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  • Long-term drug treatment facilities at former Edwin Shaw site aim to fill gaps, prevent relapses

    October 25, 2017 |

    Akron Beacon Journal |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: United States, Lakemore, Ohio

    Two organizations, called Hope United and Restore Addiction Recovery are obtaining land on an old hospital grounds to build long-term treatment facilities for opiate addicts. The idea is that, currently, the longest in-patient treatment programs are only 90 days and addicts need more time than this to recover from their addiction and really get on their feet. These new facilities will be year-long treatment programs and will include support services that continue after discharge, as well.

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  • The ‘Problem Child' Is a Child, Not a Problem

    October 24, 2017 |

    The New York Times |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States

    Isolating or punitive methods in early childhood education can have a lasting effect on a 'problematic' child, leading to greater behavioural problems. Collaborative Problem Solving techniques, such as 'Plan B', require the child and teacher or parent to work together to identify each of their concerns and come up with a mutually beneficial solution, allowing both sides to be heard in a calm environment.

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  • How a Temple professor and a prison inmate started an international movement

    October 23, 2017 |

    The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia Media Network) |

    Multi-Media |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    In the Inside-Out Exchange program half of the students are college students, and the other half are prison inmates. The program has “expanded to about 150 correctional institutions across the globe” but the biggest takeaway is the effect it has on people. Students were “ engaged in a way they never had been in the classroom. For the inmates, suddenly their opinions mattered.”

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  • Drug court – giving families a chance to break the cycle of opioid use

    October 23, 2017 |

    The Guardian |

    Photojournalism |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Abingdon, Virginia

    In Washington County, Virginia, a drug court modeled after the federal drug court model is offering opioid addicts a chance to follow a strict program intended to help keep them sober as an alternative to incarceration. Participants are required to maintain full-time employment, subjected to random drug tests, attend mandatory therapy groups, and abide by a curfew. The program is helping addicts maintain sobriety throughout the duration of their enrollment in drug court instead of sending them to prison where they are less likely to have access to these types of addiction services.

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  • Should health agencies in the Mahoning Valley give needles to addicts?

    October 22, 2017 |

    The Vindicator |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Youngstown, Ohio

    As the opioid crisis continues to impact all areas of the United States, local governments are starting to try solutions they previously had dismissed. In Ohio, this means implementing needle exchange programs with the aim of reducing the spread of communicable diseases.

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  • Can Providing Addicts With Needles Help Curb The Opioid Crisis and the Costly Epidemic to Follow?

    October 13, 2017 |

    WKSU |

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    Response Location: United States, Mahoning, Ohio

    In Mahoning County, Ohio, a needle exchange program helps prevent addicts from contracting communicable diseases that might create further barriers to sobriety. The needle exchange also creates an interface for addicts to interact with resources that can help them achieve and maintain recovery from addiction.

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  • The road from prison to college is a hard one. Here's how this new high school graduate made it.

    October 12, 2017 |

    Public Radio International (PRI) |

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    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Boston, Massachusetts

    For a fraction of what it costs to house a prison inmate, College Bound Dorchester pays former gang members a weekly stipend to attend college. This program has a huge impact on not only the lives of the participants but their families as well.

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  • Trading gangs and guns for a future

    October 10, 2017 |

    CommonWealth |

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    Response Location: United States, Boston, Massachusetts

    Unlike typical youth crime prevention programs, several programs in Boston target youth already involved in gangs and violence. Though more resistant to receiving help and staying on the right path, the youth have responded positively to the counseling, education, and jobs services offered by such groups as Roca Inc., College Bound Dorchester, and Operation Exit. All boast high retention rates and low rates of new criminal offenses. And all focus on fostering deep changes in lifestyles and community norms by offering real long-term incentives to change.

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  • In Kentucky, jail is becoming an addict's last-resort rehab

    October 09, 2017 |

    PBS NewsHour |

    Broadcast TV News |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Louisville, Kentucky

    In Kentucky, substance abuse issues are now being addressed within the prison setting. This Kentucky prison created a comprehensive drug treatment program, including a full experiential component as well as vivitrol opportunities, to curb addiction issues.

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  • Former drug users work on the front lines of the opioid crisis in Rhode Island

    October 06, 2017 |

    PBS NewsHour |

    Broadcast TV News |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Pawtucket, Rhode Island

    Anchor Recovery is a government-funded program that hires former opioid users to reach out to addicts. They’re called “recovery coaches.” The idea is to use their former experiences with addiction as a source of connection with opioid addicts. So far, the program has helped an estimated 400 people get treatment. “I have been in this room. I have been in your position. I know exactly how you feel at this moment.”

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