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  • "Restoration Economy" Strives to Protect Pollinators, Create Jobs

    November 21, 2016 |

    Scientific American |

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    Response Location: United States, Patagonia, Arizona

    Threatened wildlife co-exists with poverty stricken communities who inhabit the Arizona-Mexico border region. Borderlands Restoration's conservation scientists are hoping to alleviate poverty while repairing the local environment by providing jobs that help preserve and renew the environment.

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  • Santa Fe couple helps Homewise create solar power loan fund

    November 21, 2016 |

    The Santa Fe New Mexican |

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    Response Location: United States, Santa Fe, New Mexico

    For low- and moderate-income families in Santa Fe, home solar-voltaic systems can be an attractive but hard-to-finance idea. A local couple is partnering with Homewise to offer loans to homeowners interested in installing these systems. So far, Ann Alexander and Richard Khanlian’s $500,000 pledge has helped 19 homeowners get solar energy projects off the ground.

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  • Cash Cards For Syrian Refugees

    November 20, 2016 |

    BBC |

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    Response Location: Lebanon, Beqaa Valley

    In a creative twist, Syrian refugees are being given cash cards to spend as they wish rather than being given food boxes or in-kind donations. Agencies and refugees themselves say that it gives them dignity and choice, which are important in the survival process. It was also much more efficient and cheaper to distribute money than buying food. This podcast cites a study done to prove its efficacy, talks to a couple refugee families, and notes that results could vary from country to country.

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  • Legal advocate helps workers under shadow of criminal records

    November 20, 2016 |

    The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia Media Network) |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia enacted a law in 2016 that allows for people convicted of minor crimes to get their records sealed by a court. In this article an employment lawyer who has worked for many years with people who have records talks about why it's extremely difficult for people to reintegrate into a community and get a job with even a minor conviction in their past. The shift has garnered support across political lines as people begin to realize the economic and other costs to society when people can't work and end up back in prison.

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  • Children are not problems; they need solutions

    November 20, 2016 |

    Detroit Free Press |

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    Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

    Children in Detroit and Wayne County, Michigan suffer from poor parenting, poor schools, excessive violence, emotional stress and a lack of opportunity. Various agencies are helping these kids on various levels such as educating mothers and fathers to support their children emotionally and in their education.

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  • Civic involvement, voting are priorities in Colorado

    November 19, 2016 |

    Corpus Christi Caller Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Colorado

    Colorado recently passed a voter enfranchisement law that required register voters receive a ballot to vote by mail and several more options to vote in general. The mail ballots have greatly boosted voter turnout. Colorado now has about a 75 percent voter turnout rate, with some counties exceeding 80 and 90 percent.

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  • The shocking rate of crime Detroit kids face each day

    November 19, 2016 |

    Detroit Free Press |

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    Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

    Nearly 14 children per day are victims of crime in Detroit, and many children are surrounded by crime and violence, known as toxic stress. In a yearlong project, the Free Press talked with parents and children across the city about what worries them and many young people expressed desire for mentors, role models, and preparation for their future.

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  • Ultimate internships: 15,000 high schoolers get job ops year-round

    November 19, 2016 |

    Detroit Free Press |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    After School Matters, provides thousands of apprenticeships and internships to Chicago high school students exposing them to career paths and making them more likely to graduate and pass their classes.

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  • If you have a criminal record, read this

    November 19, 2016 |

    The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia Media Network) |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    A law in Philadelphia allows people with certain misdemeanor convictions to ask a court to seal their records. This means job seekers could honestly tell prospective employers they have no criminal record and schools and landlords would not see the records either. However, law enforcement and district attorneys would still have access to the records so if a person is rearrested their history could be taken into account in setting bail or in sentencing.

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  • Victims of violence finding new hope in hospitals

    November 19, 2016 |

    Detroit Free Press |

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    Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

    Across the country, hospitals are embracing intensive intervention programs to help victims of violence — including those who have criminal histories — after they have been brought in for treatment of injuries. Such programs can help prevent retaliation, reduce the chance a patient will be violently injured again, and put people on track for success.

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