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Animal Chaplaincy Has Become A Growing Profession

Andrea Cooper

January 04, 2023 |

Religion Unplugged |

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Response Location: United States, Mendham, New Jersey

Animal chaplains provide spiritual support, specifically focusing on relationships with animals. Animal chaplains help clients prepare for a pet’s passing and run animal loss support groups, regardless of a person’s religious beliefs or affiliation.

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Hurricane-damaged roofs in Puerto Rico remain a problem. One group is offering a fix

Adrian Florido

January 03, 2023 |

NPR |

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Response Location: United States Minor Outlying Islands, San Juan, Puerto Rico

The nonprofit PRoTechnos helps homeowners in Puerto Rico repair roofs damaged by hurricanes when they do not get government assistance to do so. The organization employs locals interested in learning about construction, so they can learn the skills necessary to get a job in the industry afterward.

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Embracing their place on ‘the fringes,' queer artists reimagine Jewish ritual garments for all bodies

Jackie Hajdenberg

January 03, 2023 |

The Forward |

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Response Location: United States, California

The Tzitzit Project makes Jewish ritual garments typically produced for and worn by Orthodox men in shapes and colors for a variety of bodies and genders to appeal to a more diverse set of people.

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How Mobile Home Communities Are Adapting for Climate Change

Sarah Amandolare

January 03, 2023 |

Yes! Magazine |

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Response Location: United States, Brattleboro, Vermont

As climate change increases flooding in the area, residents of Vermont’s Tri-Park Cooperative mobile home community can relocate to safer locations out of the flood zone without increasing their monthly expenses. The offer is part of a program created by the co-op and the local government that will cover the costs of the new homes and buyouts.

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Nearly a third of students at this ski-town college have been homeless. Here's how the school's responding

Andrew Kenney

January 02, 2023 |

Colorado Public Radio |

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Response Location: United States, Durango, Colorado

The rapid rehousing program at Fort Lewis College in Colorado provides students with a free bed in the school’s temporary housing unit while they work with them on finding permanent housing. When necessary, the college also provides financial assistance for things like rent and utilities.

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Pawsitive impacts: Program aims to break generational cycles of poverty through pet grooming

Mili Mansaray

December 29, 2022 |

The Kansas City Beacon |

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Response Location: United States, Kansas City, Missouri

In Kansas City, the nonprofit Pawsperity trains parents facing financial instability to groom dogs. Students of the program learn the basics of dog grooming four days a week and like skills one day each week to help break the cycle of poverty and prepare them for a job in the field.

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'This is not charity': A congregation attempts reparations

Frances Nguyen

December 29, 2022 |

Prism |

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Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

A San Francisco Bay Area loan program called the Black Wealth Builders Fund provides low-to-moderate-income homebuyers in black neighborhoods zero-interest loans to cover the down payment on their first home.

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For decades, Chinatown has created a blueprint for fighting big development. Here's how they do it.

Massarah Mikati

December 29, 2022 |

The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia Media Network) |

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Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Philadelphia’s Chinatown remains authentic and keeps its position downtown by organizing together to preserve the community through activism.

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WA schools want more students to be bilingual; is that goal possible?

Jeanie Lindsay

December 27, 2022 |

The Seattle Times |

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Response Location: United States, SeaTac, Washington

Dual-language programs, which offer instruction in both English and a second language for subjects such as science, math, and social studies, improve English acquisition while allowing multilingual students to stay connected to their culture. In one Washington school district, most dual-language students outperformed non-dual-language students on state language arts exams.

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Maternal deaths in the U.S. are staggeringly common. Personal nurses could help

Laura Benshoff

December 27, 2022 |

NPR |

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Response Location: United States, Upper Darby, Pennsylvania

The Nurse-Family Partnership pairs low-income, first-time parents with a personal nurse from pregnancy through their child's second birthday. The Partnership serves 56,000 families each year, and works to help improve pregnancy outcomes for both parents and their babies through early education, access to care and helping to empower parents to get the care they need.

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