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12 November 2019
Montana, United States
Podcast
1500-3000 Words
Policymakers and college students and faculty are testing a range of approaches to address food insecurity on campuses. One nonprofit provides small grants to students and professors to cover the cost of food, transpo...
The Seattle Times
Neal Morton
20 October 2019
Renton, Washington, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
A nonprofit in Seattle is identifying youth between the ages of 16 to 24 who are out of school and work and reconnecting them with the public education system. Two-thirds of students enrolled in the program have gone ...
9 October 2019
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
In Philadelphia, an HIV-prevention group has partnered with another youth-focused social services organization to connect patients experiencing homeless or housing insecurity with appropriate resources. By offering we...
9 October 2019
Detroit, Michigan, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
A more diverse theater scene requires arts and culture organizations that embrace and reflect communities of color. In Detroit, Michigan, the nonprofit Black and Brown Theatre works to eliminate barriers for actors of...
9 October 2019
Washington, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
Worker cooperatives offer a scalable model through which to ensure and protect the rights of home care workers. The Home Care Workers Purpose Trust, started by the Bronx-based Cooperative Home Care Associates, brings ...
18 September 2019
Provincetown, Massachusetts, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
The retention of local ownership provides a more viable business model for small newspapers. In Provincetown, Massachusetts, the Provincetown Independent eschews the profit-maximizing, private-equity business model in...
12 September 2019
California, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
Several programs have cropped up throughout California to help former foster youth navigate what has been identified as the biggest challenge of aging out of the foster case system -- housing. NextUp and other initiat...
10 September 2019
Hammana, Lebanon
Text
800-1500 Words
Amplifying local culture, history, and food through the arts increases tourism and can revitalize areas struggling with depopulation. The Hammana Artist House, a collaboration between a philanthropist and Collectif Ka...
The Innovator
Melissa Malley
1 September 2019
Bronx, New York, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
In public schools in New York and across the country, sexual education classes that don't work are a serious issue. To combat misinformation and myths, the Peer Health Exchange (PHE) program trains college students to...
30 August 2019
New York, New York, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
A "near-peer" mentoring program offers a promising model for similar initiatives working to prevent "summer melt" for low-income students in the summer between their graduation from high school and arrival at college....
Christian Science Monitor
Alex P. Kellogg
23 August 2019
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
Atlanta has seen a decline in rates of people experiencing homelessness from 2008-2018, a trend that is particularly meaningful as other cities contend with stubbornly high numbers. Part of the solution? A new source ...
23 August 2019
United States
Text
800-1500 Words
Living Room Conversations facilitates civil discourse among people with different political views. The nonprofit encourages in-person meetings of groups of four to seven people with different backgrounds and views, id...
Earth Journalism Network
Banani Mallick
19 August 2019
Bangladesh
Text
800-1500 Words
Facing sea-level rise and other climate threats, a group of women working in agriculture in Bangladesh are adapting their practices and focus and sharing their tips for success with other women.
14 August 2019
Sargent, Texas, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
To protect the natural lands of the Texas coast and battle climate change, a new nonprofit is working to create a carbon dioxide storage program in partnership with private landowners. The innovative models give lando...
8 August 2019
Oakland, California, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
Partnerships between nonprofits strengthen efforts to promote economic justice. Working together, several nonprofits focused on economic and restorative justice in Oakland have succeeded in opening Restore Oakland, a ...
7 August 2019
Colorado, United States
Text
Under 800 Words
Thanks to a two-year grant from Colorado’s Health Foundation, several food-centered nonprofit organizations are working to help residents of southwestern Colorado replace high-calorie, low nutrition food with seasonal...
Flatland
Brian Perlman
1 August 2019
Kansas City, Missouri, United States
Multi-Media
800-1500 Words
After piloting anti-violence initiatives across the city, leaders in Kansas City, Missouri, are re-evaluating their approach. While the steps taken to curb gun violence were similar to others across the country, here,...
29 July 2019
Wooster, Ohio, United States
Multi-Media
800-1500 Words
In Ohio’s Wayne County Jail, people serving sentences can access CADET, which stands for Chemical Addiction/Dependency, Education and Therapy program. With nearly 20% of Wayne County bookings involving drug-related of...
29 July 2019
Rotherham, England
Text
800-1500 Words
Grimm & Co.'s Apothecary to the Magical is boosting child literacy skills in a former steel and coal town with a large low-income population. By offering an imaginative space and free writing workshops, the nonprofit ...
25 July 2019
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
In Philadelphia, the new HostHome program is working to decrease rates of LGBTQ+ youth experiencing homelessness by connecting youth with volunteer households to host them and social workers to provide additional supp...
8 July 2019
Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
Hartford, Connecticut looks to Boston as an example of a city that has succeeded in establishing a connection between nonprofits - who can donate payments to the city that are exempt from property taxes - and the loca...
NPR
Robin Lloyd
7 July 2019
New York, New York, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
Brownsville Collaborative Middle School is one of a growing number of elementary schools in the U.S. using community gardens to teach predominantly low-income students about healthy food options and provide produce to...
1 July 2019
Los Angeles, California, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
In California and other western states, where the number of people experiencing homelessness has increased dramatically, some nonprofits are offering up parking lots as a place for those who live in their cars to stay...
28 June 2019
San Mateo, California, United States
Radio
3-5 Minutes
In San Mateo's juvenile detention centers, Project Change encourages youth who have completed high school coursework to enroll in community college classes taught on the campus. Inspired by the promise of programs lik...
24 June 2019
New York, New York, United States
Text
Over 3000 Words
Founded in the 1990s, the New Teacher Center offers a promising mentor model for new teachers. In an effort to measure the program's effectiveness and see if it impacts teacher retention, the 74 followed two participa...
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