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Vocational boom: Enrollment surges at career technical schools as students seek skills, jobs, financial stability

Emilee Klein

November 07, 2025 |

Daily Hampshire Gazette |

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Response Location: United States, Massachusetts

Vocational and technical education programs offer students the best of both worlds, giving them hands-on experience in career fields of interest while also requiring academic rigor in the classroom. In Massachusetts, which is currently expanding funding for schools to upgrade their facilities, enrollment in technical schools rose 24 percent over 15 years, with many schools requiring a waitlist for interested students.

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Diabetes care on wheels brings help to people who need it most

Stephanie Dubois, Brian Goldman

November 01, 2025 |

CBC |

Multi-Media |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: Canada, Calgary, Alberta

A mobile diabetes clinic in Calgary brings comprehensive healthcare directly to people experiencing homelessness or low income at community health centers. The team provides services including foot care, retinal scans, blood and urine screening with immediate results, dietary counseling, and connections to housing and mental health programs. The "one-stop-shop" model eliminates the need for patients to travel to multiple appointments, ensuring they get the care they need.

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The Country Making Orphanages Obsolete

MaryLou Costa

October 31, 2025 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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Response Location: Republic of Moldova

In 2007, Moldova launched a National Strategy to reduce the number of children living in orphanages by providing more support to disadvantaged families, creating more inclusive education programs, and expanding the country’s foster care capacity. As of now, only about 700 children remain in orphanages.

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'Real-life science experiment' fills critical legal gaps in rural SD

Molly Wetsch

October 31, 2025 |

South Dakota News Watch |

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Response Location: United States, Burke, South Dakota

The Rural Attorney Recruitment Program (RARP) addresses critical shortages of legal services in rural areas by providing attorneys $12,513 annually for five years to practice in communities under 3,500. The program has 36 participating attorneys, including 19 who have completed the program and 14 who continue to practice in their rural communities beyond their five-year obligations. Since the program launched, participating attorneys have provided over 300 hours of pro bono work worth more than $30,000 in some counties.

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This Walkable Gathering Space Has Transformed a City's Main Street

Carl Smith

October 27, 2025 |

Governing |

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Response Location: United States, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

The city of Lancaster invested nearly $12 million to create a walkable mixed-use development area along a main thoroughfare, with nine blocks of businesses and community spaces such as a library and a museum. The development has generated more than $270 million in economic output and residents say the area is now welcoming and encourages a sense of community.

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America's Rye Whiskey Resurgence Could Help the Climate, But Not By Itself

Emily Payne

October 25, 2025 |

Inside Climate News |

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Response Location: United States, Colorado

The Rye Resurgence Project planted 4,000 acres of rye in Colorado's San Luis Valley, leading to a 30% reduction in soil nitrogen leaching, dramatically improved water infiltration, and reduced soil erosion and dust storms, while providing farmers with profitable markets that incentivize soil-protecting practices.

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Mapping a fairer future: The open-source movement that's mobilising for climate resilience

David Lyons

October 21, 2025 |

Pioneers Post |

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Response Location: Argentina

The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) trains local communities to create and use open-source maps with low-cost tools like drones and mobile apps, enabling them to prepare for and respond to climate disasters. Firefighters used the maps to prevent casualties during a 2021 wildfire in Argentina, and in Kenya maps were used to secure World Bank funding for flood infrastructure improvements.

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Memphis' response to youth mental health needs? Free, flexible therapy outside school

Bri Hatch

October 21, 2025 |

Chalkbeat Tennessee |

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Response Location: United States, Memphis, Tennessee

Through the Youth Connect program, Memphis teens can access up to 12 sessions with an out-of-school therapist, helping to fill gaps in school-based mental health services and give students more choice in who they see. So far, nearly 350 students have taken advantage of the program.

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Ventura County is turning former farmland into affordable housing for farmworkers - High Country News

Erin Rode

October 20, 2025 |

High Country News |

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Response Location: United States, Ventura, California

The 2016 exemption to Ventura County's strict farmland protection laws has enabled the development of nearly 700 affordable housing units for farmworkers. These rent-controlled apartments on former agricultural land provide stable housing regardless of immigration status.

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"On a recréé un chemin direct de la fourche à la fourchette" : à Auray, une ferme municipale alimente les cantines en circuit court

Robin Prudent

October 19, 2025 |

Franceinfo |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: France, Auray

La ferme municipale d’Auray cultive des légumes biologiques qui se retrouvent dans les assiettes servies à la résidence publique pour personnes âgées et la crèche d'à côté, et prévoit de fournir des repas aux écoles publiques de la ville à l’avenir. Au cours de sa première année, la ferme a produit environ quatre tonnes de légumes.

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