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  • Vermont's Radical Experiment to Break the Addiction Cycle

    Scott Calvert Jennifer Levitz

    December 23, 2016 |

    Wall Street Journal |

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    Response Location: United States, Rutland, Vermont

    A pre-charge program in Vermont offers low-level, non-violent drug offending criminals the opportunity to abide by a personalized contract of recovery to avoid criminal charges. Program participants are often required to seek treatment for drug addiction, maintain employment, and engage in behaviors that will improve their quality of life. This program gives addicts a chance to rebuild their lives and frees up resources within the criminal justice system to be used on higher profile crimes.

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  • N.J. will eliminate cash bail, speed up criminal trials in 2017

    Joe Hernandez

    December 21, 2016 |

    WHYY |

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    Response Location: United States, New Jersey

    New Jersey has eliminated cash bail and will instead make a determination, driven in part by computer algorithms, on whether someone is likely to commit another crime or not show up for their court date. This eliminates a system where more than a third of people awaiting trial were behind bars only because they could not afford bail. If a judge does decide to hold someone in jail, another reform kicks in assuring a speedy trial by setting required deadlines for cases to be heard.

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  • What Keeps Women Out of Career Programs — and What Will Make Them Stay

    Johnny Magdaleno

    December 16, 2016 |

    Next City |

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    Response Location: United States, Newport, Kentucky

    Research is recognizing that to help women graduate from career programs additional supports and services are needed such as child care, domestic violence aid and emergency cash assistance. Programs, such as The Brighton Center, provide systems of support where students can list additional supports they need and receive the help they need to graduate.

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  • Colorful maps and wooden blocks have lured some skeptical parents — but can free public Montessori survive in Detroit?

    Erin Einhorn

    December 14, 2016 |

    Chalkbeat |

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    Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

    Detroit implemented the Montessori Method at several public schools, despite funding constraints. The program has attracted families that might otherwise look to the suburbs and private schools for education. It has resulted in more diverse classrooms and more opportunities for students.

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  • How Ontario's vision of equity for schools contrasts starkly with Pennsylvania's

    Kevin McCorry

    December 13, 2016 |

    Keystone Crossroads |

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    Response Location: Canada, Toronto, Ontario

    Part 1 of the "Equity or Bust: Are Ontario's Public Schools a Model for Pennsylvania" Series: Ontario has become widely lauded for its education system, celebrated for both high performance and relatively smaller achievement gaps between wealthy and poor students, thanks to the concept of "equity." This manifests, in essence, as more funding per-pupil to the school boards that serve students who face the greatest obstacles. The model contrasts starkly to the school system in Pennsylvania, regarded as "the most inequitable in the nation.”

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  • This Is How We Can Tackle Climate Change, Even With a Denier in Chief

    Laurie Mazur

    December 12, 2016 |

    The Nation (New York) |

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    Response Location: United States

    With little action happening to reverse or prepare for climate change at the federal level, local communities have taken initiative on their own. From voters in Flagstaff passing a $10 million bond to bolster forest management to the city of Tulsa buying over 1,000 flood-prone properties, across the United States people are taking non- or bi-partisan steps to increase their towns’ resilience. Core to each initiative is not a parachute, one-size-fits-all approach, rather, it’s taking a hyper-local approach, centering community strength, and moving disadvantaged populations to the forefront.

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  • Boulder's Elkhorn Treatment Center: 'Silver bullet' for women fighting addiction

    Kathleen J. Bryan

    December 11, 2016 |

    The Montana Standard |

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    Response Location: United States, Boulder, Montana

    The Montana prison system operates a pair of men's and women's treatment facilities that provide an intensive, nine-month treatment program for methamphetamine and opioid abuse that has shown high rates of success. Residents are seen not simply as prisoners or people with addiction, but as people needing empathy and life lessons in accountability and honesty. Therapy groups allow patients to share their stories of trauma. Various studies have shown the treatment centers have successfully graduated 75-95% of their patients.

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  • The Navigation Center: A Haven for the Determined

    Laura Wenus

    December 08, 2016 |

    Mission Local |

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    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    Although San Francisco has two shelters that collectively hold more than 300 beds each, these shelters can divide up families and couples, and can discourage pets and personal belongings. These shelters also do not offer services to help the homeless. The Navigation Center serves the homeless from the encampments in the Mission District and offers a variety of services, comfort, and convenience while many successfully find stable housing placements.

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  • This Kansas farmer fought a government program to keep his farm sustainable

    Kristin Ohlson

    December 05, 2016 |

    Ensia |

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    Response Location: United States, Kansas

    Regenerative farming practices such as cover crops can be environmentally friendly and financially profitable. But federal crop insurance rules and certain characteristics of the agriculture industry have prevented farmers from employing these techniques fully. However, one farmer, Gail Fuller, has been working to broaden access to such techniques.

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  • Street outreach programs in Syracuse work to combat homelessness, especially in winter months

    Taylor Watson

    November 28, 2016 |

    The Daily Orange |

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    Response Location: United States, Syracuse, New York

    The city of Syracuse uses two outreach programs to encourage homeless individuals to seek shelter during the winter months and, eventually, permanent housing. Rather than detain folks who refuse to seek shelter throughout the winter, outreach workers build trust with each unsheltered homeless person, fostering a relationship in order to encourage folks to seek safety and warmth.

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