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  • The algorithm says crisis. The social worker says trust

    December 11, 2024 |

    AfroLA |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    Los Angeles County social workers are using AI to find people at risk of homelessness before they become unhoused. Instead of traditional programs that wait for people to seek help themselves, this technology is more preventative, allowing social workers to provide assistance ahead of time. The program launched in 2020 and has since served over 400 people.

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  • After Helene, relief network takes the chaos out of giving

    December 10, 2024 |

    The 9th Street Journal |

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    Response Location: United States, North Carolina

    A network of local organizations in North Carolina are supplying people impacted by Hurricane Helene with clothing that can keep them warm as winter arrives. They run clothing drives and then sort the donations to meet specific requests, which is more helpful than giving out boxes of random clothes.

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  • What is a food pharmacy? The emerging concept underscores the importance of food as medicine

    December 09, 2024 |

    Salon |

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    Response Location: United States

    Wholesome Wave works to end food and nutrition insecurity with its Produce Prescription Program food pharmacy, which offers people with diet-related illnesses prescriptions for healthy foods, like fruits and vegetables. Food pharmacies are collaborations between healthcare organizations and medical professionals that use food as medicine, highlighting the importance of a well-rounded diet to prevent disease.

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  • Fighting food insecurity with cooking classes

    December 06, 2024 |

    Grady Newsource |

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    Response Location: United States, Winder, Georgia

    Wimberly’s Roots, a community garden and kitchen located in one of Georgia's food deserts, has increased access to healthy food through their monthly cooking lessons and partnership with the Boys and Girls Club.

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  • A Little-Known Federal Program Is Keeping Senior Housing Affordable in Denver

    December 05, 2024 |

    Next City |

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    Response Location: United States, Denver, Colorado

    The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development offers funding for affordable housing properties to retrofit their buildings to be more resilient to climate change and improve resident’s quality of life. The funding ensures the properties remain as affordable housing because these upgrades typically reduce bills and because property owners must agree to keep rent affordable for 25 years.

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  • Pop-Up Voting Centers Bring the Polls Directly to Unhoused Angelenos

    December 05, 2024 |

    Bolts |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    Los Angeles County’s Flex Vote Center Program establishes polling locations at shelters, transitional housing sites, and service centers for people who are unhoused or face other barriers to voting. In 2020, nearly 2,800 people cast their ballots through the Flex program.

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  • How One Library Is Filling the Gaps in Homeless Services

    November 27, 2024 |

    Governing |

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    Response Location: United States, Salt Lake City, Utah

    The Salt Lake City Public Library employed in-house social workers and built out an area in the library dedicated to providing a variety of resources for people experiencing homelessness and anyone else looking for support. The staff helps people find individualized paths forward, and partner organizations host office hours for things like harm reduction services and workforce services.

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  • New work program in Atlantic City for homeless people

    November 27, 2024 |

    NJ Spotlight |

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    Response Location: United States, Atlantic City, New Jersey

    The Hope Work Initiative by Atlantic City's Homeless Outreach Unit connects unhoused community members with temporary employment cleaning up the city streets for three days a week, making $75 a day.

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  • Trump and his allies could kill funding for life-saving resiliency hubs

    November 27, 2024 |

    Yale Climate Connections |

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    Response Location: United States, Atlanta, Georgia

    Federal tax credits from the Inflation Reduction Act enabled Community Church Atlanta to create a resiliency hub in its community center, serving as a food pantry and critical emergency shelter. Reduced energy bills from the recently installed solar panels are helping them expand their food pantry beyond the 32,000 they fed last year, and pursue even greater structural enforcements.

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  • The Denver Nonprofit Tackling Food Waste and Hunger at Once

    November 26, 2024 |

    Triple Pundit |

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    Response Location: United States, Denver, Colorado

    We Don’t Waste serves more than 100 hunger relief organizations across the city and has saved and redistributed 220 million servings of food to date. The team of staff and volunteers who recover and distribute food to the community has not only helped prevent food waste, but also greenhouse gas emissions and other environmental consequences, all while feeding locals in need.

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