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  • Are Doctors the Key to Ending Philly Gun Violence?

    April 17, 2016 |

    Philadelphia Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    A pioneering program at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia focuses on more than just the physical wounds of young gunshot victims. The hospital uses a comprehensive bullying prevention and behavioral health approach to prevent victims and others from using guns again in the future.

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  • What's deadly dull and can save the world? (Hint: We can't stand it)

    April 14, 2016 |

    The Correspondent |

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    Response Location: Haiti

    A lack of bureaucratic services has kept people in poverty around the world by limiting the number of documents attainable by citizens who have a low-income, verifying proof of property ownership. "Capacity building" in the form of sending "tax inspectors without borders," book-keeping classes, and expanding bureaucratic services for places in need, allow people to make investments in their properties that can lift them above the poverty line.

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  • When you treat violence as a health problem, kids and communities heal, experts say

    April 13, 2016 |

    Cleveland.com (The Plain Dealer) |

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    Response Location: United States, Cleveland, Ohio

    Victims of violence found in hospitals are more likely to return for emergency care than those with chronic illnesses. As a result, communities like Cleveland, Ohio are trying the approach of treating violence as a public health issue. By employing social workers and peer mentors for the victims while being treated, it is hoped that the cycle of violence can be interrupted and the root cause addressed.

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  • Former Prisoners Find Redemption Running a Prosperous Business in San Francisco's Public Housing

    March 31, 2016 |

    NationSwell |

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    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    Facing job discrimination after years in and out of prison, a San Francisco man founded a company that employs public housing residents, regardless of their parole status, to sort trash from recyclables and compostable items. It's saving the housing complexes money, diverting trash from the waste stream and providing meaningful employment for those who often can't get jobs in the formal economy.

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  • What Changes When a School Embraces Mindfulness?

    March 30, 2016 |

    KQED |

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    Response Location: United States, Portland, Oregon

    Child trauma is a delicate issue to tackle. Taking the time to practice mindfulness, every day, several times a day, has made a big difference at a school trying to overcome trauma.

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  • Half of This School's Students Are Homeless or in Foster Care. 82% Go to College.

    March 28, 2016 |

    Daily Beast |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Broome Street Academy uses a data-driven, mentoring, and community schooling approach to get over 80 percent of its student population, half of whom are homeless, into college. Broome distances itself from the typical charter school model - funding comes from independent fundraising, the state of New York, and a local nonprofit that doubles as the provider of free health services to students.

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  • The Cherokee Nation wants to reverse the ‘silent epidemic' of hepatitis C

    March 27, 2016 |

    PBS NewsHour |

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    Response Location: United States, Fort Gibson, Oklahoma

    An epidemic of Hepititis C has been effecting members of the Cherokee Nation at alarming rates, while consistently going unnoticed. Establishing screening systems with free care for members, the Hep C Elimination Project has been tackling this issue.

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  • Police 'de-escalation' training — how it could help Chicago

    March 25, 2016 |

    Chicago Tribune |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    As Chicago faces one of the worst policing crises in its history, it is looking at Las Vegas as a model as it prepares de-escalation training for its cops.

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  • Canton police see success with community policing

    March 20, 2016 |

    The Canton Repository |

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    Response Location: United States, Canton, Ohio

    Canton police walk door-to-door in high-crime neighborhoods, playing basketball, picking up trash, and participating in community meetings. The approach is decreasing violence and improving relationships with residents.

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  • Officials: ‘Woman's state' curbs domestic violence

    March 19, 2016 |

    Corpus Christi Caller Times |

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    Response Location: United States, St. Paul, Minnesota

    In St. Paul, one of Minnesota’s collective approaches to solutions in action — dubbed The Blueprint for Safety — is a foundation of laws that adapt to the proliferation of domestic violence in the state and successful efforts of marrying the advocate community with the criminal justice system.

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