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Land Conservancies Enter Unfamiliar Territory: the City

Jake Bullinger

March 21, 2018 |

Bloomberg CityLab |

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Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

Conservation groups and land trusts that typically serve rural areas have begun integrating their missions and services in urban communities to battle environmental inequity and blight. In cities like Cleveland and Seattle, these land trusts address racial and economic disparities in the fight to preserve land, making sure to orient their renewal efforts in a way that positively impacts minority communities.

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‘They are our salvation': the Sicilian town revived by refugees

Lorenzo Tondo

March 19, 2018 |

The Guardian |

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Response Location: Italy, Sutera, Sicily

Immigrants are reviving the local economy in Sutera. Before 2014, the Sicilian town was shrinking fast. All but a few hundred people had moved to look for work in bigger cities. Welcoming asylum seekers from Nigeria, Syria, Sri Lanka and elsewhere has proved to be a popular and effective way to grow commercial opportunities and add new life to the town.

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To grow or not to grow: In Fort Collins, a warning for Bozeman's future?

Lewis Kendall

March 18, 2018 |

Bozeman Daily Chronicle |

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Response Location: United States, Fort Collins, Colorado

Bozeman, Montana, a city grappling with how to plan for growth in a smart and strategic way, is looking to learn from Fort Collins, Colorado. The two cities are similar in terms of the features that make them appealing: once low-cost, small college towns with beautiful scenery and lots of space. Now, Fort Collins’ population has soared, and critics say development could have been smarter. Bozeman is learning lessons about planning and inclusivity, hoping not to make the same mistakes.

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In California, a data-driven 'life boat' for those transitioning out of foster care

Sarah Garrecht Gassen

March 16, 2018 |

Arizona Daily Star |

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Response Location: United States, Tucson, Arizona

When youth leave foster care, they can have incredible difficulties finding employment, housing, and transitioning into a life beyond the challenges of foster care. In California, First Place for Youth is a non-profit that uses a data-driven approach to measure their impact on the young people to whom they provide apartments and assign advocates.

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Women's Homelessness Is a Growing Problem. Denver Is Pioneering a Solution.

Jennifer Oldham

March 15, 2018 |

Slate |

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Response Location: United States, Denver, Colorado

Denver’s Women’s Homelessness Initiative (WHI) is unique because it is the only church-based shelter program in the country that offers housing for women throughout the entire year. By giving women a place to stay off the streets, they are safer and have a better chance at getting back on their feet, aided by a subsidized housing program for formerly homeless people.

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From pump factory to Pump House Ministries

Courtney McNaull

March 13, 2018 |

Richland Source |

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Response Location: United States, Ashland, Ohio

After a manufacturing plant closed and ownership shifted hands, the F.E.Meyers building was transformed into Pump House Ministries, a non-profit that expanded internationally. In its heyday, it served free meals, built transitional housing, distributed shoes abroad, and supported micro-lending and water purification in Africa. Beyond the initial donation of property, most of these efforts were supported by revenue generation through its social enterprise arm: by its catering business, craft shows, and book sales. (This is the first article in a four part series.)

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Berlin's LGBTQ refugee center a haven for those fleeing civil war, homophobia

Finbarr Toesland

March 09, 2018 |

NBC News |

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Response Location: Germany, Berlin

Germany's first refugee center exclusively for LGBTQ immigrants provided safe housing and services to people who otherwise might be subjected to some of the same discrimination and attacks in German shelters that they fled in their home countries. During the 2016 refugee crisis, Schwulenberatung Berlin, an LGBTQ charity, opened the 120-bed shelter with psychotherapists, lawyers, and support staff to help refugees find housing and jobs. These refugees often fell prey to homophobic attacks in other shelters, thanks to the same attitudes that motivated many to seek safety in Europe in the first place

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Flexible, individualized services found to keep families together

Emily Bregel

March 08, 2018 |

Arizona Daily Star |

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Response Location: United States, Tucson, Arizona

For families involved with child protective services, a one-size-fits all mentality has been replaces with comprehensive and individualized services in some counties across the United States. Service providers in Pittsburgh and Alabama are focusing on in-home services, which have found to be cheaper and often more effective.

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Reading, Writing, Evicted: How Austin, Texas, hopes to combat student turnover

Bethany Barnes

March 01, 2018 |

Oregon Live |

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Response Location: United States, Austin, Texas

When families are priced out of their homes in hot housing markets because of increasing property values/rental prices, they often have to move to new educational districts, pulling children out of their schools in the middle of the year and stalling progress. In Austin, the Austin Independent School District is using a new tool, Mobility Blueprint, to help families find affordable housing within their educational district.

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To feed elders, traditional foods take untraditional route

Anne Hillman

February 28, 2018 |

Alaska Public Media |

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Response Location: United States, Kotzebue, Alaska

Elders in Kotzebue, Alaska missed traditional foods like elk, caribou, and whale when they transitioned into assisted living, so a group formed to find a way through federal red tape. Locals, environmental health agents, and government officials sat down to make sure the community practices were up to federal standard.

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