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  • This E.R. Treats Opioid Addiction on Demand. That's Very Rare.

    August 18, 2018 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Oakland, California

    Eight California hospitals use government funds to play for the E.D. Bridge program. They dispense buprenorphine on demand in an effort to address the gap in care between withdrawals and entry into rehabilitation programs. Then the hospital connects patients to larger treatment centers for ongoing care. A Yale-New Haven Hospital study shows that patients given a dose of buprenorphine in the emergency room are twice as likely to be in treatment a month later.

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  • Books in their hand, dreams in their head: Community library project changes kids

    August 17, 2018 |

    Citizen Matters |

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    Response Location: India, New Delhi

    The Community Library Project exemplifies that books should be accessible to all. In Delhi, where there are insufficient libraries, and the ones that exist are often not welcoming, this library initiative has increased excitement about literacy. It has also empowered local youth through leadership opportunities on the Student Council. By not charging any fees and instead allowing kids to volunteer rather than pay fines, the leaders of the library believe this model can and should be replicated throughout the region.

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  • To prevent chronic homelessness, Philly nonprofit offers some young adults more than shelter

    August 17, 2018 |

    WHYY |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Long-term housing support helps end the cycles of displacement that lead to chronic homelessness. Although permanent supportive housing programs are usually associated with older individuals, such programs can be directed toward the prevention of homelessness. In Philadelphia, Project Home’s program offers long-term subsided apartments to young adults at risk of being on the street.

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  • Nonprofit's double-decker bus puts eco-education on the road

    August 16, 2018 |

    Los Angeles Times |

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    Response Location: United States, San Juan, California

    The San Juan Capistrano-based Ecology Center has taken its "green"-centric experiences on the road in the form of a 32-foot-long, 14-foot-tall double-decker bus called Road Trip. It has a prep kitchen and multiple stations designed for hands-on ecological workshops.

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  • Dane County Jail is treating heroin, opioid addictions with Vivitrol. Here's what other Wisconsin counties can learn.

    August 16, 2018 |

    Milwaukee Journal Sentinel |

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    Response Location: United States, Madison, Wisconsin

    In Dane County, Wisconsin, the jail is trying a new opioid treatment program. Usually, people who are recently released from jail are at high risk for overdose if they’ve suffered from addiction. This program takes advantage of the forced detoxification of jail time and provides access to Vivitrol, an opioid-inhibiting drug. Over the last 5 years, over 200 people have been part of the program and almost half of them have successfully reached their treatment goals.

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  • Cameroon initiative helps young violent offenders become ‘prisonpreneurs,' peace builders

    August 16, 2018 |

    Civic Ideas |

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    Response Location: Cameroon, Buea

    To give young people in prison hope and a second chance, a new organization known as Creative Skills for Peace attempts to teach inmates about entrepreneurship and job training, as well as civic education and peacebuilding. Achaleke Christian Leke, the founder, hopes to create “prisonpreneurs.” Whether teaching them to make crafts or run greenhouses, Creative Skills for Peace is empowering inmates to empower others.

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  • Mass treatment helps Uganda to eliminate trachoma

    August 14, 2018 |

    New Vision |

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    Response Location: Uganda

    Trachoma is the world's leading cause of preventable blindness, but mass antibiotic treatment helped rural Ugandans reduce trachoma cases. By instituting a treatment plan that met rural residents where they live, educating people about the importance of hygiene, and encouraging the use of latrines instead of open defecation, many Ugandan villages are mostly trachoma-free.

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  • Paris residents peeved at very public eco-friendly urinals

    August 13, 2018 |

    Reuters |

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    Response Location: France, Paris

    Parisians want the city to remove recently-installed public urinals. Pitched as an “eco solution to public peeing,” the toilets are gross, ugly and discriminatory, say outraged residents.

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  • Mapped: the world's best digital governments

    August 13, 2018 |

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    Response Location: Denmark, Copenhagen

    Denmark is first place in a 2018 ranking of digital governments, largely due to making it mandatory that citizens be able to access public services online. Their digital success is also credited to Denmark's ability to coordinate local and federal governments to ensure a joint effort.

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  • A cheaper way to ease Seattle's homeless crisis? Pierce County sees promising results

    August 12, 2018 |

    The Seattle Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Tacoma, Washington

    In Washington State's Pierce County, homeless services employees have been helping people on the housing waiting list by using "diversion," to "connect clients to one-time financial help, instead of a prolonged subsidy, to secure housing." The two-year pilot program found that 50% of people who opted into diversion found permanent housing, 15% more than those who were directed to emergency shelters. While the diversion strategy is not a fix for systemic issues that keep people from securing housing, it is an approach that is both useful and cost-saving.

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