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Kenton Women's Village Provides Homes To Homeless Women

Allison Frost Andrew Dorn

December 18, 2017 |

Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB) |

Multi-Media |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Portland, Oregon

Providing people with safety and stability can help to break the poverty cycle. In the Kenton neighborhood of Portland, Oregon, the Kenton Women’s Village provides shelter and support for homeless women. The community is supported by staff of the Catholic Charities and the Kenton Neighborhood Association, but is largely run by the women who live there.

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Trauma group offers a community in pain a place to heal

Matt Rocheleau

November 28, 2017 |

The Boston Globe |

Text |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Boston, Massachusetts

In order to provide a means for people who have experienced trauma to find support and begin to heal, Reverend Liz Walker founded a counseling group for her Roxbury neighbors. Rev. Walker’s post-traumatic healing group differs from others in that the group is run by the participants’ peers, the group is located in Roxbury, and participation is free.

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This Vermont program might reduce sex offender recidivism. Could it work in Philly?

Malcolm Burnley

November 16, 2017 |

Generocity |

Text |

Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

A program called Circles in Vermont is built on the idea that it takes an entire community to help sex offenders reintegrate back into a community. Circles is also used in other states and countries and creates supportive networks of volunteers who offer a safe place for offenders to discuss their triggers and help them build authentic connections and relationships so they are part of the community rather than pushed to the fringes.

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Hope through heartbreak - Farm and Dairy

Katy Mumaw

November 16, 2017 |

Farm and Dairy |

Multi-Media |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Carroll County, Maryland

Opioid overdose is a rising problem that is taking more and more lives, including Holly's. Holly's mother started 'Holly's Song of Hope' to help educate the public about drugs and addiction, to provide a support group where people can ask questions and support one another online, and to help make legislative changes.

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N.H. Businesses Step Up to Help Tackle State's Drug Crisis

Paige Sutherland

November 16, 2017 |

New Hampshire Public Radio |

Radio |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Portsmouth, New Hampshire

Businesses across New Hampshire are contributing to the fight against the opioid epidemic by increasing efforts to recruit and support employees in recovery from addiction. Strategies include outreach to hire more people in recovery (with possible tax incentives pending as well) and training for workplaces on how to better support people who are struggling with addiction, either for themselves or a loved one.

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Masculinity and Mental Health in Post-Genocide Rwanda

Alice McCool

November 16, 2017 |

Vice |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Rwanda, Juru

1 million people were killed, primarily by men, in the Rwandan genocide. Now, community-based sociotherapy is helping men who were both perpetrators and victims heal together while building trust in their communities.

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Birthing Beautiful Communities: Organization working to change Cleveland's high premature death rate

Corrina Pysa

November 03, 2017 |

WEWS-TV |

Broadcast TV News |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Cleveland, Ohio

Black women in Cleveland have the highest prematurity rate in the country. Birthing Beautiful Communities program acknowledges the stress that this racial disparity creates for mothers, and provides support and education to help women carry their babies to term.

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Drug court – giving families a chance to break the cycle of opioid use

Fred R Conrad

October 23, 2017 |

The Guardian |

Photojournalism |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Abingdon, Virginia

In Washington County, Virginia, a drug court modeled after the federal drug court model is offering opioid addicts a chance to follow a strict program intended to help keep them sober as an alternative to incarceration. Participants are required to maintain full-time employment, subjected to random drug tests, attend mandatory therapy groups, and abide by a curfew. The program is helping addicts maintain sobriety throughout the duration of their enrollment in drug court instead of sending them to prison where they are less likely to have access to these types of addiction services.

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This All-Amputee Softball Team is Changing the Way We Think About Treating Trauma

Mark Oprea

August 31, 2017 |

Narratively |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Ohio

As the number of veterans with both physical and psychological injuries balloons, this softball team of 11 wounded warriors wards helps one another deal with war trauma and combat isolation by playing a little ball.

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How a New York Police Official Targets Thoughts to Fight Crime

Micah Danney

August 09, 2017 |

Juvenile Justice Information Exchange |

Multi-Media |

Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Suffolk County, New York

A former prosecutor now works directly with offenders as a deputy police chief in a movement called Council of Thought And Action (COTA), often going directly to them in the community and bringing them together in support groups. The idea is that crime is a result of poor problem solving, and COTA is designed to restructure ways of thinking and behaving, using cognitive therapy tools to address past emotional baggage, and the power of social networks to provide a positive replacement to the destructive networks they had in the past.

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