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  • California Court Helps Kids By Healing Parents' Addictions

    August 24, 2016 |

    KFF Health News |

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    Response Location: United States, Sacramento, California

    Signs indicate that a recent surge in the number of children entering the foster system is related to the opioid epidemic. Using the power of keeping families in tact as motivation, the Early Intervention Family Drug Court in Sacramento County works with addicted parents to receive comprehensive early addiction intervention in an attempt to prevent their children from being entered into the foster system.

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  • Microsoft: No Single Organization Can Close Skills Gap

    August 24, 2016 |

    Forbes |

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    Response Location: United States

    Microsoft and Boys and Girls Clubs of America are partnering to expand access to computer science education. A pilot program in 25 clubs across the country exposed 1,000 kids and teens to the first two levels of a four-part coding series. Despite its promise, the program faces impact limitations and scaling challenges including a lack of experienced instructors.

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  • Public art to revive a community

    August 24, 2016 |

    WHYY |

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    Response Location: United States

    Urban decay has left a "physical legacy" of past economic hardships in cities. Many cities across the world are now implementing programs that promote public art that rebuilds and reimagines neighborhoods.

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  • Secret Cameras Record Baltimore's Every Move From Above

    August 23, 2016 |

    Bloomberg |

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    Response Location: United States, Baltimore, Maryland

    Technology developed in the military to find who was planting roadside bombs to take out American soldiers has been adapted for civilian use by a former member of the Air Force, whose company seeks to work with police departments to use it to solve crimes. The airborne cameras provide hours of consistent surveillance and have proven highly effective at tracking down perpetrators so police can arrest them. But civil libertarians are alarmed what this widespread surveillance means and how it will be used, particularly since Baltimore officials did not tell the public about it for months.

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  • In Crow Country, a water system brings new life

    August 23, 2016 |

    Environmental Health News |

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    Response Location: United States, Crow Reservation, Montana

    Reservations often have to fight legal battles for access to clean water, and state and federal agencies often exclude tribal members from decision-making because they deem tribal members unqualified unless they have science degrees. So, the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe placed a premium on its members getting environmental science degrees and helped write the latest fish consumption guidelines.

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  • Farmers, Chefs, and Lawyers: Building an Ecology of One

    August 21, 2016 |

    The Nature of Cities |

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    Response Location: South Korea, Hongcheon

    The UN's Food and Agriculture Organization provides some pretty grim predictions for the future of global food stability if modern, monoculture farming practices continue to degrade land, spread pesticides, and destroy natural habitats at their current rate. A revival in the "ecology of one" mindset is bringing many farmers, like Ryoseok Hong in South Korea, back to more natural, traditional methods of agriculture which place greater value on community relationships and farm-to-table transparency, as well as biodiversity and preservation of the greater ecosystem.

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  • How three U.S. mini-farms are sowing the seeds of global food security

    August 17, 2016 |

    Ensia |

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    Response Location: United States, California

    Three biointensive mini-farms in the US are teaching small-scale farmers from throughout the world how to grow more food through sustainable practices that focus on using less water and land. After bringing these farmers onto the US farms to learn the methods through a hands-on approach, the farmers then return to their home countries to implement and encourage the biointensive practices.

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  • Beyond Detention: Exploring Smarter, Cheaper Alternatives to Locking Kids Up

    August 17, 2016 |

    Jackson Free Press |

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    Response Location: United States, Jackson, Mississippi

    Alternative programming that involves "restorative justice" models - such as having youth within the criminal justice system create art as a means of self expression instead of detaining them in a prison-like facility - are much more effective at preventing antisocial and criminal behavior in youth than involvement in the juvenile-justice system.

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  • Minneapolis 4-H program brings science, technology to Somali youth

    August 17, 2016 |

    Minnesota Star Tribune |

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    Response Location: United States, Minneapolis, Minnesota

    Somali youth that immigrate to the United States can struggle to find some direction toward a career and what it means to be on a team. La Joog, a nonprofit based in Minneapolis, launched a 4-H program designed to immerse Somali youth in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). Students work on projects together and share them with city council members.

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  • Berkeley Makes History With Wage Theft Ordinance

    August 16, 2016 |

    Next City |

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    Response Location: United States, Berkeley, California

    Wage theft is a widespread issue in the construction industry in California with few cases successfully resolved and costing state taxpayers $8.5 billion a year. In Berkeley, an ordinance was introduced in order to shift auditing from the state to the local level, creating an auditing system that makes building permits dependant on the city’s ability to conduct regular check-ins for payment plans over the course of projects rather than once they are complete.

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