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Pelican Bay offers a model for prison education. Its future is in doubt.

Troy Aidan Sambajon

February 20, 2025 |

The Christian Science Monitor |

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Response Location: United States, Crescent City, California

Project Rebound at the Pelican Bay State Prison is a partnership with California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt that provides associate and bachelor’s degree education to incarcerated individuals. Research shows access to higher education in prison lowers recidivism rates and increases the likelihood the person will find a job post-incarceration. Currently, about 14,000 incarcerated individuals in the state are taking classes toward a college degree, or about 15% of the prison population.

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A mental health clinician and police officer duo now respond to Wauwatosa crisis calls

Bridget Fogarty

February 13, 2025 |

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel |

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Response Location: United States, Wauwatosa, Wisconsin

The Crisis Assessment Response Team (CART) model pairs mental health clinicians with a plain-clothed officer trained in crisis intervention to answer emergency calls together to increase voluntary treatment and decrease involuntary emergency detentions. One team that started working together in Feburary responded to 12 calls in 10 days, with only one resulting in a detention.

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More parents are giving up their kids, but this Virginia model could be a solution

Jenna Zibton

February 13, 2025 |

WSLS-TV |

Multi-Media |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Fairfax, Virginia

Case managers at the Fairfax County Department of Family Services is working to help families avoid filing and following through with relief of custody requests, instead providing therapy, in-home counseling, connection to treatment facilities and other resources that help prevent youth from entering the foster care system.

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How Baltimore Convinced Officers to Seek Help for Alcoholism and Depression

Jule Pattison-Gordon

January 24, 2025 |

Governing |

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Response Location: United States, Baltimore, Maryland

In an effort to promote health and wellness and reduce instances of officer misconduct, the Baltimore Police Departmenr launched a program in 2018 that connects officers with counseling, substance use treatment and other mental and physical health supports. Over the course of the program, more than 250 officers have signed themselves into a voluntary, confidential alcohol addiction program and been able to keep working.

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The City That Wiped Out $100 Million in Medical Debt

Aysha Khan, Lucas Grindley

January 08, 2025 |

Next City |

Podcast |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, St. Paul, Minnesota

The city government of St. Paul, Minn. partnered with Undue Medical Debt, a nonprofit organization that buys up and forgives personal medical debt. Leveraging pandemic relief funds, the city was able to forgive more than $100 million in medical debt through the partnership.

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Idea: Open Health Hubs, One-Stop Shops for Addiction Recovery

Sammy Caiola

December 23, 2024 |

The Philadelphia Citizen |

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Response Location: United States, Washington

Health engagement hubs like Washington state’s Buprenorphine Pathways connect people with prescriptions for methadone and buprenorphine to help treat addiction. In addition to medication and a syringe-exchange program, the hub also connects patients to social services, taking a more holistic approach to addiction treatment.

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Driving unlicensed: The impact on South Dallas residents and the academy working to help

Brenda Hernandez

November 26, 2024 |

Dallas Free Press |

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Response Location: United States, Dallas, Texas

The South Dallas Driving Academy offers a free driver’s education course for residents between the ages of 18 and 40 who are applying for their license for the first time. The month long program started three years ago and has since graduated 160 students, even offering a CDL license program for those who are interested.

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Under an L.A. Freeway, a Psychiatric Rescue Mission

Ellen Barry

October 20, 2024 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles County’s Homeless Outreach & Mobile Engagement (HOME) program uses street psychiatry to get psychiatric medication to people experiencing homelessness in an effort to get them a step closer to housing. The HOME team has 223 full-time staff members and served 1,919 people last year, 22% of whom ended the year housed.

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Fatal overdoses often happen when users are alone. Hotlines, sensors can save lives.

Elana Gordon, David Ovalle

October 19, 2024 |

The Washington Post |

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Response Location: United States

Technology like chatbots, motion detectors and hotlines are helping prevent overdose deaths, which typically happen when people use alone. The Never Use Alone hotline which was started in 2019 by volunteers with experience using drugs or who have lost someone to an overdose. Since starting, they have received more than 45,000 calls and have called emergency responders about 200 times.

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The Best Way to Fight Meth Addiction? Gift Cards

Ryan Levi

October 03, 2024 |

Tradeoffs |

Podcast |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, California

CalAIM’s contingency management program gives people gift cards for not using drugs. For every negative drug test, patients receive gift cards, and the payouts increase after each test. Patients who test negative every time over six months can earn up to $599. The treatment style is based on the concept of reinforcement as an effective motivator. Studies suggest the excitement of getting a gift card mimics the dopamine rush from using drugs.

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