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  • In Connecticut, Saving Lives Comes With an Unexpected Perk: Saving Money

    September 15, 2017 |

    NationSwell |

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    Response Location: United States, Connecticut

    Unlike other states, Connecticut is running their own medicaid program. The state is reducing costs by reaching out to people before they get severely sick. They’re using their extensive medicaid data, looking for people who face a greater risk of getting a disease, reaching out to them, and connecting them with preventative care. “The state’s per-patient spending on Medicaid dropped by an average of 5.7 percent each year between 2010 and 2014.”

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  • What Harvey and Irma Taught Us About Using Social Media in Emergency Response

    September 15, 2017 |

    Pacific Standard |

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    Response Location: United States, Houston, Texas

    Hurricanes Irma and Harvey showed the power of social media to share real-time alerts and information as well as get resources to people more quickly when official channels like crisis hotlines are clogged. Officials originally discouraged the use of social media fearing panic and misinformation, but those attitudes changed as they saw the immediate impact it had on getting people help. More local and national organizations shifted to using social platforms to guide their emergency response efforts.

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  • This Tiny Country Feeds the World

    September 15, 2017 |

    National Geographic |

    Multi-Media |

    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: Netherlands, Wageningen

    By using new technology and shared knowledge, the Dutch have become global leaders in agricultural innovation and solutions to fight famine. Work being done at Wageningen University & Research has allowed farmers in the Netherlands to grow crops year-round and in all kinds of weather, while eliminating the use of chemical pesticides and reducing the dependence on water by as much as 90 percent at some farms. Exporting these techniques to other countries has its challenges, but international graduate students are working to implement these programs in their home regions to help people experiencing hunger.

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  • In Africa's Oldest Park, Seeking Solutions to a Destructive Charcoal Trade

    September 14, 2017 |

    Yale Environment 360 |

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    Response Location: Central African Republic

    The deforestation of Virunga National Park has lead to erosion, landslides and loss of wildlife habitat. The trees are often used for charcoal which is seen as an essential commodity in the region. To save the forest, and the wildlife that require it to thrive, both local and international groups are testing out alternative methods to get the people the charcoal they need while saving what is left of Africa's oldest park.

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  • Homeless Youth on the RAN

    September 14, 2017 |

    Eugene Weekly |

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    Response Location: United States, Eugene, Oregon

    A tech-enabled solution from two students at the University of Oregon allows community members to connect in order to best support homeless youth. The platform, called the Rapid Access Network (RAN), serves as a way for individuals who identify needs for homeless youth to immediately alert the appropriate service provider and facilitate a quick delivery of supplies or services.

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  • Lancaster knows how to keep people out of jail, but it's expensive

    September 14, 2017 |

    WHYY |

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    Response Location: United States, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

    Officials around Pennsylvania who want to reduce recidivism are studying a re-entry program in Lancaster that gives former inmates intensive case management to help them return to society. That includes transitional housing, job interview clothing and workshops on things like personal finance and interviewing skills. It also addresses the small slips that often send someone back to jail by putting the fees many former prisoners owe on hold for six months and helping them tackle bureaucratic challenges that can seem daunting.

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  • Mother shares story of teenage son's suicide: 'He never seemed depressed'

    September 14, 2017 |

    The Montgomery Advertiser |

    Multi-Media |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Alabama

    Teenage suicides are gaining attention in order to prevent the "Silent Epidemic" of youth epidemic. Programs are now being implemented in schools to provide a place for students to get help, teachers are being educated about warning signs, and parents are also being educated about identifying children who are suicidal.

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  • Two entrepreneurs create a Latinx Yelp

    September 14, 2017 |

    Boyle Heights Beat |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    Two Latina entrepreneurs in Los Angeles teamed up to build Shop Latinx, an Instagram and web platform that makes it easy to support Latinx-owned businesses. The platform has amassed over 13,000 followers in its first year, and it recently launched a crowdfunding campaign with the goal of making the platform financially sustainable down the road. Shop Latinx averages 35,000 views each month, and it is spreading out of Los Angeles and around the country.

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  • Finding Our Power

    September 14, 2017 |

    Sustainability Pioneers |

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    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is one of the 2500 cities and groups that are part of the "We Are Still In" network, supporting the Paris climate agreement. The city built what officials call "the greenest public building" in America, the Frick Environmental Center. By devoting funding to green construction and using an integrated design approach, the city and its leaders are showing the commitment needed to tackle climate change and create a more sustainable future.

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  • L.A. saw a big drop in homicides this summer, falling to levels seen in 1966

    September 13, 2017 |

    Los Angeles Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    After a surge in gun violence in 2015, Los Angeles police changed strategies, partnering with community groups and assigning more officers to the neighborhoods hit hardest by the violence to enforce gun laws and focus on gang-related violence. Within two years, those tactics were associated with one of the lowest summertime homicide totals in nearly half a century. Much of the 2015 violence was blamed on gangs, and so the police asked community stakeholders for help and that help contributed to the lower 2017 numbers.

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