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29 June 2017
Long Beach, California, United States
Text
Under 800 Words
Unlike the rest of Los Angeles County, the City of Long Beach has managed to decrease its homeless population; coordination of key departments has been crucial to the city's success. "Since 2015, Long Beach has increa...
CityLab
Krutika Pathi
28 June 2017
New York, New York, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
The homeless population in NYC stands at the highest number since the Great Depression. The Bowery Residents Committee has suggested changes to how shelters emerge, run and are funded. With a focus on results-based fu...
28 June 2017
New York, New York, United States
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1500-3000 Words
With new mayor-ordained shelters and support services unlikely to function until 2020, NYC’s 60,000+ homeless population is left in need of assistance in the meantime. But recently, an anti-homelessness nonprofit—Brea...
5 June 2017
Norristown, Pennsylvania, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
Public defenders' caseloads are too large for them to be able to provide the details that a loved one of an offender can provide in court. Participatory Defense programs train loved ones of the offender to be able to ...
31 May 2017
California, United States
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1500-3000 Words
Victims of trauma are at risk for substance abuse, depression, or other difficulties. Trauma Recovery Centers are becoming increasingly prevalent for their ability to provide a wide range of services.
Richland Source
Emily Dech
4 May 2017
Mansfield, Ohio, United States
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1500-3000 Words
Food security has increasingly become an issue for many families across the country, as economic instability and other factors contribute to the rising costs of living. Catholic Charities in Mansfield is taking a more...
11 April 2017
Saint Helier, Bailiwick of Jersey, United Kingdom
Radio
Over 15 Minutes
On the island of Jersey, postal workers don’t just deliver the mail: they also check up on elderly people during their routes. With a quick face-to-face chat, they check that they’ve taken their medication and if ther...
The Press of Atlantic City
Nicole Leonard
16 January 2017
Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States
Text
Under 800 Words
New Jersey was one of seven states chosen by the U.S. Department of Agriculture to participate in a pilot program for SNAP recipients, where eligible participants can use food stamps for grocery purchases online for t...
The Press of Atlantic City
Vincent Jackson
27 November 2016
Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
New Jersey looks for those solutions being implemented successfully in other regions around the country to fight hunger in food deserts and poor neighborhoods, assessing what can be replicated in their local communiti...
Columbia Daily Spectator
Rahil Kamath
14 November 2016
New York, New York, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
To address the food insecurity problem among its low-income students, Columbia University launched Swipes, a meal sharing app in which students with a surplus of “meal swipes” could donate them to students in need. Bu...
Daily Herald
Marie Wilson
7 October 2016
Bloomington, Illinois, United States
Text
Under 800 Words
A new online course called REST provides volunteers in Illinois with the necessary skills and a certification to provide short term care for people with disabilities, allowing for their loved ones and long-term caregi...
17 August 2016
Walla Walla, Washington, United States
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1500-3000 Words
The development of the ACE score in the late 1990s revealed that the causes behind many serious social issues-- from violence to graduation rates to poverty-- were rooted in trauma and stress experienced by the indivi...
KNME-PBS
Megan Kamerick
5 August 2016
Española, New Mexico, United States
Broadcast TV Programs
5-15 Minutes
Heroin and opiate addiction is a growing problem across the country, but it’s also a familiar concern in Rio Arriba county. Local health officials have tried for years to reduce the number of overdose deaths in the co...
Coloradoan
Sarah Jane Kyle
3 August 2016
Fort Collins, Colorado, United States
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800-1500 Words
Two Northern Colorado counties and Fort Collins, especially, face high levels of homelessness, many of whom are veterans, though it's not for a lack of organizations; rather, a lack of coordination among veterans' ser...
9 July 2016
Seattle, Washington, United States
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1500-3000 Words
When Washington state introduced higher standards for child care, many feared that home-based centers, including those run by women from Somalia, would close. But a group spearheaded by nonprofit Voices of Tomorrow ar...
1 July 2016
Fort Worth, Texas, United States
Radio
5-15 Minutes
The Padua Project in Fort Worth, Texas, has set a goal of getting 100 poor people out of poverty in three years — with a job, three months’ savings and off government assistance. But, is it working?
30 June 2016
Fort Worth, Texas, United States
Radio
5-15 Minutes
Padua Project is an innovative program that has a goal of getting poor people out of poverty in three years with a job, three months’ savings and off government assistance. Its unusual success involved a collaboration...
11 June 2016
San Francisco, California, United States
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1500-3000 Words
San Francisco officials converted an abandoned school on the Mission’s skid row into a special kind of shelter with the means to take chronically homeless adults from the street and entire encampment communities, then...
1 March 2016
High Point, North Carolina, United States
Text
Over 3000 Words
High Point, North Carolina, had the highest rates of domestic abuse in the state. The county decided to take a more comprehensive approach to the standard methods of the criminal justice system by adding in better col...
9 November 2015
Bronx, New York, United States
Text
Over 3000 Words
A misdemeanor for a poor person can mean denial of employment, housing, etc., removing any opportunities for change. A public defender's office in the Bronx is trying to stop this downward spiral by offering ex-offend...
3 November 2015
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
In a Pittsburgh food desert, the addition of a new supermarket increased residents' level of satisfaction with their neighborhood. Researching people's relationship with food and their community could improve federal ...
3 September 2015
Nigeria
Text
Under 800 Words
In light of a study published in BMC Medicine, authors Nancy Fullman and Alexandra Wollum take a deeper dive into Nigeria’s gains against polio and what they could mean for the country’s routine vaccine systems.
18 July 2015
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
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1500-3000 Words
After a rampant problem of violence among youths, Minneapolis enacted a violence-prevention plan which focused on collective action and stemming the causes at their source, resulting in nonfatal shootings involving yo...
29 June 2015
Sarasota, Florida, United States
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Over 3000 Words
In Sarasota, Florida, residents invested in change contend that for the poor to move beyond survival mode and break a multi-generational cycle, they need a wraparound strategy, rather than one-off or isolated services...
3 May 2015
Newark, Ohio, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
Research shows that successful addiction recovery requires a comprehensive approach and multiple types of support. Ohio is in the midst of shifting its approach to vocational rehabilitation to an evidence-based approa...
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