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  • The city with no homeless on its streets

    January 31, 2019 |

    BBC |

    Multi-Media |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Finland, Helsinki

    Local UK governments look to Helsinki, Finland as an example of a city that has nearly eradicated homeless by offering people on the streets free housing, unconditionally. While often drug use and alcoholism persists in these communities, Helsinki officials see housing as the first step to recovery. What can UK cities learn from Finland, where the number of rough sleepers has fallen dramatically?

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  • To fight trafficking, Indian groups turn to the experts: survivors

    January 31, 2019 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: India, West Bengal

    In India, survivors of human trafficking and sexual exploitation are joining together to form support groups that aim to change community perspectives around prevention and rehabilitation efforts for young women. Not only has this created more awareness around the topic, but has also allowed those involved to gain a sense of agency and independence.

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  • Violent area of KCK sees big drop in crime after police start business checks

    January 31, 2019 |

    KSHB-TV |

    Broadcast TV News |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Kansas City, Missouri

    Parts of Kansas City were once regarded as high-crime areas, but thanks to a change in police practices, those crime rates have significantly decreased. Using a form of proactive policing that has officers on foot patrol and interacting with local business owners, these business checks have improved community moral while making the areas safer.

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  • An Indian nonprofit is showing how free childcare at work can help disrupt the poverty cycle

    January 30, 2019 |

    Quartz India |

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    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: India

    For 50 years, the nonprofit Mobile Creches has stepped up to fill in the gaps of government preschool and provided early child care for families living on temporary construction sites. Research shows that the service has led to gains in nutrition, hygiene, and school readiness for its participants.

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  • How This Country Has Solved Homelessness

    January 30, 2019 |

    The Huffington Post |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Finland

    In Finland, homelessness has been largely perceived as eradicated through its pilot of the now internationally recognized concept of Housing First, where people experiencing homelessness are offered safe, stable and permanent housing without the requirement of intensive services first. "Between 2008 and 2015, the number of people experiencing long-term homelessness dropped by 35 percent," a number that many countries are trying to replicate.

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  • Come Get Your Money

    January 29, 2019 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Pennsylvania State Treasurer Joe Torsella launched two initiatives to help middle income families save money. The first is an awareness campaign called You Earned it Philly, which aims to encourage the over 50,000 people who qualified for Earned Income Tax Credits benefits but never applied. The other program, called Keystone Scholars, requires Pennsylvania to invest $100 for every child born in the the state, to be used as an adult for post-secondary training or education.

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  • Fighting the Stigma of Mental Illness Through Music

    January 29, 2019 |

    The New York Times |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Burlington, Vermont

    Engaging with music stimulates brain activity and improves mental health. The Me2/Orchestra, a nonprofit organization, offers its volunteer musicians a stigma-free environment to reconnect with their passions and harness the healing power of music. In addition to empowering musicians who have encountered challenges due to mental illness, the Me2/Orchestra encourages community engagement to dispel misperceptions about mental illness.

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  • Switzerland fights heroin with heroin

    January 28, 2019 |

    North Carolina Health News |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Switzerland

    Drug-assisted treatment has reduced rates of new substance abuse cases and HIV infections in Switzerland. With the implementation of an innovative drug policy program in 1994, Swiss doctors began to treat those suffering with chronic substance abuse with heroin-assisted treatment (HAT). The program benefitted from positive results in early trials and has encouraged the implementation of similar programs in other countries.

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  • With Paid Leave, Gates Foundation Says There Can Be Too Much of a Good Thing

    January 25, 2019 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

    In the United States, parental leave is set at 12 weeks, but many companies have begun pursuing other possibilities such as paid time and more time for both mothers and fathers. Most recently, however, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has decreased their parental leave from one year to six months while adding in a financial stipend based of what they've learned from past failures.

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  • What's behind Colorado's new suicide prevention campaign? Real teen voices

    January 24, 2019 |

    The Colorado Sun |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Colorado Springs, Colorado

    Inclusion, access, and relatability – these are the foundations of Colorado’s “Below the Surface” program aimed at preventing teen suicide. The program is a text line that teens and adults can use to contact an on-call counselor, 24/7, and has been driven largely by teen voices who have experienced suicide and depression up close. Spreading the message about the program is a series of marketing materials, all conceived of by teenagers, that speaks to the disconnect between how people act and what they’re really feeling.

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