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  • Meet Tennessee's first-ever Girl Scout troop for homeless girls

    December 24, 2017 |

    The Tennessean |

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    Response Location: United States, Nashville, Tennessee

    For families who find themselves in transitional housing, interruptions can be especially difficult for children who have to move around and miss much-needed stability. In Nashville, the first Girl Scout troop for homeless girls is working to change that, providing stability and friendship.

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  • Arkansas Spurns Warehousing of Floundering Students

    December 22, 2017 |

    ProPublica |

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    Response Location: United States, Bentonville, Arkansas

    The state of Arkansas cares deeply about the wellbeing of its students, as evidenced by its flourishing system of alternative schools that provide extra counseling in academics, social and mental support, and research-backed techniques that reduce bad behavior, poor grades, and absenteeism. The schools even work to dismantle the taboo around alternative schools, presenting them as an intervention rather than a punishment. The introduction of these schools correlates with a decline in Arkansas' overall dropout rate from 2002 to 2012, and nearly 10% of its graduates have spent time in alternative education.

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  • Carbondale Cops Learn Spanish in Compliance with Town Resolution

    December 22, 2017 |

    KDNK Community Radio |

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    Response Location: United States, Carbondale, Colorado

    To mitigate against growing concerns about the disconnect between Carbondale, Colorado police officers and community members, a local high school proposed a plan: have the cops learn Spanish. Not only has this impacted the police departments outreach, but it has also improved community and police trust.

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  • The Turtle Liberation in El Salvador

    December 22, 2017 |

    Pacific Standard |

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    Response Location: El Salvador, Isla Montecristo

    In a setting constantly threatened by natural disaster, El Salvador communities are showing that small grassroots movements can have a big impact on the health of the environment. On this particular occasion, as part of the nonprofit known as the Mangrove Association, sea turtles are directly benefiting from a reforestation and protection effort executed by the local communities.

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  • Ohio Is At the Center of a National Debate Over Drawing Political Lines

    December 22, 2017 |

    WKSU |

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    Response Location: United States

    Gerrymandered Congressional districts, drawn using evermore individualized voter data, are set up to tip elections across the United States. Lawmakers and voting advocates are pushing back and creating new methods of making the maps. From independent commissions to constitutional amendments, here’s what’s happening in California, Colorado, Iowa, Ohio, Michigan, Missouri, Oregon, South Dakota and Utah.

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  • What Chicago is learning from Cuba when it comes to fighting infant mortality

    December 22, 2017 |

    Public Radio International (PRI) |

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    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    Income inequality and limited access to healthcare contribute to high rates of infant mortality in the Englewood neighborhood in Chicago. The University of Illinois has partnered with the Cuban Ministry of Public Health to model Cuba's approach to combating infant mortality; one that has been successful in bringing down the rate of infant mortality in Cuba to lower than the U.S. national average. The team makes home visits to women of childbearing age in Englewood to ask them screening questions for a $50 stipend to try to get to the root of the infant mortality problem.

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  • In Harvey's wake, Dutch have much to teach Houston

    December 22, 2017 |

    Houston Chronicle |

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    Response Location: Netherlands

    Moving away from brute force and impermeable dams, projects that focus on spatial planning and long-term investment in dynamic infrastructure projects prove more resilient to flooding and natural disasters. In the Netherlands, the Room for the River project is one part of the country’s comprehensive approach toward protecting its citizens from the threat of floods. Instead of relying on private flood insurance, citizens in the Netherland’s pay higher taxes, which help to fund water management projects.

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  • Companies Realize Benefits Of Pitching In For Child Care

    December 21, 2017 |

    WABE |

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    Response Location: United States, Atlanta, Georgia

    For many parents childcare can be very expensive, however, recently employers have started helping employees overcome this barrier. Little Apron Academy is a childcare center that Home Depot is partnered with and allows their employees to have an onsite care center that is also more affordable.

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  • Restarting Your Career After Caring for Family

    December 21, 2017 |

    Work and Money |

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    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    For people who have taken significant time off from their careers to care for their family, jumping into the work world is full of challenges. Reboot Accel is a Silicon Valley-based bootcamp for women looking to re-enter the workforce. So far, the program has helped 750 women jumpstart the next phase of their careers, and there are now bootcamps happening all over the country to help women develop and market their skills.

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  • Meet The Disruptors: The One Health Company

    December 21, 2017 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    During his tenure in veterinary school at University of Pennsylvania, then-vet student Benjamin Lewis saw a disconnect between animal testing and the animals being tested on. In an attempt to revolutionize this practice, he and his wife and business partner Christina Lopes launched The One Health Company – a new breed of testing facility that aims to bring together sick pets and the new drug that could save them and humans with similar ailments.

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