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  • A San Francisco Program Helps Older People Manage Their Hoarding Behavior – and Stay Housed

    February 13, 2024 |

    MindSite News |

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    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    Organizations like Legal Assistance to the Elderly, Adult Protective Services, and the Mental Health Association of San Francisco help the elderly who exhibit hoarding behaviors by hosting interventions and connecting them with support groups. The groups also host clean-outs to help those with hoarding behaviors avoid eviction.

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  • Prison system works to combat health care coverage gap by enrolling people in Medicaid before release

    February 13, 2024 |

    North Carolina Health News |

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    Response Location: United States, North Carolina

    With the new statewide Medicaid expansion, the Department of Adult Correction is working to ensure fewer people reenter society after incarceration and enter a healthcare coverage gap by helping people apply for Medicaid before release. With the Medicaid expansion, 80% of the 15,000 people released from prison each year are now eligible for coverage, and prison staff submit about 100 Medicaid applications each week.

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  • Mobile crisis unit looks to the future after debut year

    January 19, 2024 |

    Southern New Mexico Journalism Collaborative |

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    Response Location: United States, Las Cruces, New Mexico

    Project LIGHT (Lessen the Incidence of Grief, Harm and Trauma) is a co-responder team that combines paramedics and licensed social workers to respond to mental health crises. The project responded to 940 in its first year, most of which ended with the patient being transported to a mental health care provider or receiving treatment on-scene rather than being arrested.

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  • Ceasefire, Oakland's gun violence prevention program, is in the spotlight. What is it?

    January 17, 2024 |

    The Oaklandside |

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    Response Location: United States, Oakland, California

    Oakland California’s Ceasefire program brings together the police department, other government agencies, community organizations, and residents to address violent crime. Organizers give resources and incentives to people involved in crime to encourage them to stop participating, if that doesn’t work the police move forward with making arrests.

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  • Combinar la justicia restaurativa con la justicia penal, lecciones desde Navarra

    January 12, 2024 |

    Instituto de Periodismo Constructivo |

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    Response Location: Spain, Navarra

    Desde los primeros años del 2000, la Asociación Navarra de Mediación (ANAME) ha trabajado para garantiza como servicio público la justicia restaurativa, un proceso para la resolución de conflictos enfocado en la reparación del daño a la víctima y la sanación emocional de las partes implicadas y del tejido social. De los casos en los que las partes decidieron iniciar el proceso, el 72% terminaron en acuerdo, un resultado que coincide con la experiencia en otros países.

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  • Vermont's Prison Education Programs Give Incarcerated People a Second Chance to Learn

    January 10, 2024 |

    Seven Days |

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    Response Location: United States, Vermont

    People incarcerated in Vermont correctional facilities have the option to participate in education programs ranging from foundational skills classes and high school completion credits to technical courses and community college offerings, and the agency puts particular emphasis on literacy development. More than 600 people are currently enrolled and about 25 earn their diplomas each year.

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  • A Surprising Way to Stop Bullying

    January 08, 2024 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: Switzerland

    Rather than prioritizing punishment, the No-Blame Approach focuses on shifting the social dynamics at the root of bullying, using group interventions to help students communicate and build empathy for one another. One study found the method effective in 87 percent of evaluated bullying cases.

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  • He's spent 29 years behind bars. For the past 6 months, he's also been a college professor.

    January 04, 2024 |

    Chalkbeat Colorado |

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    Response Location: United States, Cañon City, Colorado

    A new program through Adams State University hires incarcerated professors to teach in prison bachelor’s programs, providing them training and income while giving more people access to education behind bars. Students report that they prefer learning from someone who understands their experiences and is available to connect with outside of formal classes.

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  • Keene-based syringe exchange becoming a resource for gender-affirming care

    December 30, 2023 |

    Sentinel Source (The Keene Sentinel) |

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    Response Location: United States, Keene, New Hampshire

    The G.R.O.W. syringe service program (SSPs) helps people who use drugs and those who need injection supplies for gender-affirming hormone therapy get access to clean syringes and safely dispose of needles. Community-based programs like G.R.O.W. also offer first-aid kits, at-home HIV tests, Narcan and personal care items. There are currently 13 SSPs registered in the state. In 2023, G.R.O.W. alone distributed more than 44,400 syringes and collected about 37,700.

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  • Beating the Odds on Chronic Homelessness in Minneapolis

    December 22, 2023 |

    Bloomberg |

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    Response Location: United States, Minneapolis, Minnesota

    In Minnesota, Hennepin County is using a housing-first approach, working with individuals on their specific needs, and focusing on the most vulnerable populations first to reduce the number of people experiencing homelessness in the county.

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