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  • This support group for Israeli expats in New York offers Hebrew and hugs

    Jackie Hajdenberg

    October 11, 2024 |

    The Forward |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    The Israeli Hug Center offers social support, group therapy, and robust programming for Israeli expats in New York City.

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  • Un velero decomisado al narcotráfico como solución para que todas las personas puedan participar de la "tradición marinera" gallega

    Maribel Ángel-Moreno

    October 04, 2024 |

    Maldita.es |

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    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: Spain, Galicia

    Tras una cesión a una asociación de personas con discapacidad de Galicia, el velero Laion esta utilizado como herramienta de inclusión para que navegar sea una actividad abierta a todos—un caso de cómo los bienes incautados y decomisados al crimen organizado pueden reutilizarse socialmente y revertir en beneficio de toda la sociedad. En torno a 5.000 personas se han beneficiado de la actividad desde 2002.

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  • Can the U.S. Make Prisons More Rehabilitative? Here's a Major Test Case

    Maurice Chammah

    September 26, 2024 |

    The Marshall Project |

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    Response Location: United States, South Carolina

    The national initiative Restoring Promise works with states to create criminal justice reform initiatives that draw inspiration from rehabilitation-focused German prisons. The program at Lee Correctional Institution in South Carolina allows participants to customize their individual cells and focuses on mentorships, educational classes, and self-governance.

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  • How One Company Gamified Health Insurance

    Dan Gorenstein

    September 05, 2024 |

    Tradeoffs |

    Podcast |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Maryland

    A game called “Benefit Builder,” developed by the head of human resources at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, helped employees collaboratively develop equitable company-wide health insurance plans. Gamifying the process helped boost employee buy-in and morale.

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  • Keeping People Safe

    Dan Gorenstein Ryan Levi

    July 25, 2024 |

    Tradeoffs |

    Podcast |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Durham, North Carolina

    Durham’s alternative crisis response team of social workers, HEART, responds to 911 calls to mitigate conflict on their own or with the police. The program is designed to keep everyone involved safe while preventing a situation from escalating to violence.

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  • Model Prisons: California's Push for Reform

    Gianna Toboni

    July 13, 2024 |

    CBS News |

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    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, California

    California is taking a new approach to reducing recidivism, known as The California Model, by providing people who are incarcerated with rehabilitative and educational programming.

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  • Doctor missionaries and long tale of leprosy in Nigeria

    Peace Oladipo

    May 30, 2024 |

    Prime Progress |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Nigeria, Kwara

    The leprosarium, run by the Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA), provides free treatment, shelter, and support to those ostracized due to their leprosy diagnosis. Since forming, ECWA has helped 1,000 patients overcome the disease.

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  • A City Tries to Measure the Violence It's Preventing

    Mark Obbie Karan Deep Singh Kathleen Flynn

    April 22, 2024 |

    The New York Times |

    Multi-Media |

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    Response Location: United States, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

    A violence prevention program in Baton Rouge is working to reduce gun violence and help mothers and those affected cope and move forward in a healthy way. The street team with the non-profit C.H.A.N.G.E supports grieving families, provides targeted interventions and community engagement efforts around gun violence, and collects data to measure their work’s impact over time.

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  • 'It's about the process': Art therapy provides creative outlet as mental health care

    Mila Mascenik Sophia Melin

    March 19, 2024 |

    The Daily Tar Heel |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: United States, North Carolina

    Art therapy is a growing practice that helps people access and assess their emotions through visual and performing arts like painting and dancing.

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  • Children in the courtroom: How Virginia judges are giving kids a voice

    Jenna Zibton

    March 05, 2024 |

    Solutionaries |

    Multi-Media |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Roanoke, Virginia

    Judges in Roanoke, Virginia, are ensuring children have a voice in the courtroom to improve the way cases are handled and the outcomes for children in foster care. They encourage children to speak up, ask them what they want, prepare them in advance with worksheets and letters, and even offer them gifts like a book or stuffed animal.

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