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Counselors engage new parents before vaccine hesitancy hardens

Eric Boodman

August 05, 2019 |

STAT |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: Canada, Sherbrooke, Quebec

In a handful of hospitals throughout Canada, vaccination counselors are helping to relieve new parents' trepidation toward infant and child vaccinations. By engaging in a "motivational interview" immediately before the child is born rather than waiting until the two-year check-up, doctors are finding that parents are increasingly willing to go through with the vaccinations as opposed to those who did not have an in-person conversation.

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Sacramento Drop In Black Child Deaths Holds Lessons for LA

Priska Neely

July 29, 2019 |

Southern California Public Radio (KPCC) |

Radio |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Sacramento, California

After launching an initiative aimed at reducing Black infant deaths, Sacramento County's success is now a model for other areas of California looking to make similar changes. Local officials joined with other community advocates and experts to analyze 20 years of data that showed specific disparities. They then created resources to addressing specific issues and empower residents in seven targeted neighborhoods throughout the county.

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Sacramento's Plan To Keep Black Children Alive Is Working — And LA Is Watching

Priska Neely

July 29, 2019 |

LAist |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

Local officials in Los Angeles County are focusing efforts on leveling the playing field when it comes to health outcomes for infants across races. Although efforts are underway, there are several key takeaways that have worked in Sacramento – such as data analyzation, local community involvement, and culturally sensitive initiatives – that Los Angeles County could model.

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How Southern Communities Tackle Summertime Food Scarcity

Tina Vasquez

July 17, 2019 |

Yes! Magazine |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Mississippi

Communities are creating networks to fill in food security gaps for children. In cities like Jackson, Mississippi, and Atlanta, Georgia, community groups, churches, and nonprofits are working to provide summer meals to children who rely on lunch programs during the school year. Closed schools create a barrier to resources for many families that depend on them. Organizations like Feeding America and the Georgia Nutritional Services draw from USDA Summer Food Service Program funding to address the shortfall in summertime support.

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

Erik Ortiz

July 10, 2019 |

NBC News |

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1500-3000 Words

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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Graduating from college still a struggle for many California foster youth

Rob Waters

July 01, 2019 |

San Jose Mercury News |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, California

To address the difficulties foster youth face when trying to complete a college program, California has implemented a series of support mechanisms designed to increase the chances of graduation. From extending the cutoff age to receive services to 21 to priority registration for classes, studies are already showing success from these changes.

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How Facial Recognition Is Fighting Child Sex Trafficking

Tom Simonite

June 19, 2019 |

Wired |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States

Thorn’s Spotlight tool uses text and facial recognition technology to scrub the web, helping investigators find underage sex-trafficking victims. Spotlight has been used by law enforcement on nearly 40,000 cases in North America, helping investigators find more than 9,000 children and 10,000 traffickers.

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Homes to Heal Trafficked Children

Rikha Sharma Rani

June 19, 2019 |

The New York Times |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Miami, Florida

Miami is home to a special type of child welfare program called CHANCE (Citrus Helping Adolescents Negatively Impacted by Commercial Exploitation) that is designed specifically for youth in foster care that have been trafficked. CHANCE has an intensive curriculum that educates foster parents and clinicians about child sex trafficking and child trauma, and families are only allowed to take in one child at a time so that they are prepared for the child's unique health needs. Studies done on the program have found that the youth have significant improvement in many emotional and mental categories.

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

Mary Shinn

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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Facing opioid and foster-care crisis, Spokane's Rising Strong seeks to keep families together

Claudia Rowe

April 05, 2019 |

The Seattle Times |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Spokane, Washington

Keeping families together eases the burden on the foster care system and reduces issues such as homelessness and substance abuse in the long term. Former foster children in Spokane, Washington, end up relying heavily upon other social welfare institutions throughout their lives. To break this cycle, Rising Strong, a program funded largely by a philanthropic contribution, focuses on rebuilding families while addressing behavior issues through an intensive, live-in program.

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