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  • Expanded preschool-lite programs inspiring optimism at Billings' South Side schools

    August 19, 2019 |

    Missoulian |

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    Response Location: United States, Billings, Montana

    A six-week, half-day kindergarten jumpstart program in Billings, Montana is helping students to get acclimated to the classroom before formally entering school. While the "preschool-lite" offerings are not meant as a stand-in for a comprehensive preschool experience, they are a step towards closing the achievement gap, local officials and school administrators say.

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  • How Philly convinced business leaders to be part of the homelessness solution

    August 19, 2019 |

    Billy Penn |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Seeking a solution to crowded sidewalks outside their storefronts and places of business, corporations have teamed up with the city of Philadelphia to help those facing homelessness. Programs such as Hub of Hope and the Mural Arts project provide people with free showers, laundry services, case management services, and a day of work and wages. Food pantries have also been set up, serving thousands of people and the Ambassadors of Hope team has helped 130 people into permanent housing. Homelessness is still a persistent problem in Philadelphia but the business community has helped alleviate it.

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  • Battling climate change, female farmers in Bangladesh find new ways to farm

    August 19, 2019 |

    Earth Journalism Network |

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    Response Location: Bangladesh

    Facing sea-level rise and other climate threats, a group of women working in agriculture in Bangladesh are adapting their practices and focus and sharing their tips for success with other women.

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  • ‘Our youngest we lost was nine.' Austin ISD police home in on mental health

    August 18, 2019 |

    KXAN-TV |

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    Response Location: United States, Austin, Texas

    The Austin school district credits its crisis intervention police officers, trained in deescalation in mental health emergencies, with contributing to a level of care that defused a student-suicide crisis. Six students ended their lives in the 2017-18 school year, while none did the following year. Teaming up with counselors, the police deal both with parents and students in seeking better mental health care for them rather than turning crises into arrests and punishment. On the dozens of campuses where such care has been emphasized, even test scores are up.

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  • Texas Tech telemedicine improves teens' mental health in 24 school districts

    August 18, 2019 |

    KXAN-TV |

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    Response Location: United States, Ralls, Texas

    In several small rural towns in Texas, mental health professionals from Texas Tech are offering telemedicine counseling to make up for a lack of counselors available in local middle and high schools. The Governor's office has now asked the successful school districts to develop a training program for teachers in other Texas districts in order to scale the model.

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  • Video Helps Domestic Violence Victims — When Courts Have It

    August 18, 2019 |

    Law360 |

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    Response Location: United States

    In parts of five states and the District of Columbia, domestic violence victims can avoid the trauma and logistical hassles of seeking a restraining order in court by petitioning for court protection via video. Certain counties in Oklahoma, Oregon, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, and D.C. allow victims to get help without facing their abusers in court. But a host of barriers have slowed the rollout of such services: limited court budgets, technical security concerns, lack of training, and poor internet connections in rural areas that could be helped by not requiring travel to courthouses.

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  • This country gave all its rivers their own legal rights

    August 18, 2019 |

    Vox |

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    Response Location: Bangladesh

    As countries look to new ways to best conserve rivers, several are testing out a methodology of giving human rights to the bodies of water. Although not without challenges, this solution offers a way for those harming rivers to be held accountable to any damage they caused, same as if they were harming another human being.

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  • Austin parents create safe options for families in a dangerous digital landscape

    August 18, 2019 |

    KXAN-TV |

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    Response Location: United States, Austin, Texas

    Concerned about their children's mental health as a result of excessive and unmonitored screen time, several parents in Austin are taking district-wide pacts to not buy their children smartphones before a certain grade and offering alternate activities or more controlled gaming environments.

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  • Round Rock ISD trains bus drivers to look for suicidal students

    August 18, 2019 |

    KXAN-TV |

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    Response Location: United States, Round Rock, Texas

    In one Texas school district, bus drivers are trained to watch out for signs of distress and depression in students and report any irregular behavior to the school.

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  • School suicide screening program in Ohio leading to fewer deaths

    August 18, 2019 |

    KXAN-TV |

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    Response Location: United States, Ohio

    As part of a suicide prevention program in North Central Ohio, middle and high school students take a screening test to assess their mental state and determine if intervention by the school is necessary. Coupled with a hotline and classroom visits, the HelpLine is working to teach community members that it is okay to ask for help.

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