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  • CHP is trying to attract nurse practitioners to the Berkshires by offering them residencies

    December 21, 2022 |

    The Berkshire Eagle |

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    Response Location: United States, Berkshire County, Massachusetts

    The Community Health Program’s Great Barrington Health Center and the University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School in Worcester partnered together to provide a residency program to attract nurse practitioners to the area. The program helps train nurse practitioners to provide care and master concepts like insurance policies and medical computer systems in areas that are lacking these medical professionals.

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  • Two-Spirit youth gift-giving project demonstrates the power of community care

    December 21, 2022 |

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    Response Location: Canada

    Gifts for Two-Spirit Youth solicits a wide variety of donations from around the world to create personalized gifts for Two-Spirit youth who might feel lonely or alienated during the holiday season.

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  • Women earn unique master's in ministry behind Tennessee prison bars

    December 21, 2022 |

    The Christian Chronicle |

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    Response Location: United States, Nashville, Tennessee

    Lipscomb University's LIFE Program provides educational opportunities to women incarcerated at the Debra Johnson Rehabilitation Center, including a master's degree in Christian ministry. The courses are also offered to non-incarcerated people who learn alongside their incarcerated peers, and 13 students graduated from the program in 2022.

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  • Systems of Support

    December 21, 2022 |

    Inside Wire: Colorado Prison Radio |

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    Response Location: United States, Colorado

    Remerg is an online resource that provides information about housing, employment, health care, social services, parole, and more for people who have recently left incarceration. The website has grown from roughly 150 visitors per month in its early days to more than 6,000 per month today.

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  • Abandoned homes: how village in Sumy region helps IDPs find new housing

    December 20, 2022 |

    Рубрика (Rubryka) |

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    Response Location: Ukraine, Kapustyntsi

    The village of Kapustyntsi, Ukraine, welcomed people displaced by the war into abandoned houses through Facebook posts. The community worked to clean up the houses, contact owners and heirs for permission to use them, or take legal action to claim them when necessary.

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  • A Small Mexican Town Becomes a Vital Way Station for Asylum Seekers

    December 20, 2022 |

    The Border Chronicle |

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    Response Location: Mexico, Sonoyta, Sonora

    Shelters for Hope converted an abandoned motel into a migrant resource center called the Centro de Esperanza and provides meals, legal assistance, clothing, and shoes to families seeking asylum in the United States. Shelters for Hope sees between 150 to 200 people a day and can currently house about 30 people.

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  • This Community-Controlled Real Estate Co-Op Is Proving Its Value

    December 20, 2022 |

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    Response Location: United States, Oakland, California

    California’s East Bay Permanent Real Estate Cooperative is run by residents of local historically redlined communities and supported by investors who receive moderate returns to keep rent prices affordable. The cooperative was formed to give those involved a say in decisions they were typically left out of and allows them to serve existing residents and businesses instead of trying to attract new ones.

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  • Perennial grains: great for beer, bread and the fight against climate change

    December 19, 2022 |

    Great Lakes Echo |

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    Response Location: United States

    The perennial wheat alternative Kernza can improve soil and water health because it will return yearly with less tilling and fertilizer than wheat, and it captures carbon and water pollutants.

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  • Telehealth offers boost to children with developmental needs

    December 19, 2022 |

    ICT News |

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    Response Location: Navajo Nation, United States, Anchorage, Alaska

    The Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium provides telehealth services to more than 100,000 Alaska Natives, primarily in small communities with limited access to travel. The organization, along with others like the Indian Health Service, also provide remote care to families with children with developmental needs, like those with autism.

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  • What Black Jello Says About the Power of Small Enterprise

    December 19, 2022 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: Vietnam, Na Po, Thạch An

    With support from the Commercial Smallholder Support Project, a Vietnam village is fighting poverty by scaling up the production of a traditional snack, black jello.

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