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Meet the amazing people rewriting the narrative about LGBTQ youth homelessness

Sam Manzella

November 10, 2021 |

LGBTQ Nation |

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Response Location: United States, New York, New York

The Ali Forney Center is the largest of several organizations across the country serving LGBTQ youth experiencing homelessness. It has seventeen sites and serves about 2,000 young people a year, nearly half of whom come from out of state. In addition to setting people up with stable housing, the drop-in center serves daily meals and offers showers and laundry. Advocacy programs and case managers help the youth find permanent jobs, further their education, or put funds aside to secure stable long-term housing. They also offer counseling services, support groups, and temporary employment for many young people.

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From Heaps of Garbage, Lagos Improves on Waste Disposal, Sanitation

Charles Ajunwa

November 10, 2021 |

This Day Live |

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Response Location: Nigeria, Lagos

The Cleaner Lagos project works to clean up the state, aiming toward maintaining a clean and healthy environment at all times. From waste management services to incentivized waste sorting and stricter regulations, the project has helped to reduce the spread of diseases caused by poor sanitation across the state.

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Tvarka, netrukus pasieksianti ir Lietuvą: kaip Švedijai pavyko tėčius išsiųsti auginti vaikų, kad mamos galėtų grįžti į darbą

Vaida Kalinkaitė-Matuliauskienė

November 10, 2021 |

Lithuanian Radio and Television (LRT) |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Sweden

8 iš 10 švedų vyrų naudojasi vaiko priežiūros atostogomis. To pavyko pasiekti nustačius 3 mėn neperleidžiamų atostogų dienų normą. Jomis nepasinaudojus, vaiko priežiūros atostogų trukmė trumpėja. Ar galėtų iš švedų pasimokyti Lietuva, siekianti kuo anksčiau grąžinti mamas į darbo rinką?

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Communities explore out-of-the-box mentorship programs to reduce gun violence

Patty Santos

November 10, 2021 |

KSAT-TV |

Broadcast TV News |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Richmond, California

Richmond's Operation Peacemaker Fellowship pairs mentors with young people at risk of violence, paying the youth a stipend if they meet particular goals toward a more stable and safe life. The mentors are former gang members and others with criminal records who earn the trust of their clients through their experiences and independence from the police. Other cities have adopted this model or similar approaches to preventing gun violence. One study said the Richmond program may have contributed to a significant decline in violence in that city.

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This anti-violence strategy has shown results. But Kansas City hasn't invested in it

Hurubie Meko

November 10, 2021 |

The Kansas City Star |

Multi-Media |

1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Kansas City, Missouri

Aim4Peace is the city of Kansas City's violence prevention program using the Cure Violence model of "violence interrupters" to mediate disputes before they turn deadly. Founded 12 years ago, the program's fairly robust startup funding gave it 18 outreach workers in a neighborhood that enjoyed relatively few homicides at the time. After grants ran out, the city failed to increase its own spending on the program, and so it remains a small pilot program, reduced in size and blamed for its inability to do more. Other cities spend far more, and have much more success to show for it.

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Can this Alabama school beat the clock and help more students read?

Rebecca Griesbach

November 10, 2021 |

AL.com (Alabama Media Group) |

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Response Location: United States, Dothan, Alabama

Rehobeth Elementary School provides extra attention from trained educators with experience in literacy instructional methods to help students make up for COVID-19 related reading-level declines. The school-wide intervention provides a core class where students get most of their lessons, smaller groups where students work on specific skills, and some students are identified for outside tutoring as well. The research-based learning materials can also help students with learning disabilities. Rehobeth second graders had improved reading scores by 60 points in one school year.

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‘Preach now or mourn in the future': How Key West faith leaders are confronting climate change

Ayurella Horn-Muller

November 10, 2021 |

Southerly |

Multi-Media |

1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Key West, Florida

Officials are joining forces with faith leaders and churches in order to pave the way for climate resilience. In Key West, Reverend Donna Mote is making a religious case for environmental preservation, clean energy, and emissions reductions. “It would be a shame to preserve all these buildings and then have people scuba diving in them in 100 years,” Mote said.

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After prison, the fight to be a firefighter

Lizzie Johnson

November 10, 2021 |

San Francisco Chronicle |

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Response Location: United States, California

One year after California legislators created a legal opening for formerly incarcerated firefighters to use their prison training to land firefighter jobs on the outside, the system envisioned by the law's supporters has failed to materialize. Felony criminal records serve as a barrier to employment in such jobs ordinarily. The law was intended to create a pathway through expunging those records for people trained to fight wildfires while in prison. A slow, poorly planned rollout and lack of tracking data means no one knows how many have benefited, though it appears few have thanks to a daunting process.

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Accessory Dwelling Units Expand Housing Stock Within Boulder's Growth Limits

Lucy Haggard

November 10, 2021 |

KGNU Community Radio |

Radio |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Boulder, Colorado

Boulder made building accessory dwelling units (ADUs) easier by loosening regulations so that more can be built. ADUs, which can be attached to or behind a main house, address issues of affordable housing and housing availability by providing smaller units with everything someone needs, including a kitchen, bathroom, and sleeping quarters. ADUs tap into existing utility lines, and the smaller spaces are more energy efficient, which means that they are cheaper for tenants and more eco-friendly. Other cities, seeing the affordable housing and environmental benefits, have jumped on the ADU bandwagon.

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Treatment foster care model shows promising results

Libby Dowsett

November 10, 2021 |

Street Roots |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Oregon

A treatment model is showing success in reuniting foster children with their biological families. The method involves an emphasis on structure, routines, and the power of positive reinforcement to prepare kids for reunification.

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