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  • How a School Network Helps Immigrant Kids Learn

    May 30, 2015 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    A nonprofit organization, the Internationals Network for Public Schools, delivers a first-class education to the children of illegal immigrants, helping to break the cycle of poverty and provide them a path to advance in life.

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  • In Europe, Fake Jobs Can Have Real Benefits

    May 29, 2015 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: France, Lille

    After the global recession, long-term unemployment can make jobless workers depressed, with their skills becoming unsharpened and obsolete. Practice firms, operating as fake businesses, in the Eurozone aim to keep the unemployed practiced in essential job skills and offer new skills training for those interested in changing careers.

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  • The California High School Where Students Are Finding Ways to Excel

    May 27, 2015 |

    The Atlantic |

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    Response Location: United States, San Bernardino, California

    In San Bernardino, California - a city that has declared bankruptcy and struggles to keep kids in school, one high school uses a comprehensive approach to teaching by offering positive clubs and college prep education, and even a daycare for students with young children. The school allows for mistakes and windy paths along the road to graduation and offers AVID, a national program that gives one-on-one support for students in exchange for a tough course load and promised dedication to school work.

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  • Doctors and Lawyers: An Innovative Partnership in Kalihi

    May 20, 2015 |

    Honolulu Civil Beat |

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    Response Location: United States, Honolulu, Hawaii

    Problems such as discrimination, unemployment, and homelessness can be at the root of chronic health problems such as diabetes. The Medical-Legal Partnership for Children in Hawaii provide a holistic approach to healthcare, providing essential legal services for the most vulnerable among Kalihi’s community, in particular its large immigrant population.

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  • Why A Philadelphia Grocery Chain Is Thriving In Food Deserts

    May 14, 2015 |

    NPR |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Brown's Super Stores operates seven profitable supermarkets in traditionally food desert neighborhoods in Philadelphia. The founder says it's because they brought together a group of community leaders and asked them exactly what they were looking for in a neighborhood grocery store, and used the information to truly create a space for the broader community that often includes health care clinics, banking services, event space, and more.

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  • Evergreen, a state college too few know about

    May 09, 2015 |

    The Seattle Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Olympia, Washington

    At Evergreen College, students take fewer classes for longer durations and are instructed by teams of teachers who have not been sorted out by subject departments. As a result, students’ education is exploratory and often self-directed, rather than geared towards grades and tests.

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  • 'Recovery is work; work is recovery'

    May 03, 2015 |

    Newark Advocate |

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    Response Location: United States, Newark, Ohio

    Research shows that successful addiction recovery requires a comprehensive approach and multiple types of support. Ohio is in the midst of shifting its approach to vocational rehabilitation to an evidence-based approach focusing on providing close employment support, rapid job search and placement services, and emphasizes that "work is not the result of treatment and recovery but integral to both."

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  • Why Not Start Addiction Treatment Right In The ER?

    April 29, 2015 |

    NPR |

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    Response Location: United States, New Haven, Connecticut

    For those addicted to opioids, getting treatment can take a long time because not all emergency rooms offer buprenorphine and counseling interventions. Yale-New Haven Hospital has shown that if patients receive buprenorphine at their initial emergency room evaluation, then the immediate action improves the person’s chances in receiving addiction treatment.

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  • After the Wars, Common Ground in Oregon's Forests

    April 27, 2015 |

    InvestigateWest |

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    Response Location: United States, Ashland, Oregon

    Summer in the Northwest presents a great risk of wildfires. A pile burning operation, just one facet of the strategy that Oregon has enacted to conserve its forests, clears undergrowth to lessen the risk of mega-fire. The work stimulates the local economy and provides employment, but it's also a very small part of what needs to be done.

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  • For some, Anchorage Wellness Court offers a road to redemption

    April 23, 2015 |

    KTVA |

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    Response Location: United States, Anchorage, Alaska

    Therapeutic courts like the Anchorage Wellness Court were born out of a desire to reduce recidivism rates and deflate ballooning prison populations. For many, they have become the answer to breaking the cycle of criminal behavior while treating people with substance abuse issues.

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