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  • Portland had the guts to find safe sites for its homeless. Does Sacramento?

    July 31, 2023 |

    Sacramento Bee |

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    Response Location: United States, Portland, Oregon

    In response to managing the homeless crisis, several Safe Rest Villages have emerged throughout the city. These are small, individual units on city-owned land, separate from nearby neighborhoods. There are currently seven active Safe Rest Villages in the city and they have created 350 transitional housing opportunities for the local homeless population.

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  • One solution to Minnesota's teacher shortage: alternative training

    July 28, 2023 |

    Sahan Journal |

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    Response Location: United States, Minnesota

    Teach Minnesota is a six-week alternative licensure program that provides hands-on classroom experience and intensive training in topics such as literacy and culturally-responsive education, allowing future teachers to earn their license more quickly and at a lower cost than in traditional degree programs. The New Teachers Project, which facilitates Teach Minnesota, has trained 37,000 teachers in 25 states and Washington, D.C.

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  • Black students find allies in quest for better mental health: each other

    July 27, 2023 |

    Chalkbeat National |

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    Response Location: United States, East Orange, New Jersey

    A summer youth-employment program at a local school district led to a student-led forum where Black high school students could open up about their experiences with mental health, racism and stigma. Students who participated in the forum could also join a peer-mentoring program where students worked with middle schoolers to mentor them on how to understand and cope with their feelings.

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  • All Talk and —Yes — Action

    July 27, 2023 |

    Nexus Media News |

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    Response Location: United States

    All We Can Save Circles are decentralized, 10-course book clubs aimed at helping participants develop communities around climate solutions by inspiring action and allowing them to talk through climate anxieties. More than 3,000 people have formed Circles around the country and 90% of those who participate have taken some kind of climate action on their own, like advocating for change in their communities or taking a climate-focused career.

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  • Zimbabwe's therapeutic 'friendship benches' coming to a city near you

    July 26, 2023 |

    Positive.News |

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    Response Location: Zimbabwe, Harare

    Through the Friendship Bench project, local elderly women are trained in the basics of cognitive behavioral therapy and given a park bench in their communities where locals experiencing mental health issues can meet with them to talk and seek therapy. Founded in 2007, the project has helped 280,000 people in 70 communities throughout the country.

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  • A Year With 988: What Worked? What Challenges Lie Ahead?

    July 26, 2023 |

    KFF Health News |

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    Response Location: United States

    The Suicide & Crisis Lifeline’s 988 hotline reached its one-year milestone this month and has greatly increased the accessibility of mental health care. Since launching last July, 988 has received about four million calls, chats and texts. The hotline offers 24/7 support and the average response time is now down to 35 seconds, a dramatic decrease from the previous one minute and 20 seconds.

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  • Newly disabled people aren't given a 'how-to' guide. Disability doulas are closing those gaps.

    July 26, 2023 |

    The 19th |

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    Response Location: United States

    Disability doula work is the practice of helping a newly disabled person navigate life changes. It typically involves another disabled person sharing knowledge, resources and lived experiences to support someone in need. Through the work if disabled individuals offering services on their own, or through groups like Project LETS, disability doula work can help reduce feelings of shame, grief and loneliness newly disabled people often face.

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  • Portland drag performers raise funds at ‘Drag the House Up!'

    July 26, 2023 |

    Street Roots |

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    Response Location: United States, Portland, Oregon

    Groups like Portland: Neighbors Welcome and Black & Beyond the Binary Collective aims to provide safe, affordable housing to people in crisis — specifically members of the LGBTQ+ community. The group partners with other local organizations to raise funds through donations and events like drag shows to help address extreme rates of homelessness and housing discrimination within the LGBTQ+ community. These groups have helped more than 200 people access housing in the past four years and are continuing to acquire funds to expand their services.

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  • Twin Falls Optimist Youth House has shown great success in the community; looking for community's help to expand

    July 26, 2023 |

    KMVT-TV |

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    Response Location: United States, Twin Falls, Idaho

    The Twin Falls Optimist Youth House cares for at-risk youth and those who have aged out of the foster care system. Youth can join the program once they turn 18 and receive a place to live plus valuable life skills, employment and education assistance. The House opened five years ago and can house 17 people at a time, though there are plans to expand. Since opening, it has helped 50 kids in need.

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  • Pushed to action (II) : To prevent diseases, these communities unite to provide clean water

    July 26, 2023 |

    Prime Progress |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Akakwu, Enugu State

    As a result of locals writing to their political representatives, the Nigerian government began a borehole intervention project to provide more than 2,000 residents with clean, easily accessible water. The project also provided a generator to address the village’s lack of power supply and residents pay N20 ($0.02) to access the borehole, which covers the cost of running the generator.

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