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  • Reaping the Rewards of the SunShot Initiative

    July 01, 2016 |

    Clean Energy Finance Forum |

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    Response Location: United States, New Jersey

    Air and water pollutants have an adverse impact on the health and well-being of citizens. Protecting the air and water, by increasing the usage of solar energy, can have a tremendous impact on reversing the impact of pollution on health. The Sunshot Initiative, launched by the Department of Energy, has already begun seeing improvements.

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  • Researchers Identify One Of The Strongest Factors In Ending Poverty: Hope

    July 01, 2016 |

    American University Radio (WAMU) |

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    Response Location: United States, Fort Worth, Texas

    The Padua Project in Fort Worth, Texas, has set a goal of getting 100 poor people out of poverty in three years — with a job, three months’ savings and off government assistance. But, is it working?

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  • A fiscal lens on police accountability

    June 22, 2016 |

    Chicago Reporter |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    ClaimStat is a New York city program that uses data to track allegations of police misconduct on a neighborhood level and shares the information with the public, helping prevent lawsuits against the city and diverting settlement funds to core city services like education or street cleanup. Chicago looks to learn from the program and reduce the millions spent on police misconduct lawsuits each year.

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  • Focused crime strategy finds early success. Can it work in Milwaukee?

    June 18, 2016 |

    Milwaukee Journal Sentinel |

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    Response Location: United States, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

    A law-enforcement strategy known as the "focused deterrence" approach involves identifying people most at risk to commit or to be victimized by crime — often the same individuals — and hosts meetings where they are offered resources to break the cycle, or, face serious legal consequences. The approach has worked so well in places like Kansas City, Boston, and High Point, that Milwaukee is looking at how to replicate the results.

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  • Surgery without scalpels

    June 14, 2016 |

    Al Jazeera |

    Broadcast TV Programs |

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    Response Location: United States, Columbus, Ohio

    People suffering from tremors often have to dramatically alter their lifestyles to accommodate the involuntary muscle movements, but Ohio State University's Wexner Medical Center Hospital are piloting a new approach that uses non-invasive surgery to remedy essential tremors. Although it's only been used on a small scale so far, the doctors are finding success with the focused ultrasound treatment.

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  • A tale of two states: Wisconsin trails Colorado as both cut solitary confinement

    June 12, 2016 |

    Wisconsin Watch |

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    Response Location: United States, Colorado

    Solitary confinement has long been shown to exacerbate mental health problems and is considered to be inhumane for long periods of time. Colorado is taking steps to reduce the amount of time prisoners spend in isolation, and Wisconsin is looking to do the same.

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  • Pathways to Peace: 11 lessons learned

    June 09, 2016 |

    Cleveland.com (The Plain Dealer) |

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    Response Location: United States, Cleveland, Ohio

    Cleveland has struggled through the years to reduce youth violence. But important lessons have been learned, here and elsewhere. City officials say they are factoring those lessons into their latest plans to reduce violence among young men in the city.

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  • Cleveland's struggle to curb violence brings new approach: Pathways to Peace

    June 09, 2016 |

    Cleveland.com (The Plain Dealer) |

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    Response Location: United States, Cleveland, Ohio

    Operation Focus is a nationally recognized initiative to help curb gun violence; however, its effectiveness has proven to not be sustainable. The city of Cleveland has evaluated the problems of the initiative and has put forth a new plan to address underlying issues related to gun violence. Cleveland’s new approach treats violence as a preventable condition.

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  • Junior Jail: Surviving Mississippi's Juvenile Justice System

    June 08, 2016 |

    Jackson Free Press |

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    Response Location: United States, Jackson, Mississippi

    Juvenile detention usually leads to worse outcomes for youth in the future, while Juvenile Detention Alternatives allow for decreases in detention populations and the likelihood that youth will stay trapped in the system for life.

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  • Henley-Young Must Release Kids After 21 Days; Some Disappearing?

    June 08, 2016 |

    Jackson Free Press |

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    Response Location: United States, Jackson, Mississippi

    A consent decree ensures juveniles are not held more than 21 days in a Jackson, Miss., facility that was the subject of a lawsuit over the number of children it held and the conditions they faced. But opponents, including a youth court judge, say this is not solving the underlying problems facing the young offenders and even the plaintiffs in the suit says the larger issue is the approach to juvenile justice in the state.

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