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  • How a new district attorney is shaking up the justice system in midcoast Maine

    May 28, 2019 |

    Bangor Daily News |

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    Response Location: United States, Knox, Maine

    The newly-elected district attorney in Maine, Natasha Irving, has started implementing restorative justice practices into the area’s criminal justice system. The use of restorative justice in this case includes offering mental health and substance abuse treatment, amongst other supportive services, and using prison as a last resort. There has been some pushback from law enforcement, but a willingness to try the new approach aimed at reducing recidivism in the region.

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  • Inside San Francisco's First-of-Its-Kind Shelter for Transgender Youth

    May 28, 2019 |

    KQED |

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    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    The first ever shelter for transgender youth has opened in San Francisco. The space, run by Larkin Street Youth Services, has 6 beds for previously homeless trans youth aged 18-24. In addition to providing services tailored to their experience and building a safe gender non-conforming community, Larkin Street requires that residents have 30 hours of productivity a week and reserves 30% of their income for a savings account to help their transition to independence.

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  • Colorado's Opioid Crisis Slows, In Part Because Of a Drug That Reverses Overdoses

    May 28, 2019 |

    Colorado Public Radio |

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    Response Location: United States, Denver, Colorado

    Increasing the availability of naloxone reduces the number of deaths from opioid overdose. In Colorado, the Naloxone for Life initiative, which began in 2016, has distributed thousands of kits to emergency first responders and has also made the medication available without a prescription. As a result, paramedics have used the medication to reverse several hundred overdoses in Colorado, administering over 700 doses in Denver in 2018 alone.

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  • Life After Conflict: Healing the Environmental Wounds of War

    May 28, 2019 |

    Al Jazeera |

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    Response Location: Bangladesh

    With the aftermath of conflict often focused on humanitarian crisis, international and local actors are also working to restore damage done to ecosystems. From Rohingya refugees volunteering to make sure endangered elephants can reach their grazing lands – and not destroy the refugee camps – to Lebonese seed banks being recreated to restore biodiversity, the international stage is paying closer attention to the environmental tolls of conflict.

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  • ‘If we don't burn it, nature will': Georgia blazes old fears, leads nation in prescribed fire

    May 28, 2019 |

    Southerly |

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    Response Location: United States, Macon, Georgia

    Prescribed fire is a way to protect forest ecosystems by starting fires in a controlled and sustainable way. The practice limits out of control forest fires and promotes the growth of important species. In Georgia, a leader of prescribed fire in the Southeast and the country, successful fire management is hoping to tip forest services nationally in favor of prescribed burn treatment and away from mostly focusing on fire suppression.

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  • Washington State Debuts Unique Tool to Reduce Gun Suicides

    May 28, 2019 |

    The Trace |

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    Response Location: United States, Olympia, Washington

    In Washington, state legislators have passed an innovative measure that would allow individuals to suspend their own gun rights. The bill was started as a proactive measure for those experience mental health issues to be able to prevent themselves from harming themselves in the future. While they’re still working on publicizing the new measure, those that do know about it simply have to fill out a short form at any count clerk’s office – the rest is taken care of within 24 hours.

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  • How Wyoming manages to keep its rural schools open

    May 27, 2019 |

    PBS NewsHour |

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    Response Location: United States, Wyoming

    In Wyoming, the state's school funding model recaptures money from affluent districts and reallocates it to districts with fewer resources. This unique and heralded system has allowed Wyoming to keep the doors of its rural, one-room rural schoolhouses, which often are a key part of a communities' fabric, open.

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  • I Went Through My Pregnancy With Strangers. It Was The Best Decision I Could've Made

    May 27, 2019 |

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    Response Location: United States, Evanston, Illinois

    For many, group prenatal visits allow pregnant people to chat about their issues in a non-judgemental space and get the care they need. CenteringPregnancy groups are spreading across the country, and they have also been shown to save money while reducing the rates of premature births.

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  • In Utah, veterans are more vulnerable to suicide. One program hopes connecting veterans with each other will help save lives.

    May 27, 2019 |

    The Salt Lake Tribune |

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    Response Location: United States, Utah

    Across the United States, veterans are at a greater risk for suicide than the average civilian, but in Utah, this problem is elevated even further. Although researchers are unsure of the reasons for this, programs in the state aim to combat the issue by bringing veterans together.

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  • A cybersecurity worker shortage in Colorado has the industry tapping veterans to fill the gap

    May 27, 2019 |

    The Colorado Sun |

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    Response Location: United States, Colorado Springs, Colorado

    The Cybersecurity industry in Colorado has started recruiting and training veterans, finding that ex-military members gave what it takes to combat digital "bad guys" and other cybersecurity issues. While Colorado has fewer individuals employed by the cybersecurity industry than the majority of the country, they're finding success with their veteran training programs.

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