Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
8 November 2015
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Anchorage, Alaska, United States
During the last 12 years, the number of minors in Alaska sentenced to time in correctional facilities because of drug or alcohol charges has been steadily reduced, from 730 in 2003 to 395 in 2014. A big contributing factor behind that improvement has come with the department’s progress in, firstly, assessing what kids need treatment and, secondly, getting them into the right treatment programs.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/29/us/a-courts-all-hands-approach-aids-girls-most-at-risk.html?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker
Patricia Leigh Brown
The New York Times
28 January 2014
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Girls Court brings an all-hands-on-deck approach to the lives of vulnerable girls, linking them to social service agencies, providing informal Saturday sessions on everything from body image to legal jargon, and offering a team of adults in whom they can develop trust.
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/02/21/a-families-first-approach-to-foster-care?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker
David Bornstein
The New York Times
21 February 2011
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The foster care system is widely acknowledged to be 'broken', and to ignore those who age out of the system. A program in Memphis is improving the lives of at-risk youths by working to reunite them with their original families.
http://www.pulitzer.org/files/2012/public_service/assault09.pdf?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker
Kristen A. Graham
Philly.com (Philadelphia Media Network)
1 April 2011
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Palm Beach County, Florida has many of the same social problems that Philadelphia has, including “gangs, drugs, and poverty.” However, their school system has managed to keep students safe by employing “safe-school case managers” who build relationships with students, and they offer a youth court that is a system run by students who peer-review cases of unrest. The initiatives in this county has prevented school violence from happening without metal detectors and just two police officers.
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/05/21/an-antidote-to-overdose-in-time-to-save-lives?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker
Tina Rosenberg
The New York Times
21 May 2014
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Naloxone could be the secret to curing New England's heroin consumption. Trying to expand access to the life-saving overdose antidote is the real obstacle.
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/11/29/an-enlightened-exchange-in-iran?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker
Tina Rosenberg
The New York Times
29 November 2010
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Two columns on how Iran averted a major AIDS epidemic through needle exchange programs; a conservative theocracy is successfully treating drug abuse as if it were Amsterdam.
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/02/25/a-network-of-support?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker
David Bornstein
The New York Times
25 February 2011
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It’s now common for youth to remain in foster care or residential treatment for years. For troubled or victimized children in need, assistance at home is often more effective than foster placement.
http://www.marketplace.org/topics/education/learningcurve/closing-digital-divide-inside?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker
Adriene Hill
Marketplace
23 February 2015
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A new juvenile justice center in Wyoming begins the movement to bring greater technological advancements to the education of the girls living there. The Wyoming Girls' School provides them with the state of the art tools they need to not fall behind while they fulfill their sentence.
http://blog.ted.com/crisis-text-line-nears-2-million-messages-answered?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker
Kate Torgovnick May
TED Blog
6 May 2014
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Crisis Text Line is a counseling system via text—a comfortable medium for teens. It allows counselors to ask for backup and collects data for research.
http://womensenews.org/story/military/150830/drugs-and-abusive-father-drove-her-military-life?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker
Léa Bouchoucha
Women's E-News
31 August 2015
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At least 25 percent of female veterans were sexually abused in childhood, making it more difficult to reenter civilian life. Volunteers of America runs a holistic housing program for homeless veterans in the U.S.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/26/us/as-vermont-tackles-heroin-addiction-progress-is-measured-in-baby-steps.html?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker
Katharine Seelye
The New York Times
26 February 2015
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About 40 percent more people in the state are seeking treatment for addiction today than a year ago - but the number of deaths from heroin is going up. Local government is scrambling for both funding and awareness to combat the issue.
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