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  • A free community library wants to reduce child street hawking and social vices in Ajegunle

    December 04, 2023 |

    Ikeja Record |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Ajegunle, Lagos

    The Transforming Lives and Communities Initiative converted an office space into a free library and resource center for local youth during the pandemic, providing them with internet access, books, games and other educational materials, including a Reading Clinic to teach local youth how to read. The Initiative continued and expanded from what started as a small venture with less than 10 participants, to over 1,000 registered users.

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  • Inside the fight to add gender-affirming care to university health insurance plans

    November 30, 2023 |

    Xtra |

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    Response Location: Canada, British Columbia

    Insurance provider GreenShield, in collaboration with university insurance broker Studentcare, provides lifetime coverage of up to $10,000 for gender-affirming care procedures not covered by provincial health insurance. This insurance benefit provides care to more than 200,000 university students across 20 participating schools in the country.

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  • The Beacon Prison Books Project Provides Free Books to Those Behind Bars

    November 29, 2023 |

    The River |

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    Response Location: United States, Beacon, New York

    The Beacon Prison Books Project provides free books to incarcerated people through a group of volunteers who take book requests, order the books and then display them in participating bookstores for patrons to purchase as sponsored gifts for those in prison. The program has expanded to several bookstores in the state and has sent over 3,000 books to incarcerated people since February 2020.

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  • LeadSafe Detroit helps protect kids from lead poisoning

    November 29, 2023 |

    Planet Detroit |

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    Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

    The Detroit LeadSafe Housing program targets households in zip codes with high numbers of homes built prior to 1978, before Congress banned lead paint in residential settings. The program has renovated 112 units since forming in 2016 and has since branched out to collaborate with Urban Neighborhood Initiatives to eliminate language barriers by reaching those in majority-Latino neighborhoods.

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  • With law enforcement sparse, Alaska villages build network of safety for survivors

    November 29, 2023 |

    Alaska Beacon |

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    Response Location: United States, Emmonak, Alaska

    Amidst a lack of law enforcement in remote areas, the Emmonak Women’s Shelter has begun training people in small villages to become victim resource advocates to connect those who have experienced domestic violence or sexual assault with shelter and care.

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  • Not your grandma's granny flat: How San Diego hacked state housing law to build ADU 'apartment buildings'

    November 28, 2023 |

    CalMatters |

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    Response Location: United States, San Diego, California

    The City’s ADU bonus program offers landlords a one-for-one deal if they agree to construct an accessory dwelling unit (ADU) that is affordable, specifically for those under certain income requirements, then they are automatically permitted to build a second “bonus” unit on the property and set the rent at whatever price they’d like. This law has created an influx of affordable housing, as landlords are permitted to have up to five units on one property.

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  • NaloxBoxes: An answer to preventing drug overdose deaths

    November 16, 2023 |

    Knox Pages |

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    Response Location: United States, Mount Vernon, Ohio

    Two municipal court probation officers in Mount Vernon, Ohio, are leading an effort to install free-to-use NaloxBoxes across the county to help prevent overdose deaths. The boxes are installed in areas that are accessible 24/7 and contain helpful resources and naloxone, a medication that reverses the effects of opioid overdoses.

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  • The case for collective disaster preparedness

    November 16, 2023 |

    Hothouse 2.0 |

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    Response Location: United States

    Neighbors around the country are forming grassroots community groups to prepare for, and respond to, extreme weather and disasters. These groups organize aid and supplies, participate in reconstruction, and help others find shelter amidst the storms.

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  • How San Francisco is addressing the challenge of Trans homelessness

    November 12, 2023 |

    QNotes Carolinas |

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    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    Several community organizations and municipalities like the Office of Transgender Initiatives (OTI) have come together to decrease homelessness rates among the transgender population. OTI formed a Trans Advisory Committee which focused on budget and policy advocacy based on input from the transgender community to address homelessness and partnered with efforts like the Transgender District. All in all, these combined efforts have decreased transgender homelessness by 15% since 2019.

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  • South Dallas leaders help make GoLink successful, will DART make it permanent?

    November 09, 2023 |

    Dallas Free Press |

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    Response Location: United States, Dallas, Texas

    South Dallas’s GoLink pilot program allows residents to book door-to-door transportation within a designated zone at much lower rates than traditional rideshare programs like Uber. The neighborhood now has the third-highest ridership in the metro area and sees roughly 220 riders per day.

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