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How cutting trees can raise Detroiters' wages

Olivia Lewis

June 21, 2021 |

BridgeDetroit |

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Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

An energy company in Detroit is providing jobs, training programs, and wraparound services such as childcare and transportation, to residents who want to become woodsmen and tree cutters. The program is "geared to support 200 job candidates by 2024."

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The Everglades Experiment: Florida's First 'Incentivized' Prison Redefines Punishment

Ryan M. Moser

June 21, 2021 |

The Crime Report |

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Response Location: United States, Miami, Florida

Two years into an experiment in "incentivized prison" management, Florida's Everglades Correctional Institution is considered the state's safest prison. An incarcerated journalist reporting from inside writes that by rewarding good behavior instead of only punishing bad behavior, the prison has expanded the classes it offers incarcerated men who can participate if they have a trouble-free record for four years. Separating men from the general population based on their desire to work toward their own rehabilitation and success once they leave prison has reduced stress and violence in the prison.

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San Juan del Obispo: una puerta al cielo en el pantano del subdesarrollo

Jonathan Salazar Camilo Villatoro Sebastián Lozano

June 21, 2021 |

Barrancopolis |

Multi-Media |

Over 3000 Words

Response Location: Guatemala

En San Juan de Obispo, a 150km de Antigua, Guatemala, la Asociación Nacional del Níspero (ANAFENÍ), constituida por más de 150 productores del níspero en el 2021, recupera la organización comunal que tuvieron entre 2003 y 2013 como cooperativa, para promover la venta del fruto y de productos derivados. Este tipo de economía comunal no sólo mejora los ingresos pero crea comunidad. Además, el artículo es una oportunidad para conocer sobre los graves problemas de tenencia de tierra que existen en Guatemala.

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Local experts offer free classes, resources to create water efficient landscaping

Sydney Glenn

June 21, 2021 |

KSTU-TV |

Broadcast TV News |

Under 3 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Utah

Localscapes is a program in Utah promoting more water-efficient landscaping. The program includes state-based horticulturists, landscape professionals, and water experts who help interested people make the most sustainable use of their yards and lawns. "The program focuses on five techniques: a central open space, gathering areas, activity zones, paths and planting beds."

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'What most kids need': How one school community got SMART when its rural hospital closed

Anna Claire Vollers

June 21, 2021 |

Reckon |

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Response Location: United States, Pickens County, Alabama

School Health Model for Academics Reaching All and Transforming Lives (SMART) clinics are school-based clinics that fill in rural healthcare gaps. SMART clinics are fully funded for three years and then must be self-sustaining. Nurse practitioners and physicians provide routine medical care, like checkups and treating minor illnesses and injuries. Licensed social workers assess the needs of each student and provide onsite counseling, which has reduced the stigma of seeking mental health treatments. Care is free to all students, while community members who use the clinic are billed a co-pay.

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How Does Treating Gun Violence As A Public Health Crisis Work? One Bronx Program Offers A Potential Flagship Model

Elizabeth Kim

June 21, 2021 |

Gothamist |

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Response Location: United States, New York, New York

Stand Up to Violence is the only street-outreach gun-violence-prevention program in New York that centers its work in hospitals. Street outreach is a policing alternative that uses former gang members and formerly incarcerated people to intervene before arguments turn deadly. Hospital-based intervention work puts counselors and mediators at gunshot victims' bedside to start the intervention, and offers of services, at the earliest stage. In a four-year span, the areas covered by Stand Up, based at Jacobi Medical Center, saw many fewer shootings and instances where victims got shot again.

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ShotSpotter tech eyed as possible tool in gun violence prevention

Maria McGinnis

June 21, 2021 |

The Land |

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Response Location: United States, Cleveland, Ohio

An audio alert service called ShotSpotter uses audio sensors and algorithms to detect gunfire and report it to the Cleveland police. The technology is helping to bridge the gap in unreported gunfire in the city.

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Clearing a Path from Prison to the Bar Exam

Allen Arthur

June 21, 2021 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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Response Location: United States, New York, New York

The Formerly Incarcerated Law Students Advocacy Association at City University of New York's law school mentors people whose criminal records serve as a barrier to pursuing a law career. FILSAA is part of a movement to nurture law-practice dreams and make them a reality by knocking down those barriers, including restrictive use of states' "character and fitness" requirements to become licensed to practice. Before that step, mentors can help people prepare for the LSAT and succeed in law school. Advocates say that lawyers with lived experience can serve clients better by earning their trust more readily.

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Techos Seguros: Una salida para mujeres víctimas de violencia

Itxaro Arteta

June 21, 2021 |

Animal Político |

Multi-Media |

Over 3000 Words

Response Location: Mexico

En México existe una red llamada Red Nacional de Refugios (RNR), aprobado por el Instituto Nacional de las Mujeres (Inmujeres) desde 2011, que cuenta con un modelo de cuatro espacios seguros que proveen atención integral a mujeres víctimas de violencia. Este especial de tres artículos, infográficos y audiovisuales explica esta red, su impacto y limitaciones. En el 2020 la Red resguardó a 10 mil 135 mujeres que ahora son sobrevivientes de violencia.

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When the Local Paper Shrank, These Journalists Started an Alternative

Katharine Seelye

June 20, 2021 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United States, New Bedford, New Hampshire

As traditional local media outlets shrink or disappear, non-profit digital news outlets are popping up to fill the void. The New Bedford Light is one example, formed by journalism veterans and following the playbook of the Institute for Nonprofit News, the outlet provides in-depth investigative journalism. From holding government officials accountable to profiling the local human impact of COVID, the content provides deep dives into issues that matter to the local community. Content is free to readers and instead of advertising, it relies on donations, grants, and sponsorships from local businesses.

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