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  • The US city giving away free money

    Sophie Long

    December 09, 2019 |

    BBC |

    Broadcast TV Programs |

    Under 3 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Stockton, California

    The city of Stockton, California is providing several low-income residents with $500 per month to pilot the effects of a "Universal Basic Income." So far, pilot participants report feeling less stressed about money, have been able to pay off small amounts of debt, and can afford extra groceries with the additional monthly income.

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  • For Veterans in Jail, This Anti-Violence Workshop Provides Support

    Isabella Garcia

    December 09, 2019 |

    Yes! Magazine |

    Text |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Tacoma, Washington

    The Alternatives to Violence Project, an international nonprofit, provides workshops around conflict resolution, personal growth, and other social skills to people experiencing incarceration. While a large-scale organization, individual prisons have the agency to implement the workshops. In Washington’s Pierce county, they tailor their workshops for veterans experiencing incarceration, teaching community-building, self-reflection, listening, and de-programming aggression and violence.

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  • Speech club helps Utah prison inmates tell their stories

    Nate Carlisle

    December 09, 2019 |

    The Salt Lake Tribune |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Draper, Utah

    At Utah State Prison, the New Visions Speech Club is teaching inmates public speaking. The club gives inmates the opportunity to practice communication and bolster their confidence – two skills that can help them in the long run. While there hasn’t been any evidence between the club and decreased recidivism, those that participate have said how its helped them express themselves in parole hearings and job interviews.

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  • In Search of the Lost Pulse

    Adina Florea

    December 07, 2019 |

    DoR |

    Text |

    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: Romania, Sibiu, Transylvania

    A private healthcare facility in Romania is helping to bring specialty surgeries to the region's children by arranging for doctors from other parts of the nation and world to convene on a rotating, but regular, basis. The surgeons, many of whom specialize in pediatric corrective surgery for congenital heart defects, perform hundreds of surgeries per year financed by the Polisano Foundation.

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  • Counseling minus the counselor

    Morgan Therrien

    December 06, 2019 |

    The Beacon Today |

    Multi-Media |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Florida

    Online counseling websites that utilize the practice of cognitive behavioral therapy are helping teenagers and young adults access services they may need during challenging times. Psychologists do caution that these aren't replacements for face-to-face therapy, but that they do help when in-person options are not available or feasible.

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  • Can CA Reduce Homelessness Through Better Prevention?

    David Wagner

    December 06, 2019 |

    Southern California Public Radio (KPCC) |

    Radio |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    In California, concerns due to ever-increasing numbers of people experiencing homelessness is prompting state and city leaders to emulate strategies from New York and Chicago. Many of those strategies, like call centers, emphasize preventing homelessness in the first place by focusing on vulnerable individuals and families and linking them to emergency aid to help them avoid evictions.

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  • This unique program is helping people who care for their loved ones with dementia and more

    Meaghan M. McDermott

    December 05, 2019 |

    Rochester Democrat and Chronicle |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    A Chicago-based program called Caring Together, Living Better is aiming to increase support to family members acting as caregivers for the elderly in their lives by providing resources directly in their churches. Focused primarily on minority communities, this creative collaboration uses trained volunteers to provide resources to those in attendance.

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  • Ending the age of AIDS: What the U.S. can learn from Namibia

    Juhie Bhatia

    November 29, 2019 |

    The GroundTruth Project |

    Multi-Media |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Namibia

    In Namibia, a combination of data analysis and a community-centered approach are helping to reduce the rate of HIV infections and increase awareness around prevention methodologies. The approach has been so successful, that cities in the U.S., such as Atlanta, are considering how to implement similar strategies.

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  • Public Defender Turns to Texting System to Notify Clients of Santa Barbara County Court Appointments

    Giana Magnoli

    November 29, 2019 |

    Noozhawk |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Santa Barbara, California

    California’s Santa Barbara Public Defender’s office is working with the company, Upstart, to use a texting notification system to remind people about their court dates. Upstart costs $20K to set up and then $2 per client, but has worked with counties across the country and seen a 75% drop in failure-to-appear violations. For California, the Heising-Simons Foundations is funding its implementation in seven different counties.

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  • Women Transforming Their Lives In Prison

    Allison Frost

    November 27, 2019 |

    Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB) |

    Radio Talk Show |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Wilsonville, Oregon

    The Insight Alliance leads a series of classes in three Oregon prisons that strive to change people's behavior by changing how they think. "When people feel better they do better," the founder says. The focus is on resisting the natural impulse to let negative thoughts control our behavior, or dwelling on them in a way that clouds thinking. In the state's only women's prison, Coffee Creek Correctional Facility, a group of women in the class talk about how it has changed their lives, and how they know it will make them better people once they leave prison.

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