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As the U.S. Struggles With a Stillbirth Crisis, Australia Offers a Model for How to Do Better

Duaa Eldeib

January 10, 2024 |

ProPublica |

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Response Location: Australia

With its focus on research and the launch of the Safer Baby Bundle, Australia is ahead of the curve in preventing stillbirths. The Safer Baby Bundle includes evidence-based practices to prevent stillbirths including helping pregnant patients quit smoking, regularly monitoring fetal growth and movement and encouraging safe pregnancy practices like sleeping on one’s side. Since the launch of these strategies, the country sees about six stillbirths a day, whereas the U.S. experiences about 60 stillbirths each day.

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Can a Big Village Full of Tiny Homes Ease Homelessness in Austin?

Lucy Tompkins

January 08, 2024 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United States, Austin, Texas

Community First Village offers permanent affordable housing to people who are chronically homeless. The Village houses about 400 residents in tiny homes, while also providing a sense of community, including a convenience store, community garden, medical clinic and chapel. Community First Village is set to add nearly 2,000 homes across three locations and has also inspired several similar housing villages across the country.

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Detroit agency launches mobile mental health unit. Can it slow a revolving door?

Robin Erb

January 08, 2024 |

BridgeDetroit |

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Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

The Detroit Wayne Integrated Health Network launched a series of mobile response vans that travel to area parks, libraries and neighborhoods to address the community’s growing mental health needs. The vans are intended to more proactively reach people experiencing a mental health crisis and minimize emergency room visits and police confrontations by getting them the appropriate care.

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These Pinkston programs improve high school attendance, grades and even crime rates

Michaela Rush

January 08, 2024 |

Dallas Free Press |

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Response Location: United States, Dallas, Texas

The Becoming a Man (BAM) and Working on Womanhood (WOW) groups take place in schools, providing a space for youth to talk, rest and receive mentoring and counseling from adults who relate to their experiences. This programming helps improve attendance, grades and well-being while preventing and reducing violent crime rates. BAM and WOW programs exist nationwide in seven major cities, serving about 13,000 students annually. Research shows that those participating in BAM or WOW are 50% less likely to be arrested for violent crime and 19% more likely to graduate on time.

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Children's nutrition program, revved up in the pandemic, faces severe cuts

Caitlin Dewey

January 08, 2024 |

Stateline |

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Response Location: United States

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Congress and the Department of Agriculture changed the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women Infants and Children (WIC) to make the program more accessible. Innovations included allowing virtual appointments and increased funding for fruit and vegetable vouchers, among other changes. These changes led to significant program growth, estimating 6.6 million WIC participants in 2023.

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An Overdose Antidote Goes Viral

Elizabeth Hewitt

January 04, 2024 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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Response Location: United States, Middletown, New York

Studies show that people who received at least one dose of naloxone following an opioid overdose are 11 times more likely to survive. In response, state policies and community-level programs and organizations are working to make naloxone accessible to those who need it. Today, naloxone can be found in grocery stores, gas stations, provided at events like concerts and community spaces like libraries.

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

Charlotte West Jason Gonzales

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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School program reduces trauma in Latina and Black girls but faces implementation hurdles

Kathleen Hayes

January 04, 2024 |

The Hechinger Report |

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Response Location: United States, Waukegan, Illinois

Working on Womanhood (WOW) works to build confidence, self-awareness, community and healthy coping mechanisms among Black and Latina girls in sixth to twelfth grade. WOW offers easily accessible group therapy in schools and is led by Black and Latinx social workers who can provide culturally relevant care to youth in need. WOW serves 350 students in one school district and surveys show that participants are less depressed and anxious and exhibit more self-confidence.

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

James Rinker

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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California Program Trains Undocumented Residents to Become Therapists and Serve Those in the Shadows

Celeste Hamilton Dennis

December 28, 2023 |

MindSite News |

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Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

Immigrants Rising’s Mental Health Career Program helps undocumented state residents get into college and start careers as therapists and doctors. The Program’s goal is to increase the number of available undocumented therapists by making education easily accessible, thus creating more professionals who can better relate to other members of their community and provide more effective care.

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