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  • A tested solution for helping teens who are homeless, or living on the brink

    February 07, 2023 |

    The Salt Lake Tribune |

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    Response Location: United States, Salt Lake City, Utah

    Teen centers are spaces in high schools that provide youth with a place to call home if they’re experiencing housing insecurity. They also provide access to resources like food, clothes and counseling services. Several area high schools have opened their own teen centers, equipped with showers, washing machines, dryers, study rooms and trusted adults they can confide in who help them when they’re in crisis or seeking guidance.

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  • Despite Mixed Reviews, Tiny Home Villages for Homeless People Are Growing

    February 07, 2023 |

    Invisible People |

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    Response Location: United States

    Villages of tiny homes are popping up in cities across the United States as temporary housing for people experiencing homelessness.

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  • Why Asian Americans Are Moving to NYC's East Harlem

    February 03, 2023 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    Response Location: United States, East Harlem, New York

    To help and serve the large and growing Asian population in East Harlem, several organizations are emerging. One such is Asian Americans For Equality, which partnered with Union Settlement to start offering Asian food aid. The groups run a monthly food pantry that provides Asian produce and other groceries to those in need, ensuring the population is receiving culturally-relevant foods.

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  • A Gillette social service organization is helping and giving hope to the homeless

    February 03, 2023 |

    Wyoming Public Media |

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    Response Location: United States, Gillette, Wyoming

    The Day of Hope is an annual event hosted by the Council of Community Services that is intended to connect the local homeless population with social service agencies, from housing assistance to credit repair, to help them get back on their feet. CCS is the only homeless shelter in northeast Wyoming and has seen a dramatic increase in those seeking help in the past three to four years.

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  • Climate disasters hit poor people hardest. There's an obvious solution to that.

    February 03, 2023 |

    Vox |

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    Response Location: Bangladesh

    An effective way to help those most vulnerable to climate disasters is by providing just-in-time cash transfers right before a disaster hits for them to use as they see fit for resilience and climate change adaptation.

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  • Avivo Village shines as solution for unsheltered homelessness in Minneapolis

    February 01, 2023 |

    MPR News |

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    Response Location: United States, Minneapolis, Minnesota

    Avivo Village provides shelter for those experiencing homelessness and assists them in securing their own permanent housing. Avivo Village is specifically for people experiencing unsheltered homelessness and offers a safer option than staying in encampments. As of December, Avivo Village helped 119 secure housing and every time a person moves out, the Village moves in someone else from an encampment.

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  • Bronx Residents Got Rid of Their Gas Stoves. Their Air Quality Improved.

    January 31, 2023 |

    The City |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    A pilot program in New York City improved public housing residents’ air quality by swapping their gas stoves with electric induction stoves.

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  • Eat-Learn-Play: Bridging the Nutrition and Education Gap for Wassa's Displaced Children

    January 30, 2023 |

    Nigeria Health Watch |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Wassa

    The Transitional Learning Center provides children ages four to 14 with free education, school supplies, and one meal per day to not only encourage school attendance but to also address the issue of malnutrition. The beauty of the Center is that it’s a semi-permanent structure that can be moved to different locations where there may be school children in need. Since the Center was formed, over nine million students from 54,619 schools have benefited from the program.

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  • Austin Eats: Community Takes Action to End 'Food Apartheid' There

    January 30, 2023 |

    StreetWise |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    Over 20 organizations in the Austin neighborhood of Chicago work together under the name Austin Eats to improve healthy food access with food pantries, community gardens, and grocery stores.

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  • Great Barrington is looking at tax breaks for those who rent at affordable rates. Provincetown is already doing it

    January 26, 2023 |

    The Berkshire Eagle |

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    Response Location: United States, Provincetown, Massachusetts

    An affordable housing rental exemption program in Provincetown, Massachusetts, is increasing the number of affordable housing options in the city. The exemption decreases the property taxes homeowners pay based on the square footage of the property they are renting out.

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