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  • 19 Years On, Nigeria's School Feeding Program Still Falls Short

    March 20, 2024 |

    The Solutions Paper |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Enugu State

    The National Home Grown School Feeding program provides food to schoolchildren to support their health and education while simultaneously supporting local cooks and farmers. During its operation, the program reached millions of students across 3o states and led to a 20% increase in primary school enrollment.

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  • Months after devastating floods, Vermont renews efforts to aid climate-friendly rebuilds

    March 20, 2024 |

    Energy News Network |

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    Response Location: United States, Hardwick, Vermont

    After extreme flooding damaged homes, the energy efficiency utility Efficiency Vermont offered emergency flood rebates to those impacted. Recovery teams helped people plan and find funding to repair and replace energy systems and appliances with more efficient models that will help them reach their decarbonization goals. In this circumstance, exceptions were made to include rebates for high-efficiency fossil fuel systems, too.

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  • Solving chronic absenteeism is 'a people business'

    March 20, 2024 |

    Ashland Source |

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    Response Location: United States, Ashland, Ohio

    After chronic absenteeism rates spiked during the pandemic, staff and administrators in Ashland CIty Schools emphasized building strong relationships with students and their families, making it easier to intervene in cases of significant absences. School leaders say it’s part of a strategy that has helped chronic absenteeism rates drop by roughly 14 percent year over year.

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  • Nonprofits Successfully Challenge Red State Restrictions on Abortion

    March 20, 2024 |

    Governing |

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    Response Location: United States

    In response to varying abortion bans across states, nonprofit organizations are emerging to help women in states with strict abortion laws access the care they need. Nonprofits like the Center for Reproductive Rights, Northwest Abortion Access Fund and Indigenous Idaho Alliance provide women with free abortion pills, help them travel out of state for care and even challenge local courts attempting to pass strict trigger laws.

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  • Could ranked-choice voting take the poison out of politics?

    March 19, 2024 |

    WBUR |

    Radio Talk Show |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States

    After Alaska and Maine implemented ranked-choice voting, which allows citizens to rank candidates in the order of their preference, voters reported feeling more engaged in the process and noticing less extreme rhetoric among politicians running for office. Despite efforts to repeal the system on the basis that it is confusing, about 70 percent of voters ranked more than one candidate on their ballot.

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  • The Farm at Penny Lane grows hope through therapy programs

    March 19, 2024 |

    The Daily Tar Heel |

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    Response Location: United States, Chatham, North Carolina

    The Farm at Penny Lane offers a safe space for people with mental illnesses to participate in activities such as gardening, art therapy and animal-assisted therapy to supplement traditional mental health treatment. Follow-up evaluations with participants indicate they feel more peaceful and inspired after participating on the farm and building meaningful relationships with others who share their experiences.

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  • Kentucky Program Supports Inmates With Substance Use Disorder

    March 19, 2024 |

    The Daily Yonder |

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    Response Location: United States, Greenup County, Kentucky

    First Day Forward provides support and assistance to people with substance use disorders who are reentering the community after incarceration in seven rural counties. The program is driven by peer-support specialists who have lived experience to provide trusting support to those seeking assistance. The program has been shown to work as the recidivism rate for those who’ve successfully completed it has dropped to 23.5%, compared to 53.2% in a nearby county.

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  • Attendance tracking program helps combat chronic absenteeism

    March 19, 2024 |

    Ashland Source |

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    Response Location: United States, Ontario, Ohio

    A specialized software called AttendanceK12 helps school secretaries, attendance counselors, and administrators more easily track student absences so they can intervene with families sooner, even offering options to automatically send parents an email when students reach a certain threshold of missed school hours. School leaders consider the technology an important element of a strategy that has helped reduce chronic absenteeism rates.

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  • Ugandan Women Team Up To Change 'Men-Only' Real Estate And Construction Industry

    March 19, 2024 |

    Solutions Now Africa |

    Multi-Media |

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    Response Location: Uganda

    Mutindo Women aims to increase representation in the construction and real estate industries by connecting women to networking and job opportunities. Mutindo Women has built over 15 houses across the country since forming in 2019, and has even collaborated on projects with men in the field.

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  • Ratas en el paraíso

    March 19, 2024 |

    Radio Ambulante |

    Podcast |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: Ecuador, Galapagos Islands

    Conservationists are eradicating an invasive species of rat on the Galapagos Islands to protect native species, many of which are endangered, and local agriculture. To do so, they capture native species that could be harmed, then scatter rat poison around the islands by hand, drone, and helicopter.

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