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  • New Indigenous-led shelter provides help to those in need

    April 02, 2024 |

    ICT News |

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    Response Location: United States, Rapid City, South Dakota

    Pejuta Waste O’Tipi is an indigenous-led resource that provides support to the local homeless community, including shelter, meals, cultural healing, peer support and leadership training to help them reenter the community. The shelter serves meals to over 100 people each day, and more than half of the participants have maintained sobriety since visiting the shelter.

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  • How Unfamiliar Fish Are Helping Mainers Fight Food Insecurity

    March 28, 2024 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: United States, Maine

    The Maine Coast Fishermen’s Association launched a program to support local fishing businesses and address food insecurity during the pandemic that continues to do so today. The nonprofit buys fish at a more than fair price from local businesses and donates them to food banks and public school food programs.

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  • How a renter education course could lower barriers to housing

    March 26, 2024 |

    Richland Source |

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    Response Location: United States, Wood County, Wisconsin

    The Rent Smart renter’s education program helps people who face barriers to finding housing gain the necessary skills and knowledge to have a successful renting experience. The program teaches participants their rights and responsibilities as a tenant and in a six-month follow-up survey, 92% of participants said they found safer, more affordable, better-quality housing after finishing the program.

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  • Booted From the Army, He Spiraled. Now He Works to Solve the Veteran Homelessness Crisis

    March 25, 2024 |

    The War Horse |

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    Response Location: United States, California

    Various efforts to reduce veteran homelessness have worked together over the years to cut the number of unhoused veterans almost in half since 2019. One such effort is the VA Housing First model, which prioritizes finding permanent, supportive housing without conditions like sobriety. In 2023 alone, the VA placed more than 46,500 veterans into permanent housing.

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  • In Georgia, a Basic Income Program's Success With Black Women Adds to Growing National Interest

    March 22, 2024 |

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    Response Location: United States, Atlanta, Georgia

    The “In Her Hands” program from The Georgia Resilience and Opportunity (GRO) Fund provides about $850 per month for two years to 654 women living below the federal poverty line with no strings attached. Guaranteed income programs like this fight poverty and help people see benefits like having access to funds to care for themselves and their children, pursue higher education, pay off debts and catch up or get ahead on bills.

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  • Volusia County couple offers clean start to homeless residents

    March 21, 2024 |

    Daytona Times |

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    Response Location: United States, New Smyrna Beach, Florida

    A mobile shower facility called God’s Bathouse stops at churches in Florida to provide a safe environment for people experiencing homelessness to take a hot shower and address their health maintenance needs.

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  • Can a 'prescription' for free fruits and vegetables improve health? Studies say yes.

    March 21, 2024 |

    NBC News |

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    Response Location: United States, Tulsa, Oklahoma

    Produce prescription programs like FreshRx Oklahoma and Recipe4Health are taking off as ways to combat heart problems and other diseases like diabetes. These programs provide free fruits and veggies to participants, helping increase access to healthy foods and address food insecurity. Research over the course of a year shows Recipe4Health participants significantly lowered their cholesterol and food security rates among participants dropped from 59% to 48%.

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  • 19 Years On, Nigeria's School Feeding Program Still Falls Short

    March 20, 2024 |

    The Solutions Paper |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Enugu State

    The National Home Grown School Feeding program provides food to schoolchildren to support their health and education while simultaneously supporting local cooks and farmers. During its operation, the program reached millions of students across 3o states and led to a 20% increase in primary school enrollment.

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  • What If Finding Affordable Housing Worked More Like Matchmaking?

    March 18, 2024 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    Brilliant Corners helps vulnerable, low-income individuals secure housing by working with other local organizations, including the Flexible Housing Subsidy Poll, which helps match people with suitable housing options. Brilliant Corners has helped about 13,000 people get into permanent housing and can cover over $10 million in rent subsidies every month.

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  • A California Program to Get Produce to Low-Income Families Is a Hit. Now It Is Running Out of Money.

    March 18, 2024 |

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    Response Location: United States, California

    The CalFresh Fruit and Vegetable EBT Pilot Program rewards healthy shopping choices with a dollar-for-dollar instant rebate at participating grocery stores. 74,000 people in 44 of California’s 58 counties benefit from the program.

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