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  • Fifty Years After Mount Laurel, Affordable Housing Is Gaining Ground in New Jersey

    August 21, 2025 |

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    Response Location: United States, New Jersey

    In 2024, New Jersey passed a new law that formalized longstanding requirements that municipalities periodically submit affordable housing plans to the state. The law also created a new mediation program for municipalities that want to dispute the state’s calculation of its affordable housing requirements, and the new system has helped cut down on lawsuits that slow down the process of getting new housing approved.

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  • City food forests offer a chance to experience nature — and eat it

    August 19, 2025 |

    The Washington Post |

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    In some cities, empty urban lots transformed into multilayered "food forests" that mimic natural ecosystems are providing free, accessible fresh produce to city residents through strategically designed edible plantings that feature native and adapted fruit trees, nut trees, and berry bushes.

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  • 'Historic': how Mexico's welfare policies helped 13.4 million people out of poverty

    August 18, 2025 |

    The Guardian |

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    During the presidency of Andrés Manuel López Obrador, Mexico roughly tripled its minimum wage and instituted universal cash transfers for elderly residents and others in need, which helped reduce the number of people living under the poverty line by nearly 26 percent. But some people are still falling through the cracks and advocates say more could be done to reach the country’s most vulnerable.

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  • Health Care Groups Aim To Counter Growing 'National Scandal' of Elder Homelessness

    August 18, 2025 |

    KFF Health News |

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    Response Location: United States, East Providence, Rhode Island

    PACE (Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly) organizations are tackling the growing crisis of elder homelessness by expanding beyond traditional medical services to secure housing. These Medicaid and Medicare-funded organizations are partnering with senior housing providers, leasing apartment wings, and even developing their own housing projects to ensure their 83,000+ participants nationwide have stable places to live.

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  • Despite federal cuts to higher ed, Mass. free community college presses on, transforming students' lives

    August 17, 2025 |

    The Boston Globe |

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    Response Location: United States, Massachusetts

    The MassReconnect program makes community college free for students over 25 without a bachelor’s degree, while the MassEducate program helps cover tuition and fees for all Massachusetts residents. Since the programs were launched, the state has seen both enrollment and student retention rates go up, and students are transferring from community colleges to four-year universities.

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  • Dallas ended downtown homelessness. White House wants to change the rules.

    August 16, 2025 |

    The Washington Post |

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    Response Location: United States, Dallas, Texas

    Dallas has emerged as a national model for addressing homelessness with its systematic approach combining strict enforcement of anti-camping laws with comprehensive support services and permanent housing placement. The city works with over 150 partners, including police, shelters, and housing providers through its Continuum of Care program to patrol downtown, direct people to shelters, and transition them to permanent housing with wraparound services. They’ve moved more than 270 people off the streets and declared an end to downtown homelessness in May 2025.

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  • How Baltimore's violent crime rate hit an all-time low: 'This is not magic. It's hard work'

    August 16, 2025 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: United States, Baltimore, Maryland

    Baltimore implemented a comprehensive, data-driven violence prevention strategy that combines personalized intervention services with targeted prosecution, resulting in the city's lowest murder rate in 50 years through coordinated efforts by social workers, police, prosecutors, and community organizations.

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  • Roca's 'relentlessness' is changing the lives of Baltimore's young men

    August 15, 2025 |

    The Baltimore Banner |

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    Response Location: United States, Baltimore, Maryland

    Roca Baltimore uses outreach and cognitive behavioral therapy to disrupt gun violence among the city's highest-risk young men. Since partnering with Baltimore's Group Violence Reduction Strategy in 2022, 93% of Roca participants have not been revictimized, and 98% have not been rearrested for violent offenses. The organization's comprehensive 18-24 month intervention model combines persistent street outreach, evidence-based cognitive behavioral therapy, paid transitional employment, and connections to trade programs in an effort to reduce violence in the city.

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  • A wave of Massachusetts students embrace unschooling, self-directed learning

    August 15, 2025 |

    The Boston Globe |

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    Response Location: United States, Sunderland, Massachusetts

    Self-directed learning centers in Massachusetts, such as North Star, provide an alternative for students who don't thrive in traditional schools. These centers allow homeschooled students to pursue their own interests through optional classes, tutoring, and community activities, with no mandatory attendance or standardized curriculum requirements. North Star has operated successfully for 30 years, growing from a handful of students to 65 expected enrollees in the coming school year.

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  • Podcast: The Appalachian Rekindling Project Is Restoring Indigenous Relationships With the Land

    August 13, 2025 |

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    The Appalachian Rekindling Project uses strategic outreach and holistic education tactics to spread awareness of and teach about seed saving and land rematriation, strengthening connections between Indigenous peoples and the Appalachian region.

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