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  • What life in the blue bus says about the challenge to help the homeless

    March 29, 2023 |

    Deseret News |

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    Response Location: United States, Salt Lake City, Utah

    The Nomad Alliance bus is a warming center on wheels that provides people experiencing homelessness a safe place to stay. The bus accepts anyone who needs help, so long as they help keep the bus clean, and can take in about 20 people at a time.

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  • Program providing roadmap to better mental health for Three Rivers students

    March 29, 2023 |

    Watershed Voice |

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    Response Location: United States, Three Rivers, Michigan

    Transforming Research into Action to Improve the Lives of Students (TRAILS) provides a group environment for students experiencing mental health issues to discuss their feelings and find a sense of community among their peers facing similar concerns. This school-based program makes care more accessible for students as it brings it directly to the classroom for free. Since beginning in 2013, TRAILS has been implemented in 700 schools throughout the state.

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  • How Lagos youth friendly initiative is improving lives of young Nigerians

    March 28, 2023 |

    The Guardian Nigeria News |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Lagos

    The Hello Lagos! youth center provides a safe space for youth, particularly those experiencing teenage pregnancies, issues around sexual reproductive health, substance abuse and anything else that gets in the way of youth having a healthy lifestyle. One of the Center’s program, the young moms clinic, has led to a 20% decrease in teen pregnancy and 15% of those in the program have returned to school.

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  • Wyoming teachers are leaving. The reasons why may be about more than money.

    March 28, 2023 |

    Casper Star-Tribune |

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    Response Location: United States, Monte Vista, Colorado

    Teachers are leaving the profession at high rates in the United States, citing a lack of support, stress, and low pay. Therefore, increasing support from administrators and focusing on teachers’ overall well-being might increase their likelihood of continuing to teach.

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  • From ukuleles to reforestation: Regrowing a tropical forest in Hawai‘i

    March 28, 2023 |

    Mongabay |

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    Response Location: United States, Hawaii

    Saving Hawai‘i’s Forests plants koa trees and other native plants to reforest plots of land degraded by grazing livestock. As a result, the group has noticed the return of native wildlife to the plot, many of which are endangered or threatened species.

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  • Baltimore's new anti-violence strategy targets drug gangs

    March 28, 2023 |

    Associated Press |

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    Response Location: United States, Baltimore, Maryland

    Homicide and shooting rates are declining in Baltimore. Officials credit the city's Group Violence Reduction Strategy that, when possible, offers services and support to those participating in violent crime instead of law-enforcement action.

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  • Mental health program keeping people arrested out of jail, hospitals

    March 28, 2023 |

    WKMG-TV |

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    Response Location: United States, Florida

    In Duval County, Florida, mental health and legal professionals work together to run the Leaders of the Mental Health Offenders Program. They help repeat misdemeanor offenders get mental health and drug treatment instead of jail time.

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  • Can Guaranteed Income Improve The Health Of Pregnant People And Children?

    March 27, 2023 |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    Los Angeles’s city-run guaranteed income program provided 3,200 low-income participants with no-strings-attached payments of $1,000 a month to address economic inequity and the multigenerational cycle of poverty.

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  • How Osun NGO is Driving Digital Literacy Among Female Students

    March 27, 2023 |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Osogbo, Osun

    The Osun Girls Can Code program provides young women with a week of hands-on training in website development, app development, and coding to help bridge the access gap to technology-related jobs in Nigeria.

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  • Tiny Bus, Big Opportunities for Immigrant Kids

    March 27, 2023 |

    EdSurge News |

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    Response Location: United States, Roaring Fork Valley, Colorado

    El Busesito, which means “the little bus” in English, operates four retrofitted buses that provide bilingual preschool education on wheels for Latino immigrant families in five neighborhoods. The free early childhood education has improved developmental progress and school readiness for the nearly 100 children it serves. Valley Settlement, the nonprofit that runs El Busesito, also offers family engagement programs for the communities.

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