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School-based clinic offers convenient mental-health care for Battle Creek Central students

Nicole Morehouse

April 10, 2023 |

Second Wave Michigan |

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Response Location: United States, Battle Creek, Michigan

Grace Health is a public health agency that has clinics in 200 schools throughout the state that offer mental health services to students, among other care like immunizations and sports physicals. This on-site mental healthcare option helps increase access among students as there’s no need to travel to a facility and the at-school care is free or significantly low-cost. In 2022 alone, Grace Health served 600 patients in 1,300 visits.

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Wind of Change: Energy Blows Across Nebraska Thanks to Wind Farms

John Upton, Arjav Rawal

April 10, 2023 |

The Reader |

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Response Location: United States, Petersburg, Nebraska

Alongside clean energy, wind farms built on property leased from locals in Nebraska are generating jobs, income, and local taxes that keep small towns like Petersburg afloat.

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Through joyful play of Sibshops, youngsters find new ways to relate to siblings with disabilities

Brooke Marshall

April 10, 2023 |

Second Wave Michigan |

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Response Location: United States, Kalamazoo, Michigan

Sibshops connect children with disabilities with their siblings through the power of play to prevent the child without disabilities from fading into the background as parents juggle the needs of the other child. Sibshops allows participants to share their experiences, ask questions and offer advice. Studies show Sibshops participants have increased empathy for people with disabilities and better relationships with their siblings. The first Sibshop opened in 1982, and today, there are more than 550 Sibshops across 15 countries.

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Utah golf courses say they're reducing water use. Some can prove it.

Leia Larsen

April 10, 2023 |

The Salt Lake Tribune |

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Response Location: United States, Utah

Golf courses in Utah are conserving water amid a severe drought by planting drought-tolerant grass, watering fewer areas, not filling ponds, and using water runoff from a nearby interstate.

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Solar shingles top Virginia home

Elizabeth McGowan

April 10, 2023 |

Energy News Network |

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Response Location: United States, Reston, Virginia

The Timberline Solar Energy Shingle roof is made up of solar-power integrated, nailable shingles that allow homeowners to keep the look of traditional roofing shingles while reaping the benefits of solar energy. This prevents aesthetic-related issues with homeowner associations and installation bottlenecks that complicate the process of installing solar panels.

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Portage Public Schools get proactive, invest in mental health

Natasha Robinson

April 10, 2023 |

Second Wave Michigan |

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Response Location: United States, Portage, Michigan

Some districts, like Portage Public Schools, are offering school-based mental health care to improve students’ overall well-being, school performance and greatly increase access to care. The use of school-based healthcare is on the rise, as more than 22,000 students received services from a school-based mental health services provider during the 2021-2022 school year, compared to just 8,885 from 2019-2020.

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Grand Rapids' major effort to fundamentally reform behavioral health services becoming a model for others

Julie Mack

April 09, 2023 |

MLive.com |

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Response Location: United States, Grand Rapids, Michigan

Organizations like Network 180 are working to pair social workers with law enforcement to answer 911 calls to redirect those in need of care away from jail or emergency rooms, where people experiencing a mental health crisis are often sent. The group has also helped establish a peer respite center and a separate space for psychiatric patients at an area emergency room. These efforts are all done to establish a continuum of care in local behavioral health services, providing alternatives to incarceration and inpatient treatment.

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How one Indian village is lighting the way in green energy drive

Moushumi Basu

April 09, 2023 |

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Response Location: India, Hengbung, Manipur

A first-of-its-kind renewable energy system in Hengbung, India, creates hydropower with solar pumps to prevent the community from experiencing prolonged power outages during extreme weather. At the same time, the project is increasing India’s renewable energy capacity.

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Businesses face more and more pressure from investors to act on climate change

Michael Copley

April 09, 2023 |

NPR |

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Response Location: United States

Every year, investors who are shareholders in publicly-traded companies have the chance to vote on proposals that shape the way the companies address issues like climate change. Whether or not they pass, climate-related proposals send a clear message about the problems activist investors want to see addressed which can spur action.

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Civic participation, trust, getting to know people: Together Baton Rouge gets things done

Jack Barlow

April 09, 2023 |

NOLA.com (The Times-Picayune) |

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Response Location: United States, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Together Baton Rouge connects different organizations and individuals to collaborate on important community issues, such as advocating for needed infrastructure work. The group helped bring about the restructuring of a corporate tax break program that brought in $282 million in revenue in 2021.

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