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  • Sweden's surprising rule for time off

    August 07, 2019 |

    BBC |

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    Response Location: Sweden, Stockholm

    In Sweden, employees are allotted up to 6 months in an unpaid leave of absence for the purpose of entrepreneurship. Because of the reported decrease in fear of job loss or financial insecurity, this law has said to increase the potential for entrepreneurs around the country to succeed, as it encourages risk-taking with a built-in safety net.

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  • Bringing Together Young And Old To Ease The Isolation Of Rural Life

    August 07, 2019 |

    NPR |

    Multi-Media |

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    Response Location: United States, McGregor, Minnesota

    Due to urban migration from rural areas, communities in less populated regions around the country are experiencing increased loneliness and lack of social connection; a health organization in Minnesota is building personal relationships to between youth and elders to combat that loneliness. Through intergenerational trust building and social activities, rural residents in 18 Minnesota towns combat isolation, depression and anxiety.

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  • Garden Project starts weekly fresh produce distribution

    August 07, 2019 |

    Durango Herald |

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    Response Location: United States, Colorado

    Thanks to a two-year grant from Colorado’s Health Foundation, several food-centered nonprofit organizations are working to help residents of southwestern Colorado replace high-calorie, low nutrition food with seasonal vegetables. The Garden Project, the Good Food Collective, and the Manna Market deliver food boxes every week to community organizations including senior centers in La Plata and the Women’s Resource Center. Food distributions also take place in undisclosed locations for immigrants.

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  • Ann Arbor YMCA launches new programs to better engage Ypsi-area youth

    August 07, 2019 |

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    Response Location: United States, Ann Arbor, Michigan

    Troubling statistics and stories about children of color not getting the necessary physical fitness needed to be healthy is what lead the Ann Arbor YMCA to launch a new program targeted at this population of kids. "It's about keeping kids active and engaged but also about disease prevention," says Y on the Fly director Tess Jackson. "We're teaching them to stay active and eat healthy, and we instill the value of good character to help strengthen them in both a mental and physical way."

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  • Can hip hop heal trauma?

    August 06, 2019 |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    When paired with evidence-based intervention methods, hip hop therapy is gaining ground as a means of increasing the odds that the intervention will work. Although further studies are needed to prove the effectiveness of this approach on its own, social workers and clinical psychologists are implementing it on small scales throughout various practices.

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  • Volunteers Fill A Green-Space Void In The International District

    August 06, 2019 |

    KUNM |

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    Response Location: United States, Albuquerque, New Mexico

    Residents and volunteers from The Nature Conservancy, Rocky Mountain Youth Corps and Artful Life joined forces to create a "pop-up park" in a long neglected vacant lot in the International District of Southeast Albuquerque. Too many dirt lots have sat empty in Albuquerque's most diverse legislative district. The pop-up park installed is mobile: it can be made permanent with added investment or moved to another dirt lot.

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  • Youth Villages Founder Patrick Lawler On Its Origin And Impact

    August 06, 2019 |

    Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB) |

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    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Oregon

    Youth Villages, a nonprofit started in Tennessee over 30 years ago has helped improve the lives of children who face difficulties in their homes while saving money on the child welfare system. Instead of immediately removing children from their problematic homes, Youth Villages works on building relationships with the parents and providing in-home support services to both the parents and the children to ensure that they have a successful future. Additionally, the organization supports foster kids who age out of the system, and has managed to place many children back with their families securely.

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  • A Public Library of, by, and for the People

    August 06, 2019 |

    The Atlantic |

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    Response Location: United States, Brownsville, Texas

    A public library in Brownsville, Texas continues to remain relevant through its dedication to learning from failed initiatives, investing in new technology, and ensuring that the space keeps up with ever-changing town culture. Beyond housing a plethora of books, the library has invested in 3D printers for local creators, studio space for a local television channel, and a colorful computer lab for teens to utilize.

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  • In Seattle, A Move Across Town Could Be A Path Out Of Poverty

    August 05, 2019 |

    NPR |

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    Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

    Pioneering research has indicated that encouraging low-income families to move to "higher opportunity" neighborhoods improves long-term outcomes for their children. A pilot program in Seattle aims to put this to the test, providing services and support for families who have managed to land a housing choice voucher and move to what researchers have deemed high opportunity neighborhoods. Early results are promising, although questions about longer-term impacts and questions about those "left behind" in lower-opportunity neighborhoods remain.

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  • 'You bring your gun, we ask no questions': The history of gun buybacks in Kansas City and Missouri

    August 05, 2019 |

    KSHB-TV |

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    Response Location: United States, Kansas City, Missouri

    As Kansas City tries to decrease violent crime in the area, it looks to a decades-old initiative that may have worked in the past: gun buybacks. Such a response was first tried in 1994, and saw a decline in homicides the following year. While the new mayor looks to try this in the city, they face state legislation prohibiting gun buybacks and pushback from critics who say such responses don’t actually work.

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