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Mental health program keeping people arrested out of jail, hospitals

Vic Micolucci Jodi Mohrmann

March 28, 2023 |

WKMG-TV |

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Response Location: United States, Florida

In Duval County, Florida, mental health and legal professionals work together to run the Leaders of the Mental Health Offenders Program. They help repeat misdemeanor offenders get mental health and drug treatment instead of jail time.

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Tiny Bus, Big Opportunities for Immigrant Kids

Emily Tate Sullivan

March 27, 2023 |

EdSurge News |

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Response Location: United States, Roaring Fork Valley, Colorado

El Busesito, which means “the little bus” in English, operates four retrofitted buses that provide bilingual preschool education on wheels for Latino immigrant families in five neighborhoods. The free early childhood education has improved developmental progress and school readiness for the nearly 100 children it serves. Valley Settlement, the nonprofit that runs El Busesito, also offers family engagement programs for the communities.

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Can Guaranteed Income Improve The Health Of Pregnant People And Children?

Claudia Boyd-Barrett

March 27, 2023 |

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Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles’s city-run guaranteed income program provided 3,200 low-income participants with no-strings-attached payments of $1,000 a month to address economic inequity and the multigenerational cycle of poverty.

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'We can't incarcerate our way out of the problem': Why some judges favor drug courts' treatment-based approach

Sonia Chopra

March 23, 2023 |

Juvenile Justice Information Exchange |

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Response Location: United States, Columbus, Ohio

Drug court programs serve as an alternative to incarceration for people dealing with substance abuse. The treatment-based approach provides medical treatment, counseling, education assistance, and employment assistance.

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‘It's about inclusion': Norfolk's first drag storytime a progressive step for rural county, advocates say

J.P. Antonacci

March 21, 2023 |

The Hamilton Spectator |

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Response Location: Canada, Norfolk, Ontario

A rural county recently hosted its first drag storytime in an effort to increase representation and inclusion among children — and adults — in the community by exposing them to LGBTQ+ people in their neighborhood. Those who attended felt a sense of belonging, inclusivity, and acceptance in a county that has historically been lacking.

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Rekindling Hope: An NGO Builds Safe Space for Displaced GBV Survivors in Borno

Rukaiyatu Idris

March 20, 2023 |

BONews |

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Response Location: Nigeria, Borno State

At various camps for internally displaced persons, the Gender Equality Peace and Development Center built three permanent safe spaces for women and girls that have experienced gender-based violence. The Center is not only a safe space for these people to go but also empowers them by teaching them new skills, providing access to health care and a sense of community.

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A Forgotten Barrio Fights to Keep the Water Running

Alfie Pannell

March 16, 2023 |

The Bogotá Post |

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Response Location: Colombia, Bogotá

The “La Asociación de Usuarios del Acueducto Comunitario ‘Aguas Calientes’” is a comunity water plant built with government grant money to address the potable water scarcity in the area. Over the course of two decades of operation, the Association is the primary water supplier of the area’s 6,000 residents.

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Tenants Empowering Tenants

Briana Méndez-Padilla

March 13, 2023 |

DÍG en Español |

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Response Location: United States, Long Beach, California

Tenant advocacy group Long Beach Residents Empowered (LIBRE) works with renters and helps them advocate for themselves against tenant harassment, unsafe living conditions and unjust evictions. LIBRE is divided into various campaigns, each with a different focus, like neighborhood organizing or training others about how to fight for tenant protection and advocate for policy change.

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How do you grow crops with no water? A rancher on the Gila River is trying an old approach

Jake Frederico

March 13, 2023 |

AZ Central (The Arizona Republic) |

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Response Location: United States, Gila Bend, Arizona

An Arizona farmer became the first organic regenerative certified farm in the southwest using practices that conserve water and improve soil health along the drought-stuck Gila River. His practices include growing arid-adapted crops, integrating livestock grazing, and planting cover crops.

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What It Takes To Shelter Washington State's Housing Insecure Youth

Neal Morton

March 13, 2023 |

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Response Location: United States, Washington

School districts in Washington State are required to identify students experiencing homelessness and enroll them into a state program in which the district pays for the students' transportation and covers the cost of other necessities with allotted federal funds.

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