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  • Ieškodami kitokių talentų, per darbo pokalbį duoda konstruoti lego ir klausia neįprastų klausimų

    May 15, 2021 |

    Lithuanian Radio and Television (LRT) |

    Multi-Media |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Denmark

    Dėl specialiai pritaikytos atrankos, autizmo spektrą turintys žmonės gali sėkmingai integruotis į darbo rinką - tai parodė Danijos patirtis, kurią bandoma pritaikyti ir kitose pasaulio šalyse. Lietuvos autizmo asociacijos atstovė teigia, jog geroji praktika būtų naudinga ir Lietuvoje.

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  • On Parole, Staying Free Means Staying Clean and Sober

    May 14, 2021 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, New Jersey

    People in two New Jersey counties who were at risk of abusing opioids while on parole were given extra support services, and an immediate trip to rehab instead of back to prison when they slipped up. The pilot program is New Jersey's version of Swift, Certain and Fair, a federally funded program to help people succeed while on parole. In some of the 30 states with SCF programs, copying the original and successful Hawaii model didn't work. But New Jersey's approach to helping people succeed instead of laying traps to send them back to prison was deemed a success with a small, focused pilot program.

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  • ‘Solar For All' Brings Clean Energy to Low- and Middle-Income DC Residents

    May 14, 2021 |

    Next City |

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    Response Location: United States, Washington, District of Columbia

    An initiative to bring solar power to public housing in D.C. is helping residents of Jubilee Housing. Community solar, which shares the electricity generated amongst multiple households, makes solar energy an affordable option. Solar credits can provide a significant relief to households that need it most.

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  • The Cherokee Nation to Produce Its Own PPE

    May 13, 2021 |

    The Daily Yonder |

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    Response Location: United States, Stilwell, Oklahoma

    The Cherokee Nation had a hard time sourcing personal protective equipment for health workers, citizens, and others during the COVID-19 pandemic. Tribal leaders decided to use a portion of the CARES Act funding to create their own manufacturing facilities to produce PPE for both Cherokee Nation citizens and non-citizens. Though still in the testing phase, the facilities are already training 10 people and plan to employ a minimum of 25 people. They will make about 200,000 surgical masks a day and will also produce N95 and N99 masks that they will distribute to healthcare workers and other organizations.

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  • The Great Plains prairie needs fire to survive. These ranchers are bringing it back.

    May 13, 2021 |

    National Geographic |

    Multi-Media |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Maywood, Nebraska

    The Loess Canyons Rangeland Alliance in Nebraska is working to preserve grasslands through prescribed burns. Eighty-volunteer members have burned nearly 85,000 acres to stop the spread of cedar trees that disrupt the prairie ecosystem. These burns allow the grass to return, which has been helpful for farmers and their livestock. This work has inspired others in the state to create associations to share resources on how to restore their lands.

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  • Life after prison: Communities heal by helping former inmates succeed

    May 13, 2021 |

    Akron Beacon Journal |

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    Response Location: United States, Akron, Ohio

    People returning home to Akron from prison step into a community that needs healing, work that the formerly incarcerated can help with because of the lessons they can impart to younger people. But first they need their own healing. South Street Ministries and Truly Reaching You, two nonprofits run by formerly incarcerated men, help people in re-entry clear the barriers to housing and jobs that can doom them to returning to prison. They also provide peer counseling and mental health care.

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  • Bringing Midwifery Back to Black Mothers

    May 13, 2021 |

    Retro Report |

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    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Memphis, Tennessee

    Black midwifery has deep cultural roots, especially in the South as a remnant of the medical profession's neglect of Black women. Though the tradition largely died out, and nurse-midwives have become more professionalized, the latter-day profession is largely white. Choices, the Memphis Center for Reproductive Health, is training Black midwives and returning the practice to its communal roots to give Black mothers better care than they get from mainstream obstetrics and to combat the high maternal-mortality rate in the U.S.

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  • Getting Vaccinated in the Holy Month

    May 13, 2021 |

    The Local |

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    Response Location: Canada, Toronto, Ontario

    The Neighbourhood Organization has helped organized pop-up clinics to administer the COVID-19 vaccine, including a culturally inclusive pop-up clinic in Thorncliffe Park, which has a large Muslim population. The vaccine rollout occurred during Ramadan and some had concerns over whether the vaccine was halal or if it would break one’s fast. As a workaround, organizers decided to extend the clinic until midnight so that people could come after they completed their fasting. Community ambassadors helped spread the word and the well-attended clinic ended up running until after 1:00 am.

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  • How co-ops across the US weathered COVID-19 by prioritizing their workers

    May 13, 2021 |

    The Real News Network |

    Documentary |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States

    Worker-run co-ops in the food industry and in the care sector, industries hard hit by COVID-19, have proved resilient in weathering the pandemic. Some, like Cooperative Home Care Associates, partnered with other co-ops to provide discounted PPE supplies for workers. Others provide job opportunities for people who have trouble getting a foothold, like ChiFresh Kitchen’s formerly incarcerated women worker-owners and Red Emma’s in Baltimore. Worker-owner models can also pivot operations more quickly, which helped Brooklyn Packers respond to the pandemic by providing fresh produce to those in need.

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  • The Pandemic Modernized School Board Meetings — Will the Changes Last?

    May 13, 2021 |

    Next City |

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    Response Location: United States

    School districts across the country from Miami, FL, to Richmond, VA, had to modernize their school meetings to follow safety precautions of the pandemic. To do this, school districts moved their school board meetings to online platforms, or allowed participants to leave comments through voicemail messages. While these solutions were not perfect, it made it easier and convenient for parents to participate.

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