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A post-mortem on Oregon's drug decriminalization efforts

Paige Sutherland Meghna Chakrabarti

May 29, 2024 |

WBUR |

Radio |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Oregon

While the decriminalization effort Measure 110 failed to fully meet the mark, the Health Justice Recovery Alliance joined forces with local law enforcement to create a pilot program that helped locals struggling with addiction. Through the program, police can contact an outreach worker who will come to the scene and connect the person struggling with addiction to support services such as detox care and housing, helping lead them toward long-term recovery. So far, the pilot program has helped over 200 people.

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Revolution in the Soil: How One School is Responding to Food Insecurity

Latasha Rouseau

May 29, 2024 |

Sapelo Square |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Atlanta, Georgia

A community garden is part of the curriculum at the Mohammed Schools of Atlanta to teach students how to grow their own food. Amid a food desert, the garden provides fresh food for the school cafeteria and produces enough that students can take crops home to their families each week.

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Day care, baby supplies, counseling: Inside a school for pregnant and parenting teens

Neal Morton

May 28, 2024 |

The Hechinger Report |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Spokane, Washington

Lumen High School enrolls pregnant and parenting teens, providing a “learn-as-you-go” approach to learning that makes it possible for them to parent and stay in school. The school provides full-day child care, free baby supplies, mental health counseling and other supports to help get students to graduation day. All the Lumen High School students who graduate have been accepted into college, with 95% enrolling or choosing to start working within the six months after graduation.

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Recycling isn't easy. The Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana is doing it anyway.

Taylar Dawn Stagner

May 28, 2024 |

Grist |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Muscogee (Creek) Nation, United States, Oklahoma

The United States Envrionmental Protection Agency is distributing grant money to help tribes like the Muscogee (Creek) Nation in Oklahoma start and grow recycling programs, as funding is often a massive hurdle. The tribe was able to purchase equipment like a semi-truck and compactor with the funds.

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This Montana school solved its teacher shortage by opening a day care

Susan Shain

May 28, 2024 |

High Country News |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Dutton, Montana

To help fill open teaching positions, Dutton-Brady Public Schools opened Little Diamondbacks Daycare to provide subsidized child care for school staff who often struggle to find open, affordable slots for their kids. The center also helps fill a need in the community, with some families who don’t work at the school driving from up to 40 miles away to use the daycare center.

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WA's 'one of a kind' youth homelessness response shows big results

Greg Kim

May 25, 2024 |

The Seattle Times |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Washington

Washington's Office of Homeless Youth administers funding and creates policy solutions to help youth experiencing homelessness across the state. The agency organizes services like shelter, sober-living housing, and financial assistance tailored to their personal experiences.

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Teens want therapy. Are they getting it?

Christian Rojas Linares Salma Baksh Shoaa Khan Mike Elsen Rooney

May 22, 2024 |

Chalkbeat New York |

Podcast |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, New York, New York

Teen Space expands free access to mental health care. With parental consent, teens can sign up online or through the app and be quickly matched with a therapist. Since its launch last November, more than 6,000 students have signed up, and each one has been connected with a therapist within 24 hours.

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Horticulture, horses and ‘Chill Rooms': One district goes all-in on mental health support

Javeria Salman

May 21, 2024 |

The Hechinger Report |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

“Chill Rooms,” offer students a place where they can go and talk to “chill therapists” when they’re feeling anxious, stressed or just need a minute to reset during the school day. Some schools have even partnered with other organizations to offer creative forms of mental health care, like equine therapy. In the Northgate School District, the graduation rate has increased by 11% since incorporating Chill Rooms.

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Dollar Stores Force Local Grocery Stores to Close. This Woman Opened One Anyway.

Aallyah Wright

May 20, 2024 |

Capital B (National) |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Webb, Mississippi

Farmacy Marketplace is a neighborhood grocery store that partners with local farmers through the non-profit In Her Shoes to provide community members with access to fresh produce and meat. Local grocery stores are emerging as a solution to food accessibility in rural communities and Black neighborhoods as dollar stores close shop. Similar locally owned grocers are also popping up around the country in cities like Detroit and Milwaukee.

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How Women Are Helping Their Neighbors Heal From Depression

Elizabeth Hewitt

May 16, 2024 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Zambia

StrongMinds provides group therapy run by trained community members to help locals treat and manage their depression, as access to therapists in more rural areas is scarce. Since the organization launched in 2013, half a million people have gone through the treatment program and three-quarters of the participants have been screened as being free of depression symptoms two weeks after completing the program.

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