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  • Why did this town stop eating manatees?

    May 14, 2025 |

    Mongabay |

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    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: Brazil, Barra do Mamanguape

    Viva o Peixe-Boi Marinho (Long Live the Sea Manatee) was founded in 2013 in a fishing community on Brazil’s northeastern coast and facilitated the work of conservationists worked alongside fishermen to stop manatees hunting by transforming perceptions and turning former hunters into advocates.

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  • Cash assistance may curb recidivism among people leaving prison, study says

    May 14, 2025 |

    Stateline |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, California

    The Returning Citizens Stimulus provides cash payments to people leaving incarceration for 60 days after their release, with the goal of helping them get back on their feet. One study found that participants were much less likely to violate their parole than those who did not receive payments.

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  • Baby Saver boxes: Lifelines to moms or criminal tools?

    April 30, 2025 |

    Bhekisisa |

    Video |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: South Africa, Johannesburg

    Baby Savers allow mothers to place their babies for adoption anonymously. The box is monitored, and once a baby is received, social workers are notified to help organize housing and care. Many mothers and advocates see this as life-saving care, though many others are critical of the boxes, and they don’t have support from local government agencies. Despite that, some Savers have been open for over 20 years, taking in thousands of babies over the years.

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  • Rapid-response teams aid troubled youths in New Jersey – but funding limits Maryland's similar effort

    April 07, 2025 |

    Capital News Service Maryland |

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    Response Location: United States, New Jersey

    New Jersey’s Mobile Response and Stabilization Services help support youth in crisis by connecting them with a mental health professional to avoid unnecessary emergency room visits or police calls. New Jersey’s system has been an inspiration to other states looking to implement similar services, and it served over 32,000 youth in 2023 alone.

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  • Care About Food Waste? In Massachusetts, You Can Be a Compost Consultant.

    March 25, 2025 |

    The New York Times |

    Multi-Media |

    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    To support a mandate requiring certain businesses to divert organic materials from landfills, Massachusetts provides state-funded consultants that offer free, hands-on assistance. These consultants visit businesses like restaurants, identify specific challenges, propose practical solutions such as targeted bins and signage, and connect owners with compost haulers and food recovery charities.

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  • How Nigeria's Biggest Party Made HIV Testing Cool

    March 17, 2025 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Calabar, Cross River

    The Wise Up Campaign works to increase HIV testing rates and reduce transmission of the disease through educational efforts and connecting with young people, a particularly high-risk group, to spread awareness and connect them with necessary resources. Since forming, the campaign has reached over 500,000 young people with HIV counseling and testing, as well as condom distribution, and has even trained several young volunteers to continue spreading the message to their peers.

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  • Successful Birmingham program faces funding gap despite reduction in youth crime

    March 13, 2025 |

    AL.com (Alabama Media Group) |

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    Response Location: United States, Birmingham, Alabama

    RESTORE is a juvenile re-entry program offering supportive programming and guidance to intervene in cycles of crime and help more youth avoid the juvenile system and learn to make more positive choices. Already this year, RESTORE has served 344 young people through their workshops. Since launching in 2023, the program has helped 19 people graduate with their high school diploma, GED or a certification.

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  • How one Washington county is making progress on homelessness

    March 12, 2025 |

    Northwest Public Broadcasting |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Walla Walla, Washington

    In 2020, homelessness services providers in Walla Walla began meeting weekly to collaborate on how to better coordinate their programs and allocate resources. That same year, the city’s low-barrier shelter began operating 24 hours rather than only at night. The city has become a model for how to provide services for people without housing, having been able to find permanent housing for 74 percent of people who left the system last fiscal year.

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  • Birmingham hospital program offers hope amid homicide crisis: How it works

    March 12, 2025 |

    AL.com (Alabama Media Group) |

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    Response Location: United States, Birmingham, Alabama

    Birmingham’s Offender Alumni Association is a group of violence intervention specialists that check in with gun violence patients at the hospital to offer mental health services and case management to prevent reinjury and retaliatory violence. Since launching, the group has taken on 144 clients, providing wrap-around services to victims and their families, including mentoring, emergency relocation and funds for medicine, groceries, rent and utilities.

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

    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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