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The Real Future of Clean Water

David Bornstein

August 21, 2013 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: India, Bengaluru, Karnataka

Water:Charity assumed that money and celebrity exposure would be able to solve the world’s access-to-clean-water crisis. But this approach often led to more abandoned water pumps. Charities – and journalists who cover them – are now working to concentrate on making their solutions sustainable.

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Detroit Businesses See Opportunity In Bankruptcy

Sarah Hulett

June 20, 2013 |

NPR |

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3-5 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

In Detroit, many business owners and the city itself hope that filing for bankruptcy will help the city start fresh and ultimately become a thriving urban center, mirroring other cities that recovered from near financial ruin.

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Houston's solution to mental health system problems offers a case study for Milwaukee

Meg Kissinger

June 08, 2013 |

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel |

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Response Location: United States, Houston, Texas

In Houston, TX, many individuals with mental illnesses cycled in and out of emergency care while arrested or incarcerated. Houston’s police department has decreased the number of incarcerated who have mental illness by opening a division to mental health called the Chronic Consumer Stabilization Unit. Now Milwaukee seeks to replicate Houston’s results.

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Santa Ana's 10-year war on prostitution

Keegan Kyle

January 22, 2013 |

Orange County Register |

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Response Location: United States, Santa Ana, California

In Anaheim, the police department shifted the way they approach prostitution. Rather than arresting women, they began to target pimps, and send women to social services.”In 2010, Anaheim reported 76 prostitution-related arrests, the fewest of any year in the previous three decades.” Other police department’s have adopted “john schools.” Men who solicit prostitution have their charges dropped in exchange they must go to diversion classes. “A 2008 study found San Francisco’s program had reduced the rate of repeat offenses by 40 percent.”

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The Power of Failure

Sarika Bansal

November 28, 2012 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United States, San Jose, California

Nongovernmental groups – especially ones that depend on donations – hate to fail, and never make their failures public. But at new conferences, social activists share and learn from failure.

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Welcome to the City of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

Steve Volk

August 23, 2012 |

Philadelphia Magazine |

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Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

When kids grow up in violence-ridden areas, the psychological stress they endure can have impacts mimicking PTSD symptoms and often leads to less resiliency when it comes to joining gangs. Although there is no quick fix for this phenomenon, a program for at-risk kids in Philadelphia is turning to talk therapy in hopes of changing the direction of at least a few kids in the area.

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Amidst Drought and Famine, Niger Leads West Africa in Addressing Crisis

Fred de Sam Lazaro

July 12, 2012 |

PBS NewsHour |

Radio |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: Niger, Madarounfa, Maradi

Officials in Niger are addressing chronic severe droughts causing food shortages and leading to a widespread threat of starvation. They provide aid to malnourished children and resources for a crop planting technique called 're-greening,' which aims to reforest agricultural regions, restore soil quality and, in turn, increase food supply.

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For Ambitious Nonprofits, Capital to Grow

David Bornstein

June 27, 2012 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United States, New York, New York

Funding with too many strings attached makes it hard for non-profits to grow and be impactful. An American organization, Nonprofit Finance Fund (N.F.F.) Capital Partners division, is finding ways to finance non-profits likes companies and has already shown great success in pilot situations.

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Texas puts more people in treatment and fewer people in prison

Jonathan Tilove

May 20, 2012 |

The Times-Picayune |

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Response Location: United States, Huntsville, Texas

Due to the cost of building new prisons and the cost per inmate, Texas has implemented a new model that encourages judges to send parolees to treatment programs rather than back to prison when they misstep. Texas is sending fewer people to prison, recidivism rates are down and the state is saving money.

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Making Schools Work

David L. Kirp

May 19, 2012 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United States, Washington, District of Columbia

Despite the latest anniversary and celebration of Brown v. Board of Education, desegregation is effectively dead. Using magnet schools and other programs to integrate geographic regions may be the right next move.

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