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Finding affordable mental-health care getting easier with reforms, new programs

Julie Mack

April 30, 2022 |

MLive.com |

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Response Location: United States, Kalamazoo, Michigan

New Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics provide mental health services to all residents with a diagnosed mental health condition. Fees are based on income and insurance coverage, using a sliding scale discount program to help remove the financial barriers that often prevent those in need from seeking care.

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LADWP Training Program Provides Power — and Good Jobs — to the People

Larry Buhl

April 29, 2022 |

Capital & Main |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

The Utility Pre-Craft Trainee program provides a pathway to upward mobility within the Los Angeles Department of Water and power. The program provides training and experience for skilled jobs and enables participants to achieve economic mobility.

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Mansfield homeless pilot project plans to ask, 'What do you need?'

Carl Hunnell

April 29, 2022 |

Richland Source |

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Response Location: United States, Bloomington, Indiana

A successful initiative in Indiana is asking people experiencing homelessness what they need in order to find housing and stay housed. The years-long program has provided food and shelter resources as well as permanent housing and employment.

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College. Work. Starting a business. KC grads with disabilities have options

Maria Benevento

April 28, 2022 |

The Kansas City Beacon |

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Response Location: United States, Kansas City, Kansas

The Transition Academy connects people with mental and physical disabilities with helpful resources to increase their access to jobs and higher education. The group also connects families with resources, experiences, and knowledge to create a smooth transition out of high school for students with disabilities and provides a Facebook community for families to connect and share insights.

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The struggle to help LGBTQ foster youth aging-out of the system

Ken Magri

April 28, 2022 |

Outword Magazine |

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Response Location: United States, Sacramento, California

The Fostering Connections to Success Act helps aged-out foster children obtain housing, but it's not always easy for LGBTQ+ youth to find safe, accepting places to live. But with the newly implemented Resource Family Approval program, members of area child protective services departments and foster care representatives meet with potential foster families to evaluate how they would support LGBTQ+ youth in their home.

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Electric Bus Makers Pave the Way to Union Jobs for Disadvantaged Workers

Larry Buhl

April 27, 2022 |

Capital & Main |

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Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

An electric bus manufacturer, Proterra, is providing training and jobs - especially for people from populations that typically have a harder time getting hired. The program was made possible through a Community Benefit Agreement (CBA) between Proterra and a local union.

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Salem looks to solution-based housing for those experiencing homelessness

Blair Best

April 26, 2022 |

KGW-TV |

Broadcast TV News |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Salem, Oregon

Micro-shelters with on-site case managers give people experiencing homelessness a stable place to live while connecting them to medical care and job opportunities.

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Public Libraries Are Making It Easy to Check Out Seeds—and Plant a Garden

Bridget Shirvell

April 25, 2022 |

Civil Eats |

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Response Location: United States, Jefferson, Georgia

More and more public libraries around the United States are creating seed libraries as a way to encourage gardening, combat hunger insecurity, and build community resilience. For example, the Jefferson Public Library in Georgia has seen the number of people using the seed library grow to more than 300 in 2021. It can be a lot of work to maintain the seed libraries, but some librarians see it as a way to engage the community.

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In French Presidential Election, Thousands More Vote from Prison

Cole Stangler

April 21, 2022 |

Bolts |

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Response Location: France

Outside pressure and legal reforms made it easier for people who are incarcerated to vote. The small nonprofit, Robin des Lois, fought to install regular voting booths in prisons, just like any other precinct. After a long public and legal battle, French legislators approved measures allowing in-person voting in prisons, which significantly increased voter turnout.

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Athens Foodbank Fights Food Insecurity

Anna Hughes

April 20, 2022 |

Grady Newsource |

Broadcast TV News |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Athens, Georgia

The City of Refuge food bank supplies food and groceries to locals in need through mobile drives, school drop-offs and community deliveries each week. The food bank has about 60 volunteers who come in weekly to package about 250 boxes of food for local residents.

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