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Need a Paycheck Protection Program Loan, or Just a Bank That Cares? Here's How to Find One

Oscar Perry Abello

April 14, 2020 |

Next City |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

An online tool called Mighty serves as a “Tripadvisor” for banks, connecting users with publicly-available data on how banks across the United States use their money so that they can make informed decisions when it comes to choosing a bank. During the coronavirus pandemic, Mighty is filling a popular request by connecting small business owners with banks and credit unions that are reliably implementing the Small Business Administration’s Paycheck Protection Program. Mighty has a particular focus on how much social good each bank does, reminding people that every individual choice adds up to societal change.

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How Greece is beating coronavirus despite a decade of debt

Helena Smith

April 14, 2020 |

The Guardian |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Greece

Greece took a proactive approach to contain the coronavirus – screening people as they entered the country even before any confirmed cases had been reported and then quarantining anyone returning from Spain in hotel rooms – and it appears so far to be working. The country's approach, which as been lauded by many as "textbook crisis management," also leveraged the crisis "to enact long overdue digital reforms" that have helped to eliminate red tape and make processes more efficient.

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How Europe manages to keep a lid on coronavirus unemployment while it spikes in the U.S.

Michael Birnbaum

April 11, 2020 |

The Washington Post |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: France

European countries like France and Germany have been able to keep their unemployment rates low because of pre-existing programs that have been called to action during COVID-19. In France, the government subsidizes up to 84% of wages to incentive companies not to lay their employees off. In Germany, their short-time work program pays up to two-thirds of employee pay. While not an inexpensive method, some say it could help their economies replenish quicker after the pandemic.

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Elimination: what New Zealand's coronavirus response can teach the world

Michael Baker Nick Wilson

April 10, 2020 |

The Guardian |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: New Zealand

Adopting vigorous public health interventions early on is key when aiming for elimination over mitigation. In contrast to many countries mitigating the COVID-19 pandemic by “flattening the curve,” New Zealand’s early lockdowns and travel restrictions characterized a strategy of early elimination. Despite economic costs, New Zealand focused on eliminating nearly all chains of transmission.

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Greece Shows How to Handle the Crisis

Ferdinando Giugliano

April 10, 2020 |

Bloomberg |

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Response Location: Greece, Athens

The speed of the response matters in mitigating the public health impact of a pandemic. Greece, which acted to restrict non-essential movement faster than countries like Spain and Italy, has sufewera fewer cases of COVID-19. Alongside enacting containment policies only days after its first cases, Greece has been able to prepare its emergency medical system by recruiting additional doctors and staff.

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The big lesson from South Korea's coronavirus response

Christina Thornell Danush Parvaneh Ranjani Chakraborty Mac Schneider

April 10, 2020 |

Vox |

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5-15 Minutes

Response Location: South Korea

Having learned lessons from the 2015 MERS outbreak, South Korea was quick to implement both widespread testing and contact tracing at the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic. Although cases were only just beginning to be reported in the country, government officials were already working with bioengineers to create test kits in order to "prepare for the worst."

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Urban farm provides homeless shelter residents with good food and opportunities

Sarah Donahue

April 09, 2020 |

Cronkite News - Arizona PBS |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

An innovative partnership between Bell Shelter, a homeless shelter, Grow Good, an urban farm, and the Salvation Army is bringing healthy food and cooking to a new audience in Los Angeles. People experiencing homelessness are able to get paid to learn culinary skills, and the food from the urban garden both feeds the homeless residents as well as earns income through a social enterprise model that helps fund the training and support programming. After shelter clients participate in the 12 week culinary training program, many are able to get full-time jobs at local culinary institutions.

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What California is doing right in responding to the coronavirus pandemic

Dan Simon Ray Sanchez Jenn Selva

April 09, 2020 |

CNN |

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Response Location: United States, California

Several statewide measures allowed California to mitigate its surge of COVID-19 cases by acting early. The state issued a mandatory stay-at-home order, which included making face masks mandatory and shutting down public parks during the Easter holiday. In addition to restricting movement, California also made testing widely available and managed to produce a surplus of ventilators. Furthermore, many tech companies quickly adopted work-from-home measures. The thoroughness and early nature of these responses helped the state avoid a surge as seen in New York.

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Did Ohio get it right? Early intervention, preparation for pandemic may pay off.

Lenny Bernstein

April 09, 2020 |

The Washington Post |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Columbus, Ohio

By taking prompt action to shut down major tourist events and increase medical treatment capacity, Ohio’s early response to COVID-19 has, thus far, helped to temper the surge of confirmed cases in the state. Governor DeWine and the Cleveland Clinic began to mobilize resources prior to the state's first confirmed case. The Governor also suspended “The Arnold,” a popular fitness exposition in Columbus.

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Public health workers innovate around social distancing guidelines

Jessica Kutz

April 09, 2020 |

High Country News |

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Response Location: United States, Tucson, Arizona

A fleet of mobile health units across the nation have been helping low-income and immigrant communities to access public health care resources, but during the coronavirus pandemic, the focus has shifted to providing relevant safety information. Leveraging the trust that has been developed over time, public health care workers are utilizing social media to distribute information and resources until they can until they can begin "delivering medications in partnership with Federally Qualified Health Centers, a safety net for uninsured and undocumented people."

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