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Tucson groups work to keep pets with their people during financial hardship

Caitlin Schmidt

December 11, 2023 |

Arizona Daily Star |

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Response Location: United States, Tucson, Arizona

Local groups like Pima Animal Care Center (PACC) have employed several methods to help families struggling to keep their pets stay together. PACC does regular outreach events to collect pet food donations and also gives out supplies like beds, leashes and collars to those in need. PACC also has a nonprofit arm, Friends of PACC, that helps owners struggling with veterinary expenses and a safety net program that connects pets with foster families.

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Tucson played pivotal role in study on fairness in policing

Caitlin Schmidt Jamie Donnelly

April 11, 2023 |

Arizona Daily Star |

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Response Location: United States, Tucson, Arizona

Researchers trained Tucson police officers in procedural justice, which involves treating people with dignity and respect by giving them a voice and showing neutrality, to help them de-escalate situations with fewer arrests and less violence while building trust in the community.

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Tucson students help create solutions with invention education

Caitlin Schmidt

November 29, 2022 |

Arizona Daily Star |

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Response Location: United States, Tucson, Arizona

At Carden of Tuscon, teachers have implemented “invention education” to help students learn STEM concepts in a more engaging and accessible way. The framework emphasizes creative problem-solving and critical thinking skills and has resulted in innovative student projects, including a worm counting jar for fishers and a shower-stream soap dispenser.

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Court program seeks volunteers to help children through legal process

Caitlin Schmidt

November 22, 2022 |

Arizona Daily Star |

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Response Location: United States, Pima County, Arizona

Court-appointed special advocates (CASAs) are trained volunteers appointed by a judge to represent a child’s best interests throughout the foster care system and adoption court processes. CASAs spend time with the children to get to know them and their situations, including their medical, psychological and social needs, to advocate on their behalf. The CASA program began in the 1970s; today, there are about 1,000 CASA programs nationwide.

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Tucson House staff, partners help young residents prepare for school

Caitlin Schmidt

November 21, 2022 |

Arizona Daily Star |

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Response Location: United States, Tucson, Arizona

Tucson C.A.R.E.S., through the public housing community Tucson House, provides resources and services like pop-up pet vaccine clinics, food assistance, eviction prevention and connections to physical and mental health care, to residents in need. Tucson C.A.R.E.S. referred about 700 residents to various service providers in its first year.

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Effort aims to streamline services for Tucson crime survivors

Caitlin Schmidt

October 09, 2022 |

Arizona Daily Star |

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Response Location: United States, Richmond, California

One-stop hubs that include multiple services and resources for survivors of family and interpersonal violence, like the one in Richmond, California, simplify the process for survivors and keep them from having to tell their stories over and over again.

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Tribal, Arizona and Pima County officials work to reunify families

Caitlin Schmidt

September 05, 2022 |

Arizona Daily Star |

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Response Location: United States, Arizona

Lawyers, tribes, state agencies, judges, social workers, and a law professor in Arizona worked together to create the Pima County Superior Court's Indian Child Welfare Act Court. Since the court is specialized, cases are processed faster, outcomes have improved, and it protects the best interests of Native American children throughout the process.

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Program guides Tohono O'odham toward national park careers

Caitlin Schmidt

August 10, 2022 |

Arizona Daily Star |

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Response Location: Tohono O'odham Nation Reservation, United States, Arizona

As a part of the Arizona Conservation Corps’ Indigenous Communities Program, young adults from the Tohono O'odham Nation are working at national parks across Southern Arizona to build experience for careers in the National Park Service. The crews do restoration work, inventory resources, and educate the public and park visitors on the sites’ significance.

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Group seeks to turn Arizona's primaries into nonpartisan elections

Caitlin Schmidt

July 30, 2022 |

Arizona Daily Star |

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Response Location: United States, Washington

States such as Washington and California have nonpartisan "top-two" primaries, in which the top two vote getters move on to the general election regardless of their party affiliation. In Washington, voter turnout in primary elections has jumped from 18 percent in 2003, before the law went into effect, to nearly 55 percent in 2020.

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Program aims to bring diversity from classrooms into courtrooms

Caitlin Schmidt

July 05, 2022 |

Arizona Daily Star |

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Response Location: United States, Arizona

In an effort to diversify Arizona’s disproportionately white judiciary, legal professionals are volunteering in the state’s Legal Futures program to do outreach to high school and college students. The students spend face-to-face time with the professionals learning about career pathways and often leave with contact information to stay in touch.

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