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  • How cancer patients are getting funding for treatment in Nigeria

    June 03, 2022 |

    International Centre for Investigative Reporting |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Benue

    Project Pink Blue helps cancer patients access treatment by raising funds, training medical personnel, and connecting patients in need with sponsors through their Adopt a Patient initiative. Project Pink Blue has also advocated for better healthcare policies in the state and even provides jobs to cancer survivors to help integrate them back into society.

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  • Los que buscan recuperar el azul del Ypacaraí

    June 03, 2022 |

    El Surti |

    Social Media |

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    Response Location: Paraguay

    Desde el 2013, un proyecto que involucra científicos y comunidad, ha trabajado para limpiar de una contaminación masiva el verde del Lago Ypacaraí y educar a la población aledaña sobre el cuido del recurso hídrico. Los resultados han ido más allá de la eliminación de algas y bacterias en el lago, han permitido la organización en por ejemplo la Comisión Nacional de Gestión y Manejo del Lago Ypacaraí y su Cuenca (Conalaypa). Pero aún falta mayor educación en la población e inversión pública que permita eliminar las malas prácticas en el manejo de las aguas negras.

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  • Metro Phoenix cities turn to homeless courts to help people navigate the justice system

    June 03, 2022 |

    AZ Central (The Arizona Republic) |

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    Response Location: United States, Mesa, Arizona

    When people experiencing homelessness in Mesa, Ariz. are charged with low-level offenses such as trespassing or public intoxication, they have the option to participate in community court to get their case dismissed if they agree to seek help from government programs and services. Participants are assigned a "navigator" to help them obtain required identification documents, search for housing, or apply for jobs, and more than 90% of those who graduated from community court in 2021 have not ended up back in the legal system.

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  • How Stony Brook University Scientists Gave Shinnecock Bay a New Life

    June 02, 2022 |

    SBU J-Drive |

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    Response Location: United States, New York

    After planting clams in Shinnecock Bay in 2012, scientists at Stony Brook University were able to reverse the trends of red tide in the coastal New York waters. The bay restoration project resulted in 400,000 square meters of seagrass regrowth and the local clam population significantly grew.

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  • Virginia Tech now has a 73% student-voting rate — how can other schools follow suit?

    June 02, 2022 |

    WSLS-TV |

    Broadcast TV News |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Blacksburg, Virginia

    Virginia Tech's civic engagement program, Hokies Vote, has successfully increased its student voting rate by roughly 25 percent through educational outreach, community dialogue events, and setting up a polling place on campus.

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  • How employer benefits can ease burden on people caring for elderly loved ones

    June 02, 2022 |

    Livingston Daily |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Michigan

    Companies like Sanofi are beginning to partner with organizations like Bright Horizons to offer eldercare benefits to employees, like in-home adult care services. The benefit allows Bright Horizons to dispatch care workers to a person’s home and the company administering the benefit subsidizes the majority of the cost. Providing eldercare benefits reduces the burden on employees, allowing them to be more present at work. Since the pandemic, Sanofi has seen a 20% increase in the number of employees registering for the eldercare benefit program.

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  • Vista Nueva makes Natomas the next front in keeping people housed as Sacramento's affordability crisis intensifies

    June 02, 2022 |

    Sacramento News & Review |

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    Response Location: United States, Sacramento, California

    Inspired by temporary housing initiatives launched during the COVID-19 pandemic, California's Homekey program provides grant funding to help communities convert motels and hotels into permanent supportive housing for unhoused people. More than 300 units have been developed in the Sacramento area so far, with a percentage designated for specific populations, such as families with children, tenants with disabilities, and those who access additional services on-site such as mental health and substance use support.

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  • How honesty may be the best policy for medical errors

    June 01, 2022 |

    NewsNation |

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    Response Location: United States

    Healthcare providers are using an approach called Communication and Optimal Resolution to acknowledge medical errors and work towards a solution with open communication instead of through court hearings.

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  • How an Experimental Service in a Library Prevents Incarceration

    June 01, 2022 |

    Next City |

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    Response Location: United States, St. Louis, Missouri

    The Tap In Center in St. Louis connects volunteer attorneys with people who have open warrants to work toward recalling them. Since the service launched a little over a year ago, nearly 300 warrants have been recalled.

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  • Chicago Offers a Blueprint for Expanding Urban Internet Access

    May 31, 2022 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    Chicago Connected is a $50 million four-year program that has already provided high-speed broadband to over 40,000 households in need, representing around 64,000 Chicago public school students, and plans to expand. On-the-ground community outreach in multiple languages was key to connecting residents to the program quickly, which was needed as school went virtual due to COVID-19. The public schools helped identify eligible low-income students whose parents were then contacted by outreach workers.

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