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This senior center is helping Mexico's ‘invisible' LGBTQ seniors

Steven Grattan

December 02, 2019 |

Public Radio International (PRI) |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Mexico, Mexico City

Vida Alegre, Spanish for "Happy Life," is a nonprofit in Mexico City that was founded by Samantha Flores, a transgender woman in her eighties. It's primary purpose is to serve as a source of community for transgender and LGBTQ senior citizens, many of whom have no other social contact. The center is an "oasis" that relieve many mental health issues for LGBTQ seniors that stem from lonliness, but the founder's next project is to create a residential home where "LGBTQ seniors can live together and have access to medical treatment and counseling."

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Affordable housing is disappearing. So cities are designating parking lots to sleep in.

Matthew Zeitlin

October 11, 2019 |

Vox |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Santa Barbara, California

Cities like Santa Barbara are creating "Safe Parking Programs" that designate certain parking lots as safe and legal for residents living in their cars to park at night. An organized intake procedure on-site attempts to connect these homeless residents with relevant resources.

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Inside San Francisco's First-of-Its-Kind Shelter for Transgender Youth

Michelle Wiley

May 28, 2019 |

KQED |

Radio |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

The first ever shelter for transgender youth has opened in San Francisco. The space, run by Larkin Street Youth Services, has 6 beds for previously homeless trans youth aged 18-24. In addition to providing services tailored to their experience and building a safe gender non-conforming community, Larkin Street requires that residents have 30 hours of productivity a week and reserves 30% of their income for a savings account to help their transition to independence.

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Moms find redemption and reunification at the Willows

Shawne K. Wickham

May 11, 2019 |

New Hampshire Union Leader |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Manchester, New Hampshire

Manchester, New Hampshire is seeing early success with a new program that helps keep mothers battling addiction in contact with their children. Based on the premise that keeping parents connected with their child during their addiction recovery will result in more successful recoveries, the program provides the supports for overnight visits and consistent contact.

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As ICE Releases Hundreds of Asylum-Seekers at a Time, Phoenix Churches Step in

Alisa Reznick

April 19, 2019 |

Bitterroot |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Phoenix, Arizona

A series of churches in Phoenix, Arizona are stepping up to help migrant families released by ICE by providing them up with a place to stay temporarily, medical care, donated supplies, and the beginnings of a plan to find a place to stay. So far volunteers have estimated that they have helped over 60,000 migrants with no end in sight.

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This Castle in the Desert Provides Respite to Asylum-Seekers

Rose Lambert-Sluder

April 05, 2019 |

Yes! Magazine |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Tucson, Arizona

In Tucson, Arizona, a former Benedictine monastery is providing temporary shelter to asylum seekers. The space was temporarily donated to Casa Alitas, a nonprofit, following a sharp increase in asylum-seeker in the past year. The nonprofit provides the individuals and families staying there with shelter, food, clothing, and any other care they may need while they prepare for the next part of their trip.

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Colleges start looking for ways to house and feed their students who are homeless

Charlotte West

March 18, 2019 |

The Hechinger Report |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States

Thirty-six percent of university and 46 percent of community college students in the United States are housing insecure. From providing monthly rent subsidies to allowing students living in their cars to park on campus to matching community college students with empty dorm rooms at nearby schools, colleges across the country are working with nonprofits and housing authorities to develop creative solutions.

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Cordillera resort to reopen as tony drug-treatment facility for “seriously underserved population” — the wealthy

Jason Blevins

February 22, 2019 |

The Colorado Sun |

Multi-Media |

1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Edwards, Colorado

An upscale rehabilitation center is coming to Eagle County in Colorado, after similar models have seen success throughout California. Although many residents have opposed the development, developers hope that this addiction-treatment facility will help decrease the stigma for those in the community who need to seek help.

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A new solution to the student housing crisis: retiree roommates?

Felicia Mello

February 06, 2019 |

CalMatters |

Radio |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Berkeley, California

In a hot housing market like Berkeley, CA, it can be hard for students to find affordable apartments. At the same time, spare rooms often sit unoccupied in the nearby homes of retired UC Berkeley faculty and affiliates. As one possible solution, a pilot program is testing out intergenerational living, pairing students with retirees who are willing to open up their homes at a discounted rate.

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Rent-a-sister: Coaxing Japan's young men out of their rooms

Amelia Martyn-Hemphill

January 18, 2019 |

BBC |

Video |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: Japan, Tokyo

In Japan, an organization called New Start employs women that help men who are withdrawn from society. These men, called hikikomori, are often experiencing mental health issues, and cannot leave their homes. That’s where New Start’s rent-a-sister program comes in. These women spend months, sometimes years, with these men, building trust, giving advice, and adjust to society. The organization also provide halfway houses for these men, with 80% successfully re-entering society as independent individuals.

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