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  • New Haven job training program possible model for other cities

    October 06, 2019 |

    New Haven Register |

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    Response Location: United States, New Haven, Connecticut

    New Haven Nonprofit group ConnCAT provides free job training for low-income and disadvantaged individuals to help them find a stable income. The program has created positive partnerships with businesses and entities around New Haven in the medical, coding, and culinary arts fields and offers 6-month classes as well as 40-hour externships in members' field of interest.

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  • China Is Winning Some Health-Care Battles — And Losing Others

    October 05, 2019 |

    NPR |

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    Response Location: China

    China has faced a multitude of issues when it comes to providing sufficient health care, but thanks governmental funding and an increased focus on maternal and child health, the country has seen a positive impact. Although not without room to improve in other sectors, so far, China has noted a significant decline in infectious diseases and an increase in those carrying health insurance.

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  • Poetic justice: The creative space offering new hope to Johannesburg youth

    October 04, 2019 |

    Pioneers Post |

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    Response Location: South Africa, Johannesburg

    Creative expression builds community and helps promote mental wellbeing. In Johannesburg, South Africa, 94 Colours, part of the Maker’s Valley Partnership, focuses on community wellbeing by empowering youth through its World of Words poetry sessions. With the support of a British Council DICE Collaboration Grant, the arts collective leverages partnerships and encourages resilience among its members.

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  • Free the Paramedics!

    October 04, 2019 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: United States, Fort Worth, Texas

    Community paramedicine programs have been in existence for years but are just recently gaining popularity as a means of letting paramedics act less like crisis managers and more like health counselors. Initially designed to "decrease emergency department utilization, save health care dollars and improve patient outcomes," the program flags frequent 911 callers and prompts a conversation between the paramedic and patient about joining the mobile healthcare program.

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  • How Penn State Is Cutting Greenhouse Emissions In Half — And Saving Money

    October 04, 2019 |

    NPR |

    Multi-Media |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, State College, Pennsylvania

    Enrolling administrators and financial planners in sustainable projects takes proving that investments pay for themselves. With the help of pressure from students and faculty, Penn State Universities administrators have adopted a long-term strategy to reduce the university’s carbon footprint and implement sustainable practices. Students produced the data that illuminated the university’s unsustainable practices; the numbers now show that their efforts are paying off.

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  • California Just Legalized Public Banks. Will the Rest of the Nation Follow Suit?

    October 04, 2019 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, California

    In California, Governor Newsom recently signed into law a regulatory framework for public banking in the state. Public banking, a concept not without its detractors, has been established successfully in North Dakota and California hopes to follow suit to tamp down on frustrations that big banking institutions put profits over social good. Supporters of public banks see them as a tool to create positive community change and support historically marginalized groups.

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  • 'Talk With Me Baby': Alabama launches initiative to decrease language deficit among young children

    October 04, 2019 |

    The Montgomery Advertiser |

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    Response Location: United States, Birmingham, Alabama

    Kids in high-income families hear about 2,000 words every hour, whereas kids in low-income families hear about 600 in the same amount of time. Alabama is rolling out a program to close the language acquisition gap for students under the age of 4.

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  • After Hurricane Dorian, The 'Wikipedia Of Maps' Came To The Rescue

    October 03, 2019 |

    NPR |

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    Response Location: United States

    Humanitarian, crowdsourced street mapping has become a crucial part of disaster relief efforts. Initiatives like Missing Maps and OpenStreetMaps call on volunteer cartographers – professional or not – to fill in maps and data gaps so that emergency humanitarian efforts can help as many people as possible. Such platforms became necessary after Hurricane Dorian struck the Bahamas in September 2019, with over 100 people coming through to map previously unidentified roads and buildings.

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  • These LA Doctors Do House Calls At Homeless Encampments

    October 03, 2019 |

    LAist |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    Los Angeles and other California cities are expanding their "street care" efforts by sending medical professionals into homeless encampments to include houseless individuals in the state health care system. Doctors supply much-needed medications and physicals to help reduce the number of people in and out of emergency care.

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  • From Weed to Cash: Researchers Genetically Engineer Pennycress

    October 03, 2019 |

    WGLT |

    Radio |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Illinois

    A gene editing practice called CRISPR is transforming a penny-shaped weed known as pennycress into a cover crop. This practice offers farmers a source of revenue in their off season and provides habitats for insects, as well as improved soil health.

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