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  • Can ‘Tennessee Promise' of free tuition offer lessons for Seattle and Washington?

    June 01, 2018 |

    The Seattle Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Nashville, Tennessee

    Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan looks to Tennessee's initiative that offers free community college education for every high-school graduate in the state. Only one year after Tennessee became the first state to offer such assistance, the college enrollment rate by five percent.

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  • Leave No Worker Behind

    June 01, 2018 |

    Earth Island |

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    Response Location: United States, Jackson, Mississippi

    A decades-old principle called “just transition” has made international headway in the fight against climate change and toward equity and sustainability. Fundamental to the principle is transitioning from a capitalist system to a localized one that prioritizes cultural inclusion, local economies, decarbonization and environmental justice, and food sovereignty. But as this idea reaches prominence on the global stage, those that have been involved for years worry that its core meanings, morals, and actions will be co-opted.

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  • A Blueprint for Human-Centered Change

    June 01, 2018 |

    Government Technology |

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    Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

    In Michigan, private design firm Civilla successfully pitched a human-centered redesign of the state's unwieldy and redundant public benefits form. By highlighting and emphasizing the experience that applicants had with the old firm, Civilla convinced the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services to make a change, and the new form is now 22% more likely to be completed.

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  • Equipping Women to Stop Campus Rape

    May 30, 2018 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Canada, Windsor, Ontario

    Flip the Script is a program utilized on college campuses that trains women to prevent sexual assault. The program educates young women on setting their own personal boundaries, recognizing the early signs of a sexual assault, and training them to respond effectively to a dangerous situation. The program encompasses physical and verbal training and has proven so effective that Evidence-Based Programs rated it as the only program in violence prevention to date that earns a Top Tier score.

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  • Communities now lead fight against outbreak of diseases

    May 28, 2018 |

    The Citizen |

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    Response Location: Tanzania, Morogoro

    The South African Centre for Infectious Disease Surveillance is piloting a program to use smartphone technology to report and respond to infectious disease outbreaks. The program trains community members to recognize signs of infectious diseases, such as vomiting and diarrhea, and report them through their smartphones. These reports are relayed to a team of specialists who track the location and frequency of these reports to determine if an outbreak of disease is occurring and respond accordingly.

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  • How a Tiny Kansas Town Rebooted Its Struggling Hospital into a Health Care Jewel

    May 26, 2018 |

    Politico |

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    Response Location: United States, Lakin, Kansas

    Instead of letting a rural Kansas hospital perish, one CEO found a way to recruit young physicians, and get grants for the hospital. His methods helped the hospital avoid the common fate many rural hospitals face, which are often forced to shut down. It “now serves about 20,000 patients annually, up from roughly 10,000 patients in 2012, and generated $23.4 million in revenue last year.”

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  • Environmental impact bonds can help cities invest in green infrastructure

    May 25, 2018 |

    Ensia |

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    Response Location: United States, Washington, District of Columbia

    Environmental impact bonds (EIBs) are a relatively new form of financing that combine private investment with government funding in a “pay for success” model. They are different than municipal bonds in that they are intended as a more experimental approach: for instance, Washington, D.C. started using EIBs to test green infrastructure and evaluate the results. Though all current EIBs are too early-stage to show formal evaluations, they are helping promote sustainability initiatives in D.C., Baltimore, and Atlanta.

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  • How 3 Loved-To-Death Parks Are Taking Action: Permits, Poop Bags And New Paths

    May 24, 2018 |

    Colorado Public Radio |

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    Response Location: United States, Colorado

    As Colorado's popular parks become slammed with visitors park officials are noticing dramatic environmental impacts to the areas. To mitigate against continuous damage, three parks - Garden of the Gods, Conundrum Hot Springs and Hanging Lake - are piloting stricter Leave No Trace policies via targeted outreach and education.

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  • Rwanda wants to become Africa's first orphanage-free country — here's how

    May 24, 2018 |

    Apolitical |

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    Response Location: Rwanda, Kigali

    Rwanda is approaching an ambitious goal - to be orphanage-free - and it's doing so by working to place children in orphanages with extended family and relatives, foster care, or re-integrating into society with the help of youth mentors. The program is based off of Home and Hopes for Children's finding in Romania and strategies are being shared with other countries in Africa, including Ghana and Uganda.

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  • How Max's injury became Max's Law

    May 23, 2018 |

    InvestigateWest |

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    Response Location: United States, Portland, Oregon

    After a high school football player in Oregon was concussed in a game, his condition elevated to a traumatic brain injury when he was sent back in to play without proper rest. To combat this lapse in judgment from happening again, the state passed legislation that "set out guidelines that a coach must follow in the event that he or she suspects a player has received a blow to the head or body and then exhibits signs or symptoms consistent with a concussion."

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