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How One Chicago Organization Is Helping Migrants Being Bussed In From the Border

Jalyn Henderson

December 19, 2022 |

NBCLX |

Broadcast TV News |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

Erie Neighborhood House welcomes migrants being bussed from Texas to Chicago with resources like food and clothing, medical care, legal support, and case management. The organization has helped more than 3,000 migrants since August 2022.

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Telehealth offers boost to children with developmental needs

Peggy Heinkel-Wolfe

December 19, 2022 |

ICT News |

Text |

1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Navajo Nation, United States, Anchorage, Alaska

The Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium provides telehealth services to more than 100,000 Alaska Natives, primarily in small communities with limited access to travel. The organization, along with others like the Indian Health Service, also provide remote care to families with children with developmental needs, like those with autism.

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Unlike most jails in Kansas, Douglas County has found a way to lock up fewer mentally ill inmates

Celia Hack

December 19, 2022 |

KMUW |

Radio |

1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Kansas

In Kansas, Douglas County jail reduced the number of incarcerated people with serious mental illness with a suite of practices including connecting them to mental health workers, providing rides, and helping them prepare for life outside of jail.

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Credit Where Credit is Needed

Melanie Lenart

December 19, 2022 |

Native Science Report |

Text |

Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, South Dakota

South Dakota State University's Expanding the Circle program provides online graduate courses and tuition support to help faculty at tribal colleges update their credentials in line with new accreditation requirements. Since the program was rolled out, the retention rate for online graduate coursework has risen by roughly 30 percent.

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The vegan leather made from India's waste flowers

Sushmita Pathak

December 19, 2022 |

BBC |

Text |

1500-3000 Words

Response Location: India, Kanpur

Phool, a startup in India, makes a plant-based leather alternative using flower petals discarded from Hindu temples after rituals to feed microbes that grow the material. The product, named Fleather, keeps flower waste from contaminating rivers and is a sustainable, biodegradable alternative to animal leather.

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Libros y raíces: LibroMobile fills a literary need as Santa Ana's only bookstore

Lizeth Martinez

December 19, 2022 |

el Don |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Santa Ana, California

Libro Mobile works to increase accessibility to free books and reading spaces amidst widespread gentrification while simultaneously uplifting local authors and artists of color in its open, free-to-access space.

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Responding to a mental health crisis without badges or guns

Amelia Arvesen

December 19, 2022 |

The Kansas Leadership Center Journal (KLC Journal) |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Eugene, Oregon

CAHOOTS offers counseling, conflict resolution, mediation and referral and transportation to social services and/or basic emergency medical care to people experiencing a mental health crisis. CAHOOTS is available 24/7 and sends out crisis workers and medics as an alternative to uniformed police officers. CAHOOTS has significantly lightened law enforcement’s load, allowing officers to focus more on other public safety issues while preventing unnecessarily sending people through the criminal justice system.

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Cooking class series encourages friendship & healthy eating for seniors

Katie Ellington Serrao

December 18, 2022 |

Richland Source |

Text |

Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, Mansfield, Ohio

The Idea Works Entrepreneurs Kitchen is a commercial kitchen co-working space that hosts a series of classes to teach seniors how to cook. With the help of grant money, the classes help combat social isolation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, while also helping seniors learn new skills and improve their nutrition.

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How Cleveland's Circular Economy Programs Help Reduce Waste And Build Jobs

Lee Chilcote

December 16, 2022 |

Next City |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Cleveland, Ohio

Circular Cleveland is a project run by the city and a nonprofit to help Cleveland develop a circular economy. Through community ambassadors, grants, and consultants the program is helping innovators and companies make circular switches.

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UNICEF plans big expansion of program to educate Rohingya children in Bangladesh

Sharif Khiam, Abdur Rahman

December 16, 2022 |

BenarNews |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Bangladesh

The Myanmar Curriculum pilot project allows Rohingya children living in Bangladeshi refugee camps to be educated with the curriculum and language of their native country. The aim to make an eventual return to their home country easier. So far, 200,000 children have been enrolled, mostly in grades 1 through 4. UNICEF plans to scale the program to cover all 410,000 school-age children in the camps.

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