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  • How mental health care in schools became the norm in Minnesota

    In the early 2000s, Minnesota implemented a systematic approach to address inadequate mental health access for students by contracting with outside agencies to place licensed mental health providers directly in public schools. The state expanded funding from $4.7 million in 2008 to over $20 million today, growing from therapists in just five schools to now serving 82% of the state's public school districts.

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  • The silent surge: How an innovative program at Cleveland Clinic is reaching kids in mental health emergencies — before it's too late

    The Cleveland Clinic’s pediatric emergency room uses iPads loaded with peer-to-peer educational mental health videos from youth who have gone through the emergency room visit and inpatient admission process to help support other young people as they sit in the waiting room. The videos help reduce fear and anxiety, and research shows that peer support for people in crisis can also reduce re-hospitalization rates and promote recovery.

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  • Minecraft Therapy Opens Powerful World for Children and Teens

    Mental health therapists in Colorado and the UK independently developed Minecraft-based therapy sessions during the pandemic when traditional play therapy moved online. Therapists create secure virtual worlds where children and teens can engage in therapeutic activities through gameplay. Those who participate are more animated and engaged, and typically never miss a Minecraft session, unlike traditional therapy.

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  • Can filtering seawater provide for a thirsty world?

    Morocco's implementation of seawater desalination plants has successfully provided drinking water to 1.6 million people and enabled record agricultural exports for large-scale tomato producers, while simultaneously revealing the technology's limitations in addressing broader water needs due to high costs, geographic constraints, and environmental impacts that benefit only well-funded farms near coastal facilities.

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  • "One City" to Cut Poverty

    Richmond’s Office of Community Wealth Building helps coordinate anti-poverty programs between different departments and offers a wide range of job services, such as career counseling, vocational programs, work-based learning initiatives, and adult education courses. The office is the cornerstone of the city’s efforts to drastically reduce its rate of poverty, which has decreased by roughly 10 percent over the past 13 years.

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  • Organic Growth: How Turkey's Eco-Markets Took Root

    Turkey's Bugday Association created a network of certified organic farmers' markets that directly connects small-scale producers with urban consumers, growing from 24 vendor stands to over 300 while reducing certification costs through group programs and municipal partnerships, though high prices still limit accessibility for lower-income consumers.

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  • An Indigenous-led solar canoe initiative expands across the Amazon

    The Kara Solar Foundation's Indigenous-led solar canoe initiative has delivered 12 solar-powered boats across five countries over eight years, reducing fuel costs and water pollution while providing communities with clean transportation that avoids environmentally destructive road construction in the Amazon.

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  • An Old Timber Town's "Freedom Church of the Poor"

    Chaplains on the Harbor, also known as the Freedom Church of the Poor, supports area residents experiencing poverty and homelessness through a resource center, a farm, outreach in prisons and encampments, and support with pursuing political advocacy. The organization helped community members to file a lawsuit against the city alleging a local ordinance made it difficult for outreach workers to access encampments, which ended with the city allocating funding for a sanctioned camping area.

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  • Williamsburg launches street team pilot to combat homelessness

    The Houseless Outreach Partnership Engagement, a pilot program, goes straight to encampments and other places people without housing tend to be found to assess their needs and try to connect them with resources. So far, 10 people have gotten into housing as a result of the program, while about 50 have interacted with its staff.

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  • City food forests offer a chance to experience nature — and eat it

    In some cities, empty urban lots transformed into multilayered "food forests" that mimic natural ecosystems are providing free, accessible fresh produce to city residents through strategically designed edible plantings that feature native and adapted fruit trees, nut trees, and berry bushes.

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