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Baltimore nonprofit aims to curb youth crime with citywide after-school programs

Bri Hatch

November 01, 2023 |

WYPR |

Radio |

Under 3 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Baltimore, Maryland

Elementary, middle, secondary, and alternative schools are partnering with the nonprofit Elev8 Baltimore to provide enrichment programs for students after school. The nonprofit’s aim is to keep students away from danger and crime by keeping them in school buildings, so the programs are tailored to student interests at each school.

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Rural Feeding Center Serves More than Nutrition to Children With Cleft Defects

Rhonet Atwiine

November 01, 2023 |

Solutions Now Africa |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Uganda

The Good Samaritan Nutritional Center supports mothers and their babies born with cleft palates in obtaining proper nutrition in order to be eligible for corrective surgery. The Center partners with local health facilities to perform the surgeries. The initiative has been active for 20 years now and has served over 15,000 children.

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What the Pentagon Has, Hasn't and Could Do to Stop Veterans and Troops from Joining Extremist Groups

Konstantin Toropin Steve Beynon Travis Tritten Drew F. Lawrence

November 01, 2023 |

Military.com |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States

A new standard was implemented in 2021 requiring all U.S. service members to receive training on extremist movements that target troops and veterans. But soldiers describe the briefings, which were largely left to individual commanders to develop, as haphazard and lacking crucial information about preventing radicalization.

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Arizona mobile home parks are disappearing. This nonprofit wants to save them.

Juliette Rihl

November 01, 2023 |

AZ Central (The Arizona Republic) |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States

In 2008, ROC USA began helping form resident-owned mobile home communities, and since then has assisted in the creation of over 300 such communities in 21 states throughout the U.S, consisting of almost 22,000 homeowners throughout the U.S. The organization works with philanthropic organizations, other nonprofits, insurers, banks and government entities to raise commitments in advance of a park’s purchase.

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Feedback Machines Challenge Ugandan Public Officials to 'Do Better'

Hellen Kabahukya

October 31, 2023 |

Solutions Now Africa |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: Uganda

Feedback machines installed at government offices such as hospitals and police stations allow Ugandan citizens to offer anonymous thoughts on the quality of the services provided, creating data that is analyzed to highlight areas for improvement. More than 50 machines have been deployed throughout the country with nearly 260,000 people sharing feedback each month in Kampala alone.

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Counties use high school students as poll workers to shore up staff

Whitney Downard

October 31, 2023 |

Indiana Capital Chronicle |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Indiana

Indiana’s Hoosier Hall Pass program allows 16- and 17-year-olds to miss a day of school to pitch in as poll workers, helping to fill staffing shortages while also giving youth an up-close-and-personal look at the election process. In 2020, about 4.3 percent of poll workers in the state were under the age of 18.

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With gap in state's LGBTQ+ history, 'activist archivists' step up to document it

James Rinker

October 28, 2023 |

Sentinel Source (The Keene Sentinel) |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Monadnock Region, New Hampshire

Local volunteers dubbed “activist archivists” are working to document the lives and contributions of LGBTQ+ people across the state, creating an archive of local LGBTQ+ history in the midst of recent anti-LGBTQ+ legislation that makes it difficult — and even illegal — to discuss and teach about LGBTQ+ identities and activism.

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New South Dallas tech hub at ICDC offers face-to-face help with digital connections

Michaela Rush

October 27, 2023 |

Dallas Free Press |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Dallas, Texas

At the first Connected Dallas anchor site, South Dallas residents can get access to high-speed internet, technology education from trained professionals, help applying for local and federal benefits, and more. Since opening in August 2023, the site has served 47 residents so far.

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Colorado's latest tool to fight forest fires: Mushrooms

Michael Booth

October 26, 2023 |

The Colorado Sun |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Gold Hill, Colorado

The Colorado-based mycology center Boulder Mushroom is spreading fungi mycelium — the underground, root-looking part of a mushroom — across forest floors that were thinned to mitigate wildfires. The mushrooms quicken the pace at which sawdust and other potential fire fuel decays and improve soil health.

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City gathering input on federal pandemic aid to combat homelessness

Jonny Coker

October 26, 2023 |

KRWG-PBS |

Broadcast TV News |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Las Cruces, New Mexico

Funding from the American Rescue Plan Act is being used to combat homelessness and housing insecurity by using federal dollars to provide affordable rental housing — like Desert Hope apartments — rental assistance for tenants and other supportive services for those experiencing homelessness.

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