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  • Catholic Community Services, Pulse for Good aim to improve experience for homeless clients

    January 03, 2020 |

    The Salt Lake Tribune |

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    Response Location: United States, Salt Lake City, Utah

    In Utah, Catholic Community Services uses an online survey platform called Pulse for Good to learn what members of vulnerable communities actually want and need. After generating input from the local homeless population, Catholic Community Services was able to tailor their support to items the population said that they needed, such as bus tokens, wipes to clean up coffee, and new shower faucet handles in the restrooms.

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  • In Appalachia, Crafting a Road to Recovery With Dulcimer Strings

    January 03, 2020 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Hindman, Kentucky

    To help those struggling with opioid addictions, an apprentice program in Kentucky uses art and music taught by local artisans to provide participants with a path forward. After learning various skills as part of the program, a local instrument company also considers the new apprentices for hire as part of a “recovery-friendly” employment movement.

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  • Meet the father-son duo out to combat homelessness with empathy and connection

    January 02, 2020 |

    The Salt Lake Tribune |

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    Response Location: United States, Salt Lake City, Utah

    In Salt Lake City, Utah, a father-son duo started Project Empathy, which gives people experiencing homelessness a space to tell their stories and build community. Over meals, the father and son team build connections with people in the homeless community, and these connections often lead to other forms of help, such as transportation to housing and Social Security applications.

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  • Cities Struggle to Boost Ridership With ‘Uber for Transit' Schemes

    January 02, 2020 |

    Wired |

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    Response Location: China, Shanghai

    Data-driven transport can improve access and efficiency if properly implemented. In Shanghai, China, users benefit from customized bus routes designed by artificial intelligence software. Other countries, however, have discontinued pilots of programs similar to the one implemented in China. Elsewhere, in Innisfil, Ontario, a different kind of program helps to fill the gap in public transport--namely, subsidized Uber rides.

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  • Telework program is ‘game changer' for women in rural parts of Utah

    January 02, 2020 |

    The Salt Lake Tribune |

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    Response Location: United States, Logan, Utah

    Training rural residents to work from home eases the struggle with unemployment. Utah’s Rural Online Initiative program provides rural residents with an online work certificate and training in online tools such as video-conferencing software. The one-month course is run by the Utah State University Extension and funded by Utah’s state legislature.

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  • Exiled journalists in Germany find 'hope' with a magazine that speaks their language

    January 02, 2020 |

    Public Radio International (PRI) |

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    Response Location: Germany, Berlin

    One newsroom in Berlin is giving exiled journalists a chance to not only continue practicing journalism but to do so in their native language. With so many journalists forced to start careers anew, Alma Magazine is tapping into the rich skill set of many refugees who have arrived in Berlin over the past few years to cover their own communities.

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  • Papua New Guinea's Meri Seif Bus Program Provides Safe Transport to Women and Girls

    January 01, 2020 |

    Stanford Social Innovation Review |

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    Response Location: Papua New Guinea, Port Moresby

    A public transportation system just for women has been developed in New Guinea in response to the extreme harassment that women face. Launched in 2014, the program called "Meri Seif (“Woman Safe”) now serves 170,000 female riders annually and has more than 10 buses. The program is still growing, as more buses get donated, but women already praise the program for increasing their sense of safety.

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  • Baltimore crime crisis: How about trying something that worked before?

    January 01, 2020 |

    The Baltimore Sun |

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    Response Location: United States, Baltimore, Maryland

    When Baltimore put the necessary resources behind a “call-in” program that intervenes with people likely to commit gun violence, from 2006 to 2012, homicides dropped by 30% and shootings by 40%. The program, which no longer is used in the city consistently enough or with sufficient resources, summons people on probation or parole for gun crimes. A panel of law enforcement, social workers, and community members pairs the threat of federal prosecution and imprisonment with social services to help people build a new life. This approach has been shown in many cities to be effective at reducing violence.

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  • Drone on the range: Farmers take to the skies to save water and money

    December 31, 2019 |

    Cronkite News - Arizona PBS |

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    Response Location: United States, Maricopa, Arizona

    In Arizona, the use of drones as farming technology is gaining traction. While still in the early stages, drones have shown to help with field mapping and data collection on things like crop conditions, water quality, and infestations. In an area that has been experiencing a 2-decade drought, these drones are able to help identify more precisely the water needed for soil.

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  • Marketing Psychiatric Drugs to Jailers and Judges

    December 31, 2019 |

    The Atlantic |

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    Response Location: United States, Washington

    Drug companies that market long-lasting psychiatric drugs have found new clientele in courtrooms and prisons, as a means to treat mental health issues for those that have been incarcerated. Although the practice of targeting judges and prison officials is controversial, several jails have attested that having free samples of the drugs has led to positive outcomes such as reducing barriers for inmates to receive medication and decreasing the likelihood of reoffending.

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