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  • NH recovery centers model how to treat recovering employees

    April 11, 2019 |

    New Hampshire Business Review |

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    Response Location: United States, New Hampshire

    When people begin treatment for addiction, it can impact how they are viewed as an employee at their place of work. New Hampshire is working to change this stigma through the Recovery Friendly Workplace initiative that focuses on seeing treatment as a strength rather than weakness and also builds in practices to the workplace environment including trainings and evidence-based health and safety practices.

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  • Use of Safe2Tell, created in response to Columbine, is growing as front line tool in school safety

    April 11, 2019 |

    The Colorado Sun |

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    Response Location: United States, Colorado

    What started as a telephone tip line, Colorado’s anonymous tip program, Safe2Tell has now become an app that is publicly funded and part of the Attorney General’s office. The program gives students a way to report potentially dangerous situations they hear about or read online. While Safe2Tell does receive some false reports, overall, it has bolstered a sense of trust and protection in schools across the state.

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  • Citizen engagement is helping Costa Rica fight climate change

    April 11, 2019 |

    Apolitical |

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    Response Location: Costa Rica

    With its pledge to become the first zero-emission country in the world by 2050, Costa Rica's ambitious climate goals cannot be achieved by the government alone. That's why Costa Rica Limpia (Clean Costa Rica) is sparking citizen engagement to help in the fight. Grassroots efforts by the organization has already helped to create new charging infrastructure for electric cars, and citizen review bodies are local communities access important climate data.

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  • Mercy aims to lower costs by assisting frequent ER patients

    April 10, 2019 |

    Durango Herald |

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    Response Location: United States, Durango, Colorado

    In Durango, Colorado, the emergency room was being treated as a primary care center by those that did not understand how to navigate the health care system when faced with times of uncertainty in their life. To both address the misuse of the hospital and provide additional resources to this community Mercy Regional Medical Center implemented the Life Interruptions Need Kindness program which connects a social worker with the patient.

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  • This Appalachian town was America's ‘fattest city.' Here's how it slimmed down.

    April 10, 2019 |

    The Washington Post |

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    Response Location: United States, Huntington, West Virginia

    After gaining attention in 2008 for having an obesity crisis, the city of Huntington, West Virginia started making slow and steady changes that have culminated into positive changes in the community's overall health. From a food market that gives back to the farmers and artisans that contribute to it to school cafeteria reform, the city has seen their obesity rate decrease and has shifted to a collective healthier mindset overall.

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  • By Forgiving Warrants and Fines, Communities Give People a Fresh Start

    April 09, 2019 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, New Orleans, Louisiana

    Stand With Dignity, a grassroots, community organizing group in New Orleans, has coordinated warrant clinics for those driving with suspended licenses. These clinics have forgiven $2 million worth of traffic fines and reinstated licenses for hundreds of individuals, in the hopes of breaking the cycle of unpaid fines, which is often a driver of unemployment and poverty.

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  • Where Homeownership Starts at $1 per Square Foot

    April 09, 2019 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

    In Detroit, a new program is offering homeownership for just $1 per square foot to marginalized and vulnerable people, including those who are unhoused, people with disabilities, or the formerly incarcerated. After proving an income of between $7,000 and $12,000 and the abilities to pay rent, as well as financial classes and volunteering, people can qualify to live in tiny homes, which are then handed off to the resident mortgage-free after seven years. So far, the program has built six tiny homes.

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  • In the Aftermath of Civil War, a Writing Workshop Aims for Peace

    April 09, 2019 |

    Literary Hub |

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    Response Location: Sri Lanka, Jaffna

    The Sri Lankan Civil War lasted from 1983 to 2009 and bitterly divided the country into two sides between the Sri Lankan government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. Years later in 2012, a literary program called Write to Reconcile was created by Sri Lankan-Canadian novelist Shyam Selvadurai to use creative writing as a tool to open up dialogue between the two sides that still have misconceptions and prejudices against each other. Many participants in the workshop, which ended in 2017, testify to how much the program changed their perspectives.

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  • Beyond the Stigma: Closing the gap in cancer treatment for those with serious mental illness

    April 09, 2019 |

    New Hampshire Union Leader |

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    Response Location: United States, Massachusetts

    People with mental illnesses often do not receive patient-centered care that takes into consideration the mental illness along with the health concern they’re facing. Aiming to address this issue as is specifically pertains to cancer patients, a model in Massachusetts is seeing a higher success of completing cancer treatments by addressing patient’s needs for accommodations.

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  • Treat dental patients with community-based solution

    April 06, 2019 |

    The Augusta Chronicle |

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    Response Location: United States, South Bend, Indiana

    Dr. Angie’s Dental Health Exchange is bringing equitable dental care to the South Bend, Indiana community by offering free exams in exchange for good deeds. Catering to community members that may not be able to financially consider dental care, clients are able to pay for their treatments in community service or blood donations.

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