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  • Looking for Housing or Affordable Healthcare? Your Local Library Is Here to Help

    July 27, 2018 |

    NationSwell |

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    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    Public libraries are hubs of information and increasingly of social support services. San Francisco Public Library was one of the first in the country to break out of the stacks to respond to local needs. Social worker Leah Esguerra has spent a decade there assisting homeless patrons. She says a public library is “a community living room where everyone is welcome.”

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  • Standing Rock Medic Bus Is Now a Traveling Decolonized Pharmacy

    July 27, 2018 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Frank's Landing, Washington

    Indigenous-led herbalists accompanied a two-week-long canoe gathering along the coast of Washington and Canada. They aimed to decolonize herbalism and support sustainable plant medicine and helped canoe gathering participants find “a deeper healing.” The group rode in a bus that previously served as a kitchen and treatment center during the Standing Rock movement.

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  • Why don't Seattle renters know their rights?

    July 27, 2018 |

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    Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

    While Seattle’s City Council has taken steps to protect renters from rising costs and exploitative landlords, many tenants do not understand their rights. In order to address this disconnect, advocacy groups have organized “tenant rights boot camps” to educate renters about their rights and avenues of recourse under the law.

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  • Now Hiring: A Company Offers Drug Treatment And A Job To Addicted Applicants

    July 27, 2018 |

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    Response Location: United States, Richmond, Indiana

    Strapped for labor, a rural company decided that they wouldn't fire employees who failed drugs tests—they'd help them get better. Instead of punishing addicted employees, the Belden Electric Wire Factory pays for them to get treatment. Applicants who fail the drug test are promised a job if they complete treatment as well. Workers support each other on the job another's a sense of motivation for a better future.

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  • In Palawan, reproductive health remains a top concern

    July 27, 2018 |

    CNN |

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    Response Location: Philippines

    Roots of Change provides reproductive health education to young people in the Philippines. Despite resistance from the conservative government, they’re working to educate young people about sex to cur down on high maternal mortality and teen pregnancy. They train residents in rural areas, so that people outside of big cities have access to correct information about their bodies.

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  • Tiny home village for homeless thriving in Denver's RiNo district

    July 27, 2018 |

    The Denver Post |

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    Response Location: United States, Denver, Colorado

    In Denver, the Beloved Community Village has been a model for a new effort in the city to use villages of tiny homes as a way to provide housing for those who would otherwise be homeless. After the community's first year of existence, the resident-governed village has proven to be an idea worth scaling.

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  • Prison hurts women more than men — so England is trying a new approach

    July 27, 2018 |

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    Response Location: United Kingdom

    In the United Kingdom, all 12 women's prisons have implemented a program to “treat trauma through the lens of gender” in an effort to address the root causes that drive women into prison. It's based on work by the Center for Gender and Justice in California and focuses on training staff to understand trauma, as well as helping inmates heal from trauma. Initial results are promising, but there are serious challenges to implementing this strategy on a systemic basis.

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  • Indiana's free pre-K: Adored by parents, beset with growing pains

    July 26, 2018 |

    The Hechinger Report |

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    Response Location: United States, Indianapolis, Indiana

    Since 2014, low-income parents who enroll their children in Indiana's state grant program, On My Way Pre-K, have watched their students gain important literacy skills and self-confidence. However, only four percent of the state's qualifying four year olds currently participate in the initiative. Teachers are now brainstorming strategies to eliminate barriers to parents applying for the funding.

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  • These Dogs Are Giving Inmates a Paws-itive Path Forward

    July 26, 2018 |

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    Response Location: United States, Bedford Hills, New York

    Training inmates to raise service dogs can benefit everyone involved. Inmates gain skills and a sense of purpose, and the dogs go on to help wounded veterans and first responders. “I’ve been here for years,” says a security guard at Bedford Hills Correctional Facility where Puppies Behind Bars started. “And let me tell you, this is like no other program. It really works.”

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  • Can 'Work Colleges' in Cities Become a Low-Cost, High-Value Model for the Future?

    July 26, 2018 |

    Pacific Standard |

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    Response Location: United States, Dallas, Texas

    Dallas' Paul Quinn College is changing the dated perception of work colleges. At the first urban and historically black work college, students are graded on both academic and workforce performance. In the next few years, Paul Quinn hopes to expand its model into a national network of schools, with the goal of introducing students to corporate connections and offering an alternative to overwhelming student debt.

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