Artwork stating 'Education Destroys Barriers', 'We Demand Treatment', and 'I Need A Chance'

Search Results

You searched for: -

There are 16549 results  for your search.  View and Refine Your Search Terms

  • Ohio cities fight hunger and food waste with a smartphone app

    July 19, 2021 |

    Richland Source |

    Text |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Cincinnati, Ohio

    Want to help fight food insecurity? There’s an app for that. Food Rescue Hero helps connect extra food with those who need it. Volunteers use the app to see if any food is available and when it is, they pickup and deliver the donation to a pre-approved recipient, all through the app.

    Read More


    Go to Original Story

  • After 'painfully slow' start, restorative justice program tries to reset

    July 17, 2021 |

    Sentinel Source (The Keene Sentinel) |

    Text |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Cheshire County, New Hampshire

    The Cheshire County Restorative Justice Program works to take low-level defendants, accused of things like shoplifting or alcohol violations out of court and into an alternative process, sparing them criminal records that would later weigh them down. The program’s goal is to push the legal system toward restorative justice, reimagining its traditional processes.

    Read More


    Go to Original Story

  • What Do Police Know About Teenagers? Not Enough.

    July 17, 2021 |

    The New York Times |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Lafayette, Indiana

    "Policing the teen brain" is a training regimen devised by Strategies for Youth that teaches police officers to de-escalate conflicts with adolescents to avoid unnecessary incarceration. Youth detention has dropped significantly since Tippecanoe County put most of its officers through the training. Police learn how to account for teens' lowered impulse control and undeveloped problem solving skills. The county decided to pay for the expensive training because detention, which hits Black youth hardest, can be even more costly – and leave lasting damage in the lives of young people.

    Read More


    Go to Original Story

  • Monterey County is making headway in adding homeless shelters, but there's still a ways to go.

    July 16, 2021 |

    Monterey County Weekly (Monterey County Now) |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Monterey County, California

    Casa de Noche Buena is a homeless shelter that takes a housing-first approach to providing services, which means almost anyone can find help there. Along with a place to sleep, the shelter also provides wraparound services such as medical attention and help finding employment. Several guests have had success finding permanent homes.

    Read More


    Go to Original Story

  • Key to disrupting Denver's homeless-to-jail pipeline? Permanent supportive housing, study finds.

    July 16, 2021 |

    Colorado Newsline |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Denver, Colorado

    Providing permanent housing with a menu of health and social services saved the city of Denver millions of dollars and stabilized the lives of hundreds of people. A three-year controlled experiment provided various services, including substance use and mental health treatment, to 724 people who had cycled in and out of jail and the streets. The half who were provided housing in addition to the services enjoyed far fewer arrests and emergency room visits. Most stayed in their provided housing and took greater advantage of routine health care. Social impact bonds financed the upfront costs.

    Read More


    Go to Original Story

  • What can East Lansing expect from its police oversight commission?

    July 16, 2021 |

    WSYM-TV |

    Broadcast TV News |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Ann Arbor, Michigan

    When Ann Arbor created a citizen panel overseeing its police department, it chose the approach that research shows is the one best suited to having real authority, and thus the most likely to reduce racial disparities in arrests and police shootings. It's too soon to know if the agency's investigations of complaints against police and review of police budgets and policies will achieve the ultimate goal of improving community trust in the police. But its chair says it is in a position to press for more accountability and transparency. East Lansing has just adopted the same model.

    Read More


    Go to Original Story

  • Many in Jail Can Vote, but Exercising That Right Isn't Easy

    July 16, 2021 |

    Stateline |

    Text |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    Chicago's Cook County Jail enabled 2,200 incarcerated people to vote in the November 2020 election by opening the jail to voter registration drives, civic lessons, distribution of voter education materials, two weekends of early voting, and four polling places inside the jail. Most people held in local jails nationwide are eligible to vote but usually don't, due to lack of awareness, intentional barriers, and logistical hassles. Cook County helped people exercise their rights and provided them with education to improve their reentry to society after prison.

    Read More


    Go to Original Story

  • How Mental Health First Responders in an Oregon City 'De-escalate' Conflict and Save Lives

    July 15, 2021 |

    People |

    Text |

    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: United States, Eugene, Oregon

    CAHOOTS has become a national model because of its uncommon partnership with the Eugene Police Department. The police chief says CAHOOTS' unarmed first responders to mental health crises can de-escalate crises before crimes occur or someone gets hurt. That's the idea behind the decades-old agency that takes calls where police can sometimes cause worse outcomes. The crisis intervention workers and medics treat people on the scene or transport them to places where they can get the help they need. Police are available but rarely needed for safety on those calls.

    Read More


    Go to Original Story

  • The Car Crashes That Go Undetected

    July 15, 2021 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Washington, District of Columbia

    The Vision Zero program many cities use to reduce traffic deaths depends on data to inform where to target safety measures like redesigned streets and speed limits. But, when significant numbers of crashes, particularly involving pedestrians and bicycles, go missing in the data, the interventions miss the problems. Racial disparities in unreported crashes or unresponsive police mean that the problems are compounded in under-served areas. Data improvements in D.C., San Francisco, and other cities aim to fill the gaps so that the benefits of Vision Zero can extend to places where they're needed most.

    Read More


    Go to Original Story

  • Why are Black children removed from homes at high rate? L.A. County plans 'blind removal' pilot

    July 14, 2021 |

    Los Angeles Times |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    Based on its success in New York, ‘blind removal’ will be implemented in Los Angeles County’s child welfare system. The pilot project eliminates the child’s race from information available to social workers to prevent biases from affecting the decision-making process of removing a child from their home. The pilot was successful in decreasing the number of Black children in foster care.

    Read More


    Go to Original Story

Go to All Solutions in Focus