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Kentucky Activists Step In to Deliver on the Promise of Voting Rights Restoration

Alex Burness

October 12, 2023 |

Bolts |

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Response Location: United States, Kentucky

After Kentucky reinstated voting rights for people convicted of nonviolent crimes who have finished their sentence, a coalition of activists and nonprofit organizations started using public records, social media, door-to-door canvassing, and other outreach methods to inform formerly incarcerated people of their rights. The effort has helped register more than 89,000 people since 2019, though advocates say the state itself could be doing much more to reach newly-enfranchised voters.

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Trauma to triumph: ASHA helping women overcome depression in India

Sanket Jain

October 09, 2023 |

Devex |

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Response Location: India

To help provide rural access to mental health care in India, ASHAs (appointed female healthcare workers) work in their local communities to identify and support women in need. By providing free listening and support services in addition to their medical care, ASHAs have helped thousands of impoverished women recover from depression.

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A doctor's hunt for community-based solutions to childhood obesity

Christine Nguyen

October 09, 2023 |

WHYY |

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Response Location: United States, San Jose, California

The Indian Health Center of Santa Clara Valley (IHC) provides comprehensive community care for low-income people of all races and ethnicities. In an effort to address issues of food insecurity and poor access to nutrition, IHC partners with local food banks to provide free food in a farmer’s market setting, allowing people in need to choose the food they want. The Center also has a fitness center children can use with a doctor’s referral, as well as camps and educational programs for children surrounding fitness and nutrition.

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For People in Prison, Career Training Begins in a Virtual World

Ryan M. Moser

October 09, 2023 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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Response Location: United States, Austin, Texas

Transfr is a tech company that provides free virtual reality job training and education to help facilitate employment opportunities. Transfr specifically focuses on providing these opportunities for disadvantaged people in places like domestic violence shelters, mental health clinics, juvenile detention centers and state correctional institutions where access to skill-building and further education is often hard to access. So far Transfr has 30 partnerships across 18 states.

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Doctors from Mexico help meet the need of some patients in the Central Valley

María G. Ortiz-Briones

October 09, 2023 |

The Fresno Bee |

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Response Location: United States, Tehama County, California

Mexico's Pilot Program for Licensed Physicians brings Mexican doctors to the states to address the lack of culturally relevant healthcare and Spanish-speaking healthcare providers, particularly in rural areas with large immigrant populations. Currently, the program has 30 Mexican doctors working in various counties throughout the state.

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How Drexel student organizations promote mental health

Nicole Marie

October 06, 2023 |

The Triangle |

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Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Various student groups on the Drexel University campus, like Drexel Active Minds and the National Alliance of Mental Illness on Campus Drexel University, are working to support students’ mental health by connecting them to mental health care resources, offering a sense of community and making strides to reduce the stigma surrounding mental illness.

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A gentle push gets adaptive athletes into Fort Collins running club and races

Dan England

October 06, 2023 |

The Colorado Sun |

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Response Location: United States, Fort Collins, Colorado

The Fort Collins Run Club began hosting adaptive running nights, devoted to engaging runners who use wheelchairs, are blind, deaf or have some other kind of challenge that may have prevented them from joining social running clubs or participating in races. Adaptive running offers a sense of community for runners with disabilities and even helps break down barriers by providing blind runners aids to help guide them through races. Currently, The Fort Collins Run Club has 1,000 members.

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Black churches play a key role in connecting communities to broadband internet

Adelle M. Banks Yonat Shimron

October 06, 2023 |

Religion News Service |

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Response Location: United States, Mississippi

Black Churches 4 Digital Equity partners with local congregations and clergy members to connect people with internet access helping them get signed up with the Affordable Connectivity Program, which provides discounted internet access and a one-time discount for laptop, desktop, or tablet purchases for those whose income is less than 200% of the federal poverty line. Through community outreach and events, local clergy have helped more than 230,000 households enroll in the program.

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Los Angeles is using AI to predict who might become homeless and help before they do

Jennifer Ludden

October 04, 2023 |

NPR |

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Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

The Homelessness Prevention Unit of the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services launched a pilot program that uses artificial intelligence to make predictions about who is most likely to experience homelessness by tracking data like arrests, sign-ups for public benefits like food aid and emergency room visits so the county can step in to offer help before that happens. In over two years, the program has helped 560 people secure housing and avoid homelessness and a large majority of them have managed to maintain that housing.

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How Colorado training programs aim to cut mental health care stigma among farmers and ranchers

Jenny McCoy

October 03, 2023 |

The Colorado Sun |

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Response Location: United States, Colorado

The Colorado Agricultural Addiction and Mental Health Program (CAAMHP) works to make mental health care more accessible by offering residents six free counseling sessions with licensed behavioral health professionals who have completed culturally relevant training in order to better connect with farmers and ranchers facing mental health issues. So far more than 30 clinicians have completed the training and there are about 15 therapists working with CAAMHP, helping to provide care and reduce stigma surrounding mental health in the farm and ranch industry.

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