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Kalamazoo-area police want closer ties with mental-health experts. Now they try to make that happen.

Julie Mack

June 12, 2022 |

MLive.com |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Kalamazoo, Michigan

County’s police chiefs are joining forces with local mental-health experts to devise a countywide collaboration to strengthen the relationship between law enforcement and the mental-health system by creating a four-pillar approach to crisis intervention training. Each pillar is designed to handle a different issue and build resources within the community to help those in need.

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When the pandemic forced mental health care to go virtual, it revealed an antidote to stigmas in Latino communities

Sujata Dand

June 08, 2022 |

Dallas Free Press |

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Response Location: United States, Dallas, Texas

After switching to telehealth services during the COVID-19 pandemic, Brother Bill's Helping Hand saw a significant increase in people seeking the clinic's mental health services. The organization has continued its telehealth visits and also offers a free grocery store, health care resources, and educational programming geared toward the Latino community.

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Arizona program hopes to be nationwide model for healthy babies

Caitlin Schmidt Rachel Leingang

June 08, 2022 |

Arizona Daily Star |

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Response Location: United States, Pima County, Arizona

Health Start connects expecting mothers and their babies with a trained public health coach who provides resources and information about their child’s development and acts as a sounding board for their questions. These health coaches work and live in the same communities as the mothers and work outside of the traditional medical setting, operating more like a trustworthy friend, making mothers feel more comfortable and open with their concerns.

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Yasmine Mustafa gives healthcare workers a tool for workplace safety

Lauren McCutcheon

June 07, 2022 |

The Philadelphia Citizen |

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Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

ROAR for Good developed a wearable, wireless panic button that, when worn by healthcare workers at an inpatient acute care and behavioral center, reduced violent incidents by 39% over one year. The wearable button is coded when an employee clocks in and, when pressed, alerts the closest person who can help, including security guards trained in de-escalation. The button gets pressed once every few days and costs $1 to $2 per employee per day over a five-year period. The button also led to a 20% increase in employee satisfaction over the year.

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Long COVID survivors seek support, treatment from NY and federal programs

David Robinson

June 06, 2022 |

The Journal News |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, New York

Programs are emerging to help connect people suffering from long COVID-19 with necessary health care and government resources, like the Aftercare program that launched in April 2021. Aftercare uses contact tracing to reach people who reported lingering COVID-19 symptoms to connect them with health experts who help them manage their symptoms and access resources to address their health and social needs like mental health services, help with disability claims, or health insurance subsidies. The Aftercare program has referred more than 50,000 people to long COVID-19 treatment clinics and other aid.

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How cancer patients are getting funding for treatment in Nigeria

Mustapha Usman

June 03, 2022 |

International Centre for Investigative Reporting |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Nigeria, Benue

Project Pink Blue helps cancer patients access treatment by raising funds, training medical personnel, and connecting patients in need with sponsors through their Adopt a Patient initiative. Project Pink Blue has also advocated for better healthcare policies in the state and even provides jobs to cancer survivors to help integrate them back into society.

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How organizers in rural North Carolina are bridging racial and class divides

Jaisal Noor Joshua Komer

June 03, 2022 |

The Real News Network |

Multi-Media |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, North Carolina

Canvassers with Down Home North Carolina approach conversations with voters not as an opportunity to promote their cause or ideology, but as a chance to learn about voters' personal experiences and how those experiences shape their approach to political issues. The strategy, called deep canvassing, is based on active listening and nonjudgmental discussion and was found in one study to be more effective than traditional canvassing in winning over rural swing voters.

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Virginia Tech now has a 73% student-voting rate — how can other schools follow suit?

Jenna Zibton

June 02, 2022 |

WSLS-TV |

Broadcast TV News |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Blacksburg, Virginia

Virginia Tech's civic engagement program, Hokies Vote, has successfully increased its student voting rate by roughly 25 percent through educational outreach, community dialogue events, and setting up a polling place on campus.

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How employer benefits can ease burden on people caring for elderly loved ones

Jennifer Eberbach

June 02, 2022 |

Livingston Daily |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Michigan

Companies like Sanofi are beginning to partner with organizations like Bright Horizons to offer eldercare benefits to employees, like in-home adult care services. The benefit allows Bright Horizons to dispatch care workers to a person’s home and the company administering the benefit subsidizes the majority of the cost. Providing eldercare benefits reduces the burden on employees, allowing them to be more present at work. Since the pandemic, Sanofi has seen a 20% increase in the number of employees registering for the eldercare benefit program.

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He Made Lowly-esteemed Wheelbarrow Pushing Look Attractive; Now He Creates Jobs For Youths

Arinze Chijioke

May 31, 2022 |

Prime Progress |

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Response Location: Nigeria, Delta

GEMDECONQ rents wheelbarrows to workers and trains them in proper conduct. This gives people who cannot afford their own wheelbarrow a chance to earn more than the average minimum wage and eventually venture into less demanding forms of work.

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