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  • A Tale Of Two Cities: New York Providers Credit 'Aftercare' For Helping Youths Transition Home

    Allison Dikanovic

    October 02, 2019 |

    WUWM |

    Multi-Media |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, New York

    After kids spend time in one of New York City's community-based incarceration facilities, they are enrolled in an "aftercare" program, which includes group meetings and mentoring, to help with the transition. As Milwaukee continues to reform its youth prison system, it is looking to New York as one promising model to consider.

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  • Sokolovská škola bojuje proti šikaně lépe než zbytek Česka, snaží se ji podchytit hned v počátku

    Václav Štefan

    October 02, 2019 |

    iRozhlas |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Czech Republic, Sokolov

    Více než polovina žáků druhého stupně českých základních škol se setkala s šikanou. Existují však i školy, kterým se daří tento negativní jev úspěšně potlačovat. Jednou z nich je Základní škola Sokolov, kde je výskyt šikany hluboko pod celostátním průměrem. Tamní vedení se ji snaží podchytit již zpočátku. Proto do výuky zapojilo sociální pracovníky, kteří na žáky dohlíží o přestávkách. Důležitou roli má také vzdělání učitelů. Ti absolvují školení, na kterých se učí, jak s šikanou ve výuce pracovat.

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  • Iowa rural hospitals make tough choices to stay lean, provide needed care

    Chelsea Keenan Sara Konrad Baranowski Natalie Krebs Mark Mahoney Michaela Ramm

    October 01, 2019 |

    IowaWatch |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Iowa Falls, Iowa

    Rural hospitals throughout the midwest are struggling to stay open, but in Iowa, small successes have been found through partnerships and resourcefulness. From converting the OB-GYN department to an department that provides mental health help to senior citizens to leasing space to larger hospitals for specialty practices, rural hospitals are finding creative ways to keep their doors open.

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  • In Ecuador, one woman has given shelter to over 8,500 Venezuelans

    Kimberley Brown

    September 30, 2019 |

    Al Jazeera |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Ecuador, Juncal

    Carmen Carcelen lives in northern Ecuador with her husband, eight children, and hundreds of Venezuelan migrants who are fleeing poverty, violence, and hyperinflation at home. Carcelen has been providing food and shelter (and even foot rubs) to over 8,500 migrants for two years now. Carcelen says that she is spurred to action by her Christian faith, but welcomes any donations because it is currently financed on her husband's small income.

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  • The tiny kingdom fighting an epidemic

    Christine Ro

    September 26, 2019 |

    BBC |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Bhutan

    Bhutan has committed to eliminating malaria from the country, as in on track to do so thanks in part to the Bhutanese government's consistent persistence to raise public awareness. Arming citizens with mosquito nets, spray and education, the small country has now outpaced India towards this public health goal.

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  • Innovative open jail design changes San Diego inmate experience

    Jennifer Kastner

    September 26, 2019 |

    KGTV-TV |

    Broadcast TV News |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Santee, California

    San Diego County’s Las Colinas Detention and Reentry Facility was redesigned to look less like a jail and more like a community. The newly designed facility prioritizes rehabilitation over punishment by providing educational facilities, like a fully stocked library, and mental health services. While the impact is still unknown, the goal is to make reentry transitions easier and decreasing recidivism rates.

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  • Jittery Joe's Boards No-Straw Bandwagon

    Talley Davidson

    September 24, 2019 |

    Grady Newsource |

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    Response Location: United States, Athens, Georgia

    A coffee shop near the University of Georgia has joined the trend of eliminating straws from their beverages in an attempt to play their role in helping the environment. To address the criticism that this could negaitvely impact a disabled population, however, the university is now working to create a biodegradable option.

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  • Want To Reduce Suicides? Follow The Data — To Medical Offices, Motels And Even Animal Shelters

    Maureen O’Hagan

    September 23, 2019 |

    KFF Health News |

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    Response Location: United States, Hillsboro, Oregon

    To reduce the rate of suicides in Oregon, a Washington County epidemiologist formed an unlikely collaboration with the county's death investigators in order to build a comprehensive pool of data about where and why suicides were taking place. The outcome was a better understanding of prevention tactics that included partnering with "motel clerks and housekeepers, animal shelter workers, pain clinic staffers and more" to teach warning signs and ways to respond.

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  • Community hopes 'Purpose Built' revitalization model enlivens into Ridgecrest neighborhood

    Krista Johnson

    September 20, 2019 |

    The Montgomery Advertiser |

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    Response Location: United States, Woodlawn, Alabama

    Eighteen "purpose built communities" across America have revitalized neighborhoods through a comprehensive approach that includes building mixed-income housing, providing better educational opportunities and offering health and wellness services. The model focuses on establishing a strong "cradle-to-college education pipeline" which attracts upper-income families and creates socio-economic diversity. Community centers, green spaces, and grocery stores all revitalize and bring new development to these neighborhoods. Rivercrest, a neighborhood in Montgomery, Alabama is seeking to replicate the model.

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  • Ideas from Oklahoma can help NC plan for future of increased flooding

    Richard Adkins

    September 17, 2019 |

    WRAL-TV |

    Broadcast TV News |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Tulsa, Oklahoma

    Eastern North Carolina -- an area increasingly affected by flooding from hurricanes -- looks to Tulsa for long-term, financially sustainable solutions to routine flooding. Tulsa's comprehensive approach includes regulating building in floodplains as well as building vast drainage systems in all high-risk flood areas. The city implemented a storm water mitigation fee to residents' water bills in order to make flood insurance among the cheapest in the country.

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