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What if Fort Worth hired ex-convicts to fight violent crime? It's working elsewhere

Nichole Manna

June 24, 2019 |

Fort Worth Star-Telegram |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Richmond, California

Within a year of founding its Office of Neighborhood Safety to prevent gun violence, Richmond saw its most violent neighborhood drop from 27 murders to three. The program pairs former gang members and formerly incarcerated men with people deemed at risk of shooting others or getting shot. The mentors are paid a salary by the city, and the program "fellows" get paid a stipend if they stay out of trouble and respond well to the program's life-skills counseling. The program expanded citywide and to other cities, based on its record of keeping fellows alive and shootings in decline.

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Hope For Prisoners Teams Up With Las Vegas Cops to Help Ex-Offenders

Jake Bullinger

June 21, 2019 |

Bitterroot |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Las Vegas, Nevada

Hope for Prisoners helps more than 500 people per year adjust to living and working productively after serving sentences in jail or prison, thanks in large part to a team of mentors – many of whom are police officers. In an exercise in developing two-way empathy – formerly incarcerated see police willing to help them, and the police see people with criminal records working to improve themselves – the program tailors its services to people's needs and skills. Since 2010, the program has graduated more than 2,600 people, nearly two-thirds of whom found work and nearly all of whom avoided new arrests.

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Why are women declining this surgery?

Emma Bryce Wana Udobang

June 19, 2019 |

BBC |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Nigeria, Lagos

Addressing the stigma surrounding Caesarean sections in sub-saharan Africa is a vital component in reducing maternal mortality. In Nigeria, the nonprofit, Mamalette, a nonprofit organization, recruits and trains mothers to acts as mentors to pregnant women. The “Mamalette Champions,” not only provide assistance navigating the healthcare system leading up to birth, they also work to dispel misconceptions about C-sections.

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Bitwise Goes Big

James Fallows

June 19, 2019 |

The Atlantic |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Fresno, California

A company called Bitwise in Fresno, California thinks beyond financial gain and factors social background and economic justice into their developer training programs. Bitwise offers a coding school as well as a custom software business that hires graduates from their training program to help with commercial projects.

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Google-affiliate rehab campus to be unveiled today

Kaitlin Schroeder

June 14, 2019 |

Dayton Daily News |

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Response Location: United States, Dayton, Ohio

To fight against the opioid epidemic, a Google affiliate partnered with the two largest hospital systems near Dayton, Ohio to open a new treatment facility. Based on a model of holistic health care, the facility is "focusing on bridging gaps and developing coordinated efforts across organizations" to address the problem.

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Father's Day bailout: 10 Philly dads get to spend the holiday with their kids

Michaela Winberg

June 14, 2019 |

Billy Penn |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Leading up to Father’s Day, Philadelphia criminal justice organization Frontline Dads raised money to bail out fathers. Inspired by the annual Mother’s Day bailouts that happen around the country, Frontline Dad aims to not just free father’s, but raise awareness about the issue of cash bail as well. Beyond bailing out fathers, participants will also have access to services like haircuts, counseling, and job placement assistance.

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Black People Are Charged at a Higher Rate Than Whites. What if Prosecutors Didn't Know Their Race?

Timothy Williams

June 12, 2019 |

The New York Times |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

The San Francisco District Attorney’s office has been instituting “blind charging,” making it impossible to see someone’s name, race, and other demographics before deciding to charge them with a crime. This new practice comes as a response to accusations of racial bias and profiling when deciding whether to pursue a charge – citing that black people are disproportionately targeted within the criminal justice system.

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Volunteers team up to investigate deaths of moms in Alabama

Anna Claire Vollers

June 11, 2019 |

AL.com (Alabama Media Group) |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Alabama

To combat pregnancy-related deaths, a coalition of "doctors, nurses, public health leaders and others" have created a Maternal Mortality Review Committee to act as a statewide task force and investigate the reasoning behind such deaths. This type of committee has proven to work in other states, including in California where the review committee was able to identify hemorrhage and pregnancy-induced high blood pressure as two leading causes of maternal mortality.

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Blight is eating American cities. Here's how Mobile, Alabama, stopped it

Hana Schank

June 10, 2019 |

FastCompany |

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Response Location: United States, Mobile, Alabama

While the entire nation struggles to combat blight and rundown housing, the city of Mobile, Alabama put together a task force and managed to slow the spread of blight in the town and even change the state constitution. Now, the city is able to purchase blighted houses, make necessary repairs, and combat racial inequality while doing it.

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‘It's OK to not be OK:' How One High School Saved Lives with a 34-Question Survey

Ann Schimke

June 06, 2019 |

KQED |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Colorado

Colorado has one of the highest rates of suicide for both adults and children in the country. Ignoring concerns about liability issues, one school is giving high school students a mental health screening to determine how and when to best intervene to help struggling teens.

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