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  • Closing the Preschool Gap at Home

    February 06, 2017 |

    Washington Monthly |

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    Response Location: United States, Fort Belvoir, Virginia

    Mounting evidence points to an increasing disparity in the educational achievements of those children who attend and complete pre-school, and those who do not. The Home Instruction for Parents of Preschool Youngsters (HIPPY) program is a national home visiting initiative for low-income families that is working to bridge the gap. They provide learning curriculum, guidance, and parenting support for disadvantaged families in their homes, so that their children can be equally prepared to succeed in school.

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  • Can a cleaner cookstove save lives?

    February 01, 2017 |

    PBS NewsHour |

    Broadcast TV News |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: Ghana, Kintampo

    Cooking over a wood or charcoal stove can cause serious health complications including pneumonia and cardiac disease, yet women in developing countries often have no other options. In Ghana, clean cook stoves are being distributed to women in collaboration with a study about the effect that the new stoves have on the health of these women and their children. So far, the women are enjoying spending the time that they used to spend collecting wood for cooking with their children or in school. This study is ongoing but early results indicate an overall improvement in health in clean cook stove households.

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  • America Beyond Detention: Taking Shelter

    January 30, 2017 |

    Texas Observer |

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    Response Location: United States, Austin, Texas

    Three Part Series, "America Beyond Detention": For decades, immigrant advocates have argued that the federal government should increase the use of residential shelters - like Casa Marianella in Austin - as an alternative to detention. The shelters are generally less expensive, treat immigrants more humanely, and are better equipped to integrate people into their new communities.

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  • How Mormon Principles and Grassroots Ideals Saved Utah

    January 18, 2017 |

    Politico |

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    Response Location: United States, Salt Lake City, Utah

    In Salt Lake City, a bipartisan coalition of public and private actors, including members of the business, industrial, religious, political, and civic communities voluntarily came together to pass an ambitious twenty year land use plan. The plan, which conserves water, promotes clean air, and imposes new taxes for new rail lines, was made possible by Envision Utah, a public-private partnership that capitalizes on many Utahns' cultural and religious heritage.

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  • Consensus growing on need to move more people out of prison in Philly

    January 15, 2017 |

    The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia Media Network) |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    There is a growing consensus across political beliefs that there needs to be reductions in the number of people in prison because the monetary and societal cost is too great. This article explores the numerous initiatives underway in Pennsylvania and New Jersey to address reentry by helping people with record expungement, as well as housing, jobs, social skills and other stumbling blocks to staying out of incarceration. New Jersey has also focused on keeping people from going to prison.

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  • Former prisoners offer advice to new leader of Philly effort to help ex-inmates

    January 10, 2017 |

    WHYY |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    A program launched in Philadelphia to help inmates reintegrate into the community has hit some stumbling blocks and the new executive director is turning to experts to help fix things: former inmates. She is convening people who came through RISE to hear how the program can do better and truly meet the needs of people coming out of prison. They want to see more connections to jobs, more of a human touch from RISE officials and more outreach to current inmates to get them ready to use RISE services.

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  • How Japan has almost eradicated gun crime

    January 06, 2017 |

    BBC |

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    Response Location: Japan

    Japan has one of the lowest death by gun rates in the world, 6 to 33599. How? The country has established strict policies for buying and maintaining guns. The police force has installed restrictions regarding the use of guns so that other non-life threatening methods are used.

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  • A Bipartisan Reason to Save Obamacare

    January 04, 2017 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States

    The Affordable Care Act has been one of the most contentious policies in recent history, with widespread disagreement between political parties. While it is typically viewed as a partisan issue, this article recognizes benefits that defy party lines, mainly in regards to the Act's attempts to increase innovation across the US Medical Industry, facilitating a value-based care model.

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  • Employment Remains Elusive for Resettled Refugees

    January 03, 2017 |

    Diplomatic Courier |

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    Response Location: Jordan

    Refugees encounter multiple complex barriers when they try to find employment in a new country. At the Zataari Refugee Camp, refugees have built the Champs Elysees marketplace exhibiting entrepreneurship and resiliency to make the best out of their situation at the camp, even though they left home knowing it would be a struggle to find work.

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  • Peru: Cutting Poverty

    January 01, 2017 |

    BBC |

    Radio |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: Peru, Lima

    Between 2005 and 2015, Peru cut its poverty rate in half. Though there is still more work to be done, Peru can attribute its success to several reasons. The combination of inclusive economic growth and targeted, high-impact social programs showed clear results. By giving monthly cash stipends to female heads of household and helping youth as well as the elderly, Peru has seen a sizable decrease in economic inequality.

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