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  • Can soccer help El Salvador turn from terror to trust?

    February 14, 2024 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: El Salvador, San Salvador

    In an effort to foster community amidst divisive gang violence, locals formed the group Unifying Las Cañas to host soccer tournaments with teams from the upper and lower sides of the city. The soccer tournaments connect residents from both sides and build a sense of community over sports.

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  • The Addiction Recovery Story We Don't Hear Enough

    February 14, 2024 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Tulsa, Oklahoma

    Women in Recovery is a diversion program for women who would otherwise face prison time for drug-related offenses. The comprehensive program lasts 18 months and helps participants restore their mental health, reunite with their children, develop skills that help them get jobs, secure housing and reenter the community. Women in Recovery helps reduce recidivism rates and 70% of women who start the program complete it and graduate.

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  • Prison system works to combat health care coverage gap by enrolling people in Medicaid before release

    February 13, 2024 |

    North Carolina Health News |

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    Response Location: United States, North Carolina

    With the new statewide Medicaid expansion, the Department of Adult Correction is working to ensure fewer people reenter society after incarceration and enter a healthcare coverage gap by helping people apply for Medicaid before release. With the Medicaid expansion, 80% of the 15,000 people released from prison each year are now eligible for coverage, and prison staff submit about 100 Medicaid applications each week.

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  • Minnesota-grown technology helps scientists track wildlife around the globe

    February 13, 2024 |

    MPR News |

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    Response Location: United States, Isanti, Minnesota

    The Minnesota-based company Advanced Telemetry Systems develops trackers specifically designed for hundreds of different animals. These devices allow researchers to do things like find invasive species, learn more about critically endangered species, or better understand population declines.

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  • A San Francisco Program Helps Older People Manage Their Hoarding Behavior – and Stay Housed

    February 13, 2024 |

    MindSite News |

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    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    Organizations like Legal Assistance to the Elderly, Adult Protective Services, and the Mental Health Association of San Francisco help the elderly who exhibit hoarding behaviors by hosting interventions and connecting them with support groups. The groups also host clean-outs to help those with hoarding behaviors avoid eviction.

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  • Rewilding in Argentina helps giant anteaters return to south Brazil

    February 12, 2024 |

    Mongabay |

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    Response Location: Argentina

    A rewilding project at Iberá National Park in Argentina is reintroducing giant anteaters where they were previously considered extinct by bringing orphaned pups onto wild, protected land and allowing them to roam freely.

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  • Music cafe provides refuge to dementia patients, caregivers as recollections dim

    February 12, 2024 |

    New York & Michigan Solutions Journalism Collaborative |

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    Response Location: United States, West Falls, New York

    The Musical Memories Cafe is a social gathering space for people with Alzheimer’s and dementia, as well as their caregivers. Participants gather to enjoy music, seek refuge outside of their homes and get access to peer support and health resources. There are more than 1,000 memory cafes operating around the world, both in-person and virtually.

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  • This unexpected material might be in your next sweater

    February 12, 2024 |

    The Washington Post |

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    Response Location: Netherlands, Amsterdam

    The Amsterdam-based startup Human Material Loop, collects human hair from salons and spins it into yarn to make clothing and furniture. It aims to keep hair out of landfills and incinerators while reducing the demand for synthetic fibers and wool, all of which produce greenhouse gases.

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  • Silent voices, loud Impact: EQUIP initiative connects deaf youth with soft skills and confidence

    February 12, 2024 |

    Prime Progress |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Kano

    The Equip the Deaf Initiative helps people with hearing impairments learn skills that help them pursue further education and excel in their careers. Through collaborations with local schools and foundations, the Initiative has benefited 55 people with hearing impairments by teaching effective communication, leadership and problem–solving skills.

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  • Can Baby Bonds Deliver on Promise to Close Rhode Island's Wealth Gap?

    February 10, 2024 |

    Rhode Island Current |

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    Response Location: United States, Connecticut

    Connecticut and several other East Coast states are implementing baby bond programs to help children in low-income families generate wealth. The programs create trust funds for babies born into families on public health insurance that are managed by the state until they turn 18.

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