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  • Youth Villages Founder Patrick Lawler On Its Origin And Impact

    August 06, 2019 |

    Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB) |

    Radio |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Oregon

    Youth Villages, a nonprofit started in Tennessee over 30 years ago has helped improve the lives of children who face difficulties in their homes while saving money on the child welfare system. Instead of immediately removing children from their problematic homes, Youth Villages works on building relationships with the parents and providing in-home support services to both the parents and the children to ensure that they have a successful future. Additionally, the organization supports foster kids who age out of the system, and has managed to place many children back with their families securely.

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  • America's youngest kids need good teachers. Why is it so difficult to find them?

    July 29, 2019 |

    Quartz |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States

    Educators working full-time in Bright Horizons private child care centers get free tuition for an early child care education bachelor's degree, provided that they work for the company for at least 18 months following the completion of their courses. While the model has offered an incredible and unprecedented path for some, Quartz's Annabelle Timsit questions whether this corporate solution is the right answer to the widespread public education problem of underpaid preschool teachers and raises common concerns about discrepancies in the quality of degree programs.

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  • At Detention Camps and Shelters, Art Helps Migrant Youths Find Their Voices

    July 19, 2019 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, El Paso, Texas

    Art therapy allows minors in detention to cope with stress and trauma. In “Uncaged Art: Tronillo Children’s Detention Camp,” an art exhibition housed at the Centennial Museum and Chihuahuan Desert Gardens at the University of Texas at El Paso, displays works of art created by unaccompanied minors detained at the US-Mexico border. Nonprofits like Annunciation House and the International Rescue Committee are also using art to make migrant shelters more accommodating to the needs—and stresses—of children’s experiences.

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  • How One Community Brought Child Mortality Down From 154 To 7 Per 1,000 Live Births

    July 12, 2019 |

    NPR |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Mali, Bamako

    Providing door-to-door health care for mothers and children under five years of age greatly reduces mortality. Thanks to a program of home visits by community health care workers funded by the Clinton Health Access Initiative, the Yirimadio neighborhood of Mali’s capital city, Bamako, has succeeded in dramatically reducing childhood mortality. The government intends to scale the pilot program into a nationwide campaign by 2022.

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  • Hunger takes no summer break: When school's out, the challenge is how to feed more kids

    July 10, 2019 |

    NBC News |

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    Response Location: United States, East Orange, New Jersey

    Mobile delivery increases the accessibility of summer meal programs for children who rely on food assistance during the school year. Across the country, multiple initiatives by local governments, schools, nonprofits, and faith-based organizations are working to extend participation in summer meal programs. Many of these programs receive support from the USDA, but additional grants have allowed organizations to extend their range of delivery, as have partnerships with food trucks and transportation services.

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  • To smooth transitions from home to prek to kinder, states must invest in every aspect of early ed

    July 08, 2019 |

    The Hechinger Report |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Lewisburg, West Virginia

    In West Virginia, educators have seen promising results from their push to emphasize the importance of creating smooth transitions between home, preschool, and kindergarten classrooms. The state offers free preschool to all four year-olds and requires communication between preschool and elementary school teachers, visits to family homes, and the use of a formative Pre-K assessment tool, whose results are available to teachers across the state.

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  • Teens In Transition Program shows promise at reducing crime

    June 28, 2019 |

    KSHB-TV |

    Broadcast TV News |

    Under 3 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Kansas City, Missouri

    Collaborative efforts targeting adult-peer mentoring in Kansas City, Missouri have resulted in less crime and increased trust among participants. Focusing on high-risk teens and young adults, the program known as Teens in Transition connects law enforcement with youth members to work together on an art project over a 9-week span.

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  • Appetites: Food truck helps keep Minnesota kids fed when school is out

    June 20, 2019 |

    MPR News |

    Radio |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, St. Paul, Minnesota

    Food trucks have taken much of the United States by storm, but now the concept is being applied to helping keep children well nourished during summer months when school is out. Funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, trucks are now roaming the streets in St. Paul, Minnesota serving nutritional meals to children in the local school district.

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  • School's out, but lunch is still served in Ignacio

    June 14, 2019 |

    Durango Herald |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: United States, Durango, Colorado

    Funded by a grant from the Colorado Health Foundation, several nonprofits are working to fill the summer food security gap for children who rely on school meals. Several groups, including Pine River Shares and Friends with Food, have partnered with the Education Literacy Health and Inspiration Community Center to provide free lunches to needy schoolchildren. When the school district ceased operating the meal program, ELHI took over the operations, serving the children of families who already come to the center for other activities.

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  • New playground at Hope Harbor provides children with a safe space

    June 05, 2019 |

    KHGI-TV |

    Broadcast TV News |

    Under 3 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Grand Island, Nebraska

    Hope Harbor, an emergency and transitional shelter in Grand Island, Nebraska, is renovating its facilities to include a playground for the shelter’s children. Funded by various grants, the new addition will provide children experiencing housing insecurity with an outlet to be creative and play during a time that can often be traumatic.

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