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  • US youths leaving care given cash, and time, as COVID spurs action

    Young adults aging out of foster care are given monthly cash payouts to provide a financial security net. The universal basic income program is meant to mitigate the high rates of homelessness amongst foster youths.

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  • 'Community creates change' | New Knoxville nonprofit provides housing, support for homeless LGBTQ+ youth

    The nonprofit Bryant’s Bridge gives LGBTQ+ youth experiencing homelessness a place to live and connects them to health insurance and job and life training to help them transition into adulthood successfully.

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  • Help Hits the Streets with a Crisis Response Team

    The Street Crisis Response Team program is an alternative to policing made up of first-responder teams trained in trauma-informed crisis management. These teams can be dispatched for non-violent mental or behavioral health emergencies in public spaces and focus on compassion and trust-building in the community to de-escalate crises. They can also transport people to hospitals, shelters, or places to receive other mental health interventions.

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  • Genesis Row project provides sober living for those in recovery

    The Mansfield Urban Minority Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Outreach Program (UMADAOP) helps individuals in recovery programs access housing through its Genesis Row Project. The non-profit currently owns six houses and following some renovations, plans to house 20 people.

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  • Feeding Richmond: How community fridges tackle food insecurity

    The RVA Community Fridges addresses the issue of food insecurity by setting up household or industrial refrigerators outside of a host business, like a restaurant, non-profit or church. Anyone can swing by a fridge and take whatever they need or leave whatever they can. To fill the fridges, community members, local businesses, and other organizations donate purchased or cooked food.

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  • Flint pastor builds laundromat to help families experiencing hygiene poverty

    Programs that bring laundry services to schools, churches, and community centers drastically improve attendance. A lack of access to laundry services and products can lead to a number of issues such as school absenteeism, which can lead to decreased literacy rates, higher suspension rates, and a higher likelihood of dropping out.

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  • College works to tackle growing housing insecurity among students

    The Fainbarg Chase Thrive Center allocated about $20,000 in emergency grants to provide students with temporary housing in partnership with local hotels that also cover utility bills and down payments. So far, the Center has supported 13 students financially, the majority of which were in need of long-term housing support after experiencing homelessness.

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  • Farmers trained to select healthy potato seeds finally making profits

    Local farmers who received training in ‘positive selection,’ an inexpensive way to multiply potato seeds by selecting healthy-looking, vigorous mother plants, have increased their profits using this method.

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  • One Square Meal a Day – Home-Grown Feeding Programme Keeping Niger State Children in School

    The Home-Grown School Feeding Program provides one square meal a day to students in public primary schools in an effort to combat poor school attendance and malnutrition, feeding thousands of students each day. In addition to improving the economic conditions for farmers and food vendors, as well as rates of malnutrition, the program has led to a 35.6% increase in school enrollment.

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  • A Landlord ‘Underestimated' His Tenants. Now They Could Own the Building.

    Thanks to teamwork and the help of a Housing Development Fund Corporation Co-Op apartment tenants will be able to buy their apartments for $2,500 each. This practice helps to combat rent hikes and creates generational wealth for individuals owning their apartment.

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