 |

Richland Source |

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Response Location: United States, Wood County, Wisconsin

The Rent Smart renter’s education program helps people who face barriers to finding housing gain the necessary skills and knowledge to have a successful renting experience. The program teaches participants their rights and responsibilities as a tenant and in a six-month follow-up survey, 92% of participants said they found safer, more affordable, better-quality housing after finishing the program.

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In Georgia, a Basic Income Program's Success With Black Women Adds to Growing National Interest

Timothy Pratt

March 22, 2024 |

Capital & Main |

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Response Location: United States, Atlanta, Georgia

The “In Her Hands” program from The Georgia Resilience and Opportunity (GRO) Fund provides about $850 per month for two years to 654 women living below the federal poverty line with no strings attached. Guaranteed income programs like this fight poverty and help people see benefits like having access to funds to care for themselves and their children, pursue higher education, pay off debts and catch up or get ahead on bills.

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