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Alhambra neighbors work together to help those less fortunate

Ford Hatchett

June 20, 2024 |

KNXV-TV |

Broadcast TV News |

Under 3 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Phoenix, Arizona

Volunteers and neighborhood residents gather at the Alhambra Beloved Community Church in Phoenix, Arizona, each week to provide meals, showers, and a place to get out of the summer heat to people who need it.

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An experiment doled out money to homeless people in Denver, no strings attached. Here's what happened.

Jennifer Brown

June 19, 2024 |

The Colorado Sun |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Denver, Colorado

The Denver Basic Income Project provided people experiencing homelessness with no-strings-attached monthly stipends that they could spend however they’d like. At the end of the pilot, twice as many participants were in stable housing, more of them were working full time, and the nights that participants spent in shelters decreased by half.

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Denver Basic Income Project shares results after one year of cash payments to homeless Denverites

Alexander Edwards

June 18, 2024 |

The Denver Gazette |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Denver, Colorado

The Denver Basic Income Project has provided more than $9.4 million in no-strings-attached payments to over 800 people experiencing homelessness. The nonprofit gives participants monthly stipends that they can spend however they see fit. As a result, more participants are finding housing, building financial stability, and finding stable employment.

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Montana Creates Emergency ‘Drive-Thru' Blood Pickup Service for Rural Ambulances

Arielle Zionts

June 17, 2024 |

KFF Health News |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Montana

The Montana Interfacility Blood Network allows ambulance crews to pick up blood from area hospitals to transfuse to patients on the way to get the advanced care they need to prevent death or permanent brain injury en route to the emergency room. The Network is primarily for rural patients who face elevated rates of traumatic injury and have less access to healthcare. Since launching in 2022, the Network has helped three patients.

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When Is a Tiny House Too Small to Be a Home?

Ronda Kaysen

June 15, 2024 |

The New York Times |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

Tiny home complexes are emerging as solutions to combat homelessness throughout the country, offering a cheap and efficient way to provide shelter amidst the national housing crisis. In some cases, living in a tiny home community serves as a stepping stone to help locals achieve permanent housing.

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Inside the Hausa edtech platform bridging the language divide for Africans

Yahuza Bawage

June 11, 2024 |

Prime Progress |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Nigeria

The online education platform Flowdiary is bridging a language gap in the industry by offering training courses in Hausa, so young people in Hausa-speaking communities across Africa can learn the necessary skills for a career in technology.

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Free air conditioners available again in Pa. through utility assistance program

Sophia Schmidt

June 10, 2024 |

WHYY |

Radio |

Under 3 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania uses funding from the federal Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program to provide air-conditioning units and repair units for people who would otherwise be unable to afford them.

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Planning Parenthood for Incarcerated Men

Amy DePaul

June 10, 2024 |

Yes! Magazine |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Orange County, California

Planned Parenthood of Orange and San Bernardino Counties hosts workshops for incarcerated youth to teach them about sexual wellness, as well as the elements of healthy relationships, consent and the consequences of toxic masculinity. The workshops educate young men so they can have the knowledge they — and their partners — need to have better health outcomes. The workshops began in 2013 and expect to reach about 300 incarcerated teens and young men by the end of June as they continue expanding.

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How Foundation Helps to Reduce Hemophilia Burden

Victor Christopher

June 10, 2024 |

Nigeria Info FM |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Nigeria, Kano

Since 2010, the World Federation of Hemophilia has been providing patients with free treatment to reduce the financial burden of caring for someone with this condition. People living with hemophilia can access treatment whenever they need it and have indicated their condition has been improving now that they can afford care.

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Why a drug treatment tool to protect Missouri kids is underutilized in the St. Louis area

Jason Rosenbaum

June 10, 2024 |

St. Louis Public Radio |

Multi-Media |

1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, St. Louis, Missouri

Temporary Alternative Placement Agreements (TAPA) allow parents struggling with addiction to enter a drug-treatment program and connect them with parenting resources and support to help them maintain custody of their children. Under a TAPA parents have a say in who their children stay with while they're seeking treatment, rather than losing custody altogether. Participants say TAPAs are far less traumatic and help hold them accountable as they’re required to sign an agreement to uphold at the start of the program.

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