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  • How Much Plastic Can You Eliminate From Your Life? Does It Make An Impact?

    September 16, 2019 |

    Colorado Public Radio |

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    Response Location: United States, Denver, Colorado

    At both the individual and corporate levels, action is being taken to eliminate the use of plastics. While many people have turned their attention to decreasing their own use of single-use plastics, many say that’s not enough. Instead, corporations bear the responsibility in creating and managing large-scale systems that eliminate the high use of non-reusable plastics.

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  • This new program lets people text to access government food aid

    September 16, 2019 |

    FastCompany |

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    Response Location: United States, Anchorage, Alaska

    Simplifying the enrollment process makes the federal supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP) more accessible to those who qualify. In Anchorage, Alaska, a grant from Bloomberg Philanthropies funded a pilot program to help residents enroll in SNAP via text message. Instead of a complicated process, residents can simply text to receive information and begin their enrollment process.

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  • Access to medical care is difficult for the rural uninsured. This clinic comes to them.

    September 16, 2019 |

    Chattanooga Times Free Press |

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    Response Location: United States, Knoxville, Tennessee

    The St. Mary’s Legacy Clinic is a mobile health clinic bringing care to uninsured, rural residents in Tennessee. The initiative has reached nearly 250 people since it started, providing care to six different towns once per month. With the costs of health care without insurance being enough to turn people away from seeking it, this clinic provides medical evaluations, medicine, and lab work – all with the hope of rebuilding trust between communities and the healthcare system.

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  • Tragedy fuels Lexington family's fight to prevent suicides in Richland County

    September 16, 2019 |

    Richland Source |

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    Response Location: United States, Mansfield, Ohio

    In rural counties, it's not always easy to seek mental health treatment. To address this, several different resources have been built over the years in Richmond County, Ohio from call or text hotlines to educational campaigns specifically targeting school-aged children.

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  • Life-saving surgery but not by a doctor

    September 16, 2019 |

    BBC |

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    Response Location: Ethiopia

    In Ethiopia, emergency surgical officers are helping to provide surgical care such as Cesarean sections, that is typically performed by surgeons. Although these health-care providers do not have the full training of surgeons, they have shown comparable success rates and played a significant role in reducing the rate of childbirth deaths.

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  • Two Rural Counties Take Diverting Paths to Jail Reform

    September 16, 2019 |

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    Response Location: United States, Alamosa, Colorado

    Two southern Colorado counties responded differently when drug abuse, poverty, and mental illness contributed to overcrowding in their old, decrepit jails. Pueblo County's sheriff has gone to voters three times seeking approval of a near-doubling of his jail's capacity. Alamosa County's sheriff did the same, and succeeded in a renovation that nearly doubled capacity. But those extra cells turned out to be unnecessary because that county's criminal justice and community agencies collaborated on jail alternatives, significantly reducing how many people get jailed.

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  • New York providers credit ‘aftercare' for helping youths transition home

    September 16, 2019 |

    Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    New York has taken great strides in reforming their juvenile justice system, and key to that has been ensuring that those in the system receive ongoing support once they return to their communities. Organizations like Arches work with probation officers to provide young people with therapy and mentors – whose lives have been similar to their mentees – in order to provide the needed support and guidance. Such programs have shown lowered recidivism rates and have garnered the attention of officials in Milwaukee who are seeking to makeover their system.

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  • Virginia solar volunteers bring relief from heat, and energy costs, to horse farm

    September 16, 2019 |

    Energy News Network |

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    Response Location: United States, Yogaville, Virginia

    Horse stables in Yogaville – a spiritual center in Virginia – were overheating in the summer months but have found relief through the implementation of solar panels. By installing the panels on the roof of the stables, enough electricity is generated to keep two fans circulating air continuously.

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  • What if I were homeless? An immersion course in empathy in San Francisco's Tenderloin

    September 14, 2019 |

    Los Angeles Times |

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    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    An immersion course run by San Francisco's Glide Memorial Church aims to build empathy around the social problem of homelessness. The course has been given to many in the police force, who got a jolt from the immersion, and began to think more generously and creatively about the problem. Prosectors, investigators, and victim advocates also often take part.

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  • Bright spot: High schools that offer free mental health care

    September 14, 2019 |

    Oregon Live |

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    Response Location: United States, Oregon

    In Oregon's Multnomah County, high schools provide school-based mental health care centers, which include access to an overall health assessment, a mental health counselor, and a behavioral health specialist at no out-of-pocket cost. One benefit of this program is that students who are visiting the center for a physical reason – such as headaches – have the opportunity to have potential underlying conditions that are related to mental health recognized.

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