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King County bet big on remaking its mental health system. Is it working?

Taylor Blatchford

July 27, 2025 |

The Seattle Times |

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Response Location: United States, King County, Washington

King County, Washington, is building an alternative mental health care system to avoid escalating unnecessary 911 calls and including law enforcement when it’s not necessarily needed. The County created a mental health-focused response team in collaboration with the 988 suicide and crisis lifeline to divert calls that don’t pose a safety risk and help de-escalate situations. The communications center that fields most of the calls says they get about 20 transfers to the 988 line each month.

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Music and Mental Health

Anna Fox

July 25, 2025 |

Little News Ears |

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Response Location: United States, Athens, Georgia

Nuci’s Space aims to prevent suicide by providing a safe space for people of all ages, particularly youth, to connect and play music. They also offer affordable practice spaces and mental and physical health care services for participants, including affordable counseling.

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'No Easy Thing': Rebuilding Hope In Conflict-Stricken Nigeria

Ajifa Solomon

July 24, 2025 |

Religion Unplugged |

Multi-Media |

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Response Location: Nigeria, Plateau State

The Claire Aid Foundation works to bridge the literacy gap in Jebbu Miango by hosting after-school classes in a newly created library in the area. About 350 children attend the after-school programs during the week where they’re taught basic grammar. The group also offers summer school programming, where students are taught more vocational skills like bead-making, tailoring, and pastry making.

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How Finland is preparing its citizens for a world swamped by fake news

Eva-Maria Verfürth, Kari Kivinen

July 24, 2025 |

Development and Cooperation |

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Response Location: Finland

Finland’s National Core Curriculum incorporates “multiliteracy” across all subject areas, and students begin learning about misinformation, disinformation, and malinformation from their first year in school. The country has consistently ranked first in the European Media Literacy Index.

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Americans haven't saved for retirement. States are creating automatic savings plans.

Kevin Hardy

July 23, 2025 |

Stateline |

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Response Location: United States, Colorado

To help more private-sector employees save for retirement—and hopefully reduce future needs for public safety net programs—more states are launching automatic IRA programs that enroll employees who don’t have access to a retirement plan through their employer. In Colorado, more than 70,000 workers have been enrolled so far.

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Coconino County, federal agencies team up on backcountry alert system for Grand Canyon

Sam McLaughlin

July 18, 2025 |

Arizona Daily Sun |

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Response Location: United States, Coconino County, Arizona

The Grand Canyon River Alert System is a first-of-its-kind system in the U.S. that uses satellite messaging technology to deliver flash flood warnings and emergency alerts to travelers in the remote wilderness areas. Users subscribe by texting from their satellite devices and receive real-time alerts about imminent flash flooding, hazardous conditions, and other emergencies within five minutes of detection. During its test phase, the system successfully issued 29 alerts, and has since made plans to expand.

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Local Volunteers Lead the Way in Closing Taraba's Maternal Healthcare Gap

Yahuza Bawage

July 15, 2025 |

Social Voices |

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Response Location: Nigeria, Sardauna, Taraba State

Women volunteers with PHC Kara are going into the community to share important healthcare information with pregnant women, in an effort to improve maternal and infant mortality rates and health outcomes. The group has also received support and recognition from UNICEF’S Mama2Mama healthcare initiative and Rural Health Mission Nigeria, providing them with clean birth kits and other supplies to distribute to women.

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Hard up for students, more colleges are offering college credit for life experience, or 'prior learning'

Jon Marcus

July 10, 2025 |

The Hechinger Report |

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Response Location: United States, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Some colleges and universities, such as the Community College of Allegheny County, are expanding opportunities for students to earn academic credit for previous work and life experience, allowing them to bypass some courses and requirements covering skills they've already learned on the job. According to one study, these programs can result in significant tuition savings and help students cut down on the time it takes to finish a degree.

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How local homelessness advocacy groups are providing medical care without boundaries

Maizie Hummel-Logee, Eleanor Lusciatti

July 09, 2025 |

StreetWise |

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Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

Street medicine is breaking down barriers to healthcare access that unhoused individuals face. It brings healthcare directly to them, rather than expecting them to navigate the system on their own. This type of care emerged in Pittsburgh in 1992 and has since created a national network of 85 U.S. cities, 15 countries and five continents. Chicago Street Medicine, specifically, serves about 4,000 patients a year, with the help of its 600 volunteers.

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Women are leading menstrual dialogue in Nepal – and in the process, challenging the status quo

Ridhi Agrawal

July 02, 2025 |

Missing Perspectives |

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Response Location: Nepal

be artsy's Rato Baltin project uses culturally relevant education, menstrual kit distribution, and engages religious leaders to challenge discriminatory practices against those who menstruate. Since launching in 2017, the group has reached 80,000 people and distributed over 5,500 menstrual cups, while simultaneously helping shift perspectives around menstruating.

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