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  • The Sea Creature That Saved a School (How Lobsters Are Keeping Students in School)

    December 11, 2016 |

    The Atlantic |

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    Response Location: United States, Deer Isle, Maine

    Deer Isle, Maine, struggled to keep students in school; many students felt that a diploma was unnecessary, since they could drop out and join the lobster fishing industry. But the local high school found a creative solution to keep students engaged and ensure more opportunities in what can be a volatile industry. They redesigned courses to suit the interests of students, moving to project-based learning that explores traditional academic topics through fishing and marine themes, such as studying geometry through boat building. The approach has helped increase graduation rates by more than 30 percent.

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  • Boulder's Elkhorn Treatment Center: 'Silver bullet' for women fighting addiction

    December 11, 2016 |

    The Montana Standard |

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    Response Location: United States, Boulder, Montana

    The Montana prison system operates a pair of men's and women's treatment facilities that provide an intensive, nine-month treatment program for methamphetamine and opioid abuse that has shown high rates of success. Residents are seen not simply as prisoners or people with addiction, but as people needing empathy and life lessons in accountability and honesty. Therapy groups allow patients to share their stories of trauma. Various studies have shown the treatment centers have successfully graduated 75-95% of their patients.

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  • Impact of Chicago's violence on girls in toughest neighborhoods often overlooked

    December 10, 2016 |

    Chicago Tribune |

    Multi-Media |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    Girls in Chicago's toughest neighborhoods face extensive danger on a daily basis. Not enough is being done to help girls so that they do not engage in violence or self-harm. Programs such as the Urban Warrior Program, Demoiselle 2 Femme, and the juvenile justice system are implementing programs tailored to understand the issues for girls in this community and to then provide mentoring and education.

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  • The Making of Telluride's Strict Short-Term Regulations

    December 09, 2016 |

    KBUT Community Radio |

    Radio |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Telluride, Colorado

    Late-night disturbances. Unfamiliar cars. As short-term rentals became common in Telluride, nuisance concerns rose too. In response, the town council passed an ordinance, defining short-term rentals as stays of less than 30 days and instating strict zoning and licensing requirements on rental businesses. Five years later, the policy remains effective and popular.

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  • A Family's Yearlong Homeless Odyssey Takes a Turn for the Better

    December 09, 2016 |

    KQED |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: United States, Daly City, California

    Rent has risen in San Mateo County, which makes moving to a new home extremely expensive and can even make families homeless. New services, such as LifeMoves, offer transitional and emergency housing for homeless families. Abode Services is a housing locator for low-income families to help them find a landlord and new home.

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  • Four-Legged Medical Care Helps San Francisco's Homeless

    December 09, 2016 |

    KQED |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    For homeless people, their furry companions give them comfort as well as a sense of purpose and security. However, living in poverty prevents them from giving medical care and play toys to their pets. San Francisco’s Veterinary Street Outreach Services is a pop-up clinic that offers free veterinary services to homeless people’s pets twelve times a year.

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  • Mobile Restrooms Offer Solution for Lower Polk's Homeless Community

    December 09, 2016 |

    KQED |

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    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    With the homeless population in San Francisco in crisis, the lack of a safe clean place for the homeless to relieve themselves has caused concerns over sanitation in the Tenderloin neighborhood. Now the city offers a mobile City Resource Relief Center, a van that offers not only a toilet but also clothes, hygiene kits, food, and coffee. The project has documented many uses of the bathroom each night.

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  • The Sesame Street of Sex Ed: Ugandan Show Uses Puppets to Break Taboos

    December 08, 2016 |

    News Deeply |

    Multi-Media |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Uganda, Kampala

    Uganda has some of the highest fertility and HIV prevalence rates in the world. Yet the government has banned comprehensive sexuality education in schools, and parents feel uncomfortable talking about the taboo subject. So Chicken & Chips, a television show about puppets, was created to educate the country’s young people about sexual and reproductive health.

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  • The Navigation Center: A Haven for the Determined

    December 08, 2016 |

    Mission Local |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    Although San Francisco has two shelters that collectively hold more than 300 beds each, these shelters can divide up families and couples, and can discourage pets and personal belongings. These shelters also do not offer services to help the homeless. The Navigation Center serves the homeless from the encampments in the Mission District and offers a variety of services, comfort, and convenience while many successfully find stable housing placements.

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  • Can Mezcal Survive Being Popular?

    December 07, 2016 |

    Roads & Kingdoms |

    Multi-Media |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Mexico, San Juan Del Rio, Queretaro

    The production of mezcal keeps increasing, drawing the attention of big liquor brands who want to invest in the mezcal market. Entrepreneurs in Mexico, are teaming up with rural farmers, their collaboration could potentially push out big companies from taking over the market.

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