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  • How to House Us All: A Tyee Reader

    November 21, 2016 |

    The Tyee |

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    Response Location: Canada, Ottawa

    Throughout Canada, the available housing is insufficient to meet the needs of its residents: many homes are too expensive, unsafe, or unavailable. To address this problem, the Canadian government has sought feedback from citizens in the “Let’s Talk Housing” program. The feedback has shown many excellent models for progress, including tiny homes, partnerships with faith groups, and creative transit use. The Canadian Housing and Renewal Association is also supporting Ottawa in making more affordable housing possible.

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  • Dutch police use augmented reality to investigate crime scenes

    November 21, 2016 |

    New Scientist |

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    Response Location: Netherlands

    Police officers often need to investigate a crime scene quickly, sometimes before other investigators can arrive. In the Netherlands, researchers and police are teaming up to develop an augmented reality system that allows remote investigators to watch a live video feed and provide suggestions and information in real time to officers on the ground.

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  • "Restoration Economy" Strives to Protect Pollinators, Create Jobs

    November 21, 2016 |

    Scientific American |

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    Response Location: United States, Patagonia, Arizona

    Threatened wildlife co-exists with poverty stricken communities who inhabit the Arizona-Mexico border region. Borderlands Restoration's conservation scientists are hoping to alleviate poverty while repairing the local environment by providing jobs that help preserve and renew the environment.

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  • Victims of violence finding new hope in hospitals

    November 19, 2016 |

    Detroit Free Press |

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    Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

    Across the country, hospitals are embracing intensive intervention programs to help victims of violence — including those who have criminal histories — after they have been brought in for treatment of injuries. Such programs can help prevent retaliation, reduce the chance a patient will be violently injured again, and put people on track for success.

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  • How Libraries are Boldly Innovating to Meet the Needs of Changing Communities

    November 16, 2016 |

    Shareable |

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    Response Location: United States, Lafayette, California

    Libraries in the United States have traditionally been centers to consume information, offering users books in quiet isolation. However, a new movement across the country is transforming libraries by providing internet access, creating spaces to study and learn, and meet with members of the community. There has even been the creation of pop-up happy hour libraries at bars, and bike book deliveries to distribute free books. These new libraries are re-inventing how communities learn and demonstrating that even the oldest institutions are elastic to communities' needs.

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  • A career close to home: Taos nursing program a model of workforce development

    November 14, 2016 |

    The Taos News |

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    Response Location: United States, Taos, New Mexico

    A UNM-Taos nursing program has been touted by the college and the hospital as a great example of workforce development in a community that has long struggled with economic development. As leaders continue to look for ways to diversify the economy beyond low-paying tourism and service industry gigs, the program might be one example of how to effectively merge education and workforce development.

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  • Job seekers with criminal histories thankful for expungement clinic

    November 12, 2016 |

    WHYY |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    An expungement clinic in Philadelphia allows some with criminal charges in their past to start the process of having those sealed from public view by a judge. The workshops follow the passage of Act 5, a new state law that provides an additional path to expungement besides just a pardon from the governor. Many are hopeful the process will make it easier for people with issues in their past to get jobs and become independent citizens, although there are strict guidelines in the law on who can seek expungement.

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  • A day to expunge criminal records is hugely popular in Philly

    November 11, 2016 |

    The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia Media Network) |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    In Pennsylvania, people with certain types of misdemeanors can ask the courts to seal their records from public view. When this law was passed, a team of 175 lawyers, paralegals, and law students volunteered to help eligible people start the process of sealing their records. The event was a big hit with 1,853 people signing up for help, so many that registration had to close. Of the applicants, 1,200 will likely get their records sealed.

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  • LA Metro Bus Project to Lift Up Disadvantaged Workers

    November 11, 2016 |

    Next City |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    The Los Angeles Metro service is working to use the U.S. Employment Plan model to upgrade its fleet with eco-friendly buses. Through this model, the manufacturers who invest in and hire disadvantaged workers and support the local economy receive extra points which help them in obtaining contracts from Los Angeles Metro. This create jobs locally and helps disadvantaged communities grow while creating a fleet of zero-emissions buses.

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  • Teaching Teens Financial Literacy

    November 09, 2016 |

    Jackson Free Press |

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    Response Location: United States, Jackson, Mississippi

    Students at Provine High School will soon be able to open up accounts with Hope Credit Union, right in their own hallway. The partnership is helping students realize that having a relationship with a financial institution can create a more stable financial future, breaking the cycle of poverty.

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