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  • Free Wi-Fi, e-magazines, dial-a-story: Kansas City libraries' popular pandemic services

    June 01, 2021 |

    The Kansas City Beacon |

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    Response Location: United States, Kansas City, Missouri

    Digital library services in Kansas City were ramped up to serve patrons even as doors closed to visitors during the pandemic. Wi-Fi Hotspots were made available for downloading books, virtual story times for children were offered, and in addition to digital programs, services like dial-a-story were also offered over the phone for families without adequate internet service.

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  • The forgotten worker

    June 01, 2021 |

    The Real News Network |

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    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Homecare aides traditionally receive low wages in an industry with high turnover and great stress during the pandemic. Women of color typically care for their companies' elderly or disabled clients. Cooperative Homecare Associates started in 1985 as a worker-owned cooperative, to be run democratically. It is now the nation's largest co-op, with 2,000 employees, half of them owners. During the pandemic, it partnered with other co-op homecare companies to line up personal protective equipment supplies, one example of how it prioritizes worker safety and satisfaction over profit.

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  • The 40-Year-Old System: How an upgrade could help the VEC solve payment problems

    June 01, 2021 |

    WTVR-TV |

    Broadcast TV News |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, South Carolina

    If Virginia taxpayers who lost their jobs in the pandemic want to understand why their unemployment insurance payments lagged for months and why they couldn't get the Virginia Employment Commission on the phone, they could look to South Carolina. In 2017 that state took advantage of a grant to upgrade its computer systems. It was able to process payments much more quickly, needed many fewer call-center staff, and could help South Carolinians take advantage of enhanced pandemic benefits much sooner. Virginia has struggled to upgrade is decades-old systems, which were overwhelmed with calls and claims.

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  • Covid-19 : comment retrouver l'odorat après avoir contracté la maladie ?

    June 01, 2021 |

    Franceinfo |

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    Response Location: France

    Grâce à ce protocole de rééducation olfactives mis en place à Nice, 8 patients victimes du Covid sur 10 retrouvent l'odorat. Une rééducation qui passe par des rendez-vous avec un ORL mais aussi de l'orthophonie et des thérapies de groupe.

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  • Wenn Kot zu Kompost auf dem Acker wird

    June 01, 2021 |

    Deutschlandfunk Kultur |

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    Response Location: Germany

    Aus menschlichen Ausscheidungen lässt sich viel mehr machen als bisher. Zum Beispiel Dünger. Die Böden könnten so Nährstoffe zurückerhalten, die ihnen zuvor entnommen werden. Verschiedene Akteure arbeiten bereits daran.

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  • A way forward for employing people with disabilities in Lithuania

    June 01, 2021 |

    Lithuanian Radio and Television (LRT) |

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    Response Location: Lithuania

    Employment intermediaries from VšĮ SOPA act as workforce development counselors and recruiters for both employers and people with disabilities. By preparing people for jobs that fit their abilities, and then aiding in a job search, the intermediaries are able to place about half of their 100-plus clients in appropriate jobs. Common in Western Europe, where government funding enables such services, the service in Lithuania relies on private funding, which can be less stable. Jobs for people with disabilities provide self-confidence and independence.

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  • Enlisting Mental Health Workers, Not Cops, In Mobile Crisis Response

    June 01, 2021 |

    Health Affairs |

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    Response Location: United States, Eugene, Oregon

    The long-running CAHOOTS program, which replaces police with medics and social workers to respond to non-violent, non-criminal mental health crises, suicide threats, and problems stemming from homelessness, serves as a model for similar programs in the nationwide push to reimagine policing. CAHOOTS teams de-escalate crises at first simply because they are not armed police. They also take the time and have the training to calm situations and get people the help they need. Programs in Phoenix and Denver demonstrate how the idea plays out in larger cities.

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  • The Group Turning Religious Leaders into LGBTQ Rights Crusaders

    May 31, 2021 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: Kenya, Mombasa

    Persons Marginalized and Aggrieved in Kenya works with religious leaders over the course of many years to build empathy and understanding towards the LGBTQ community. Faith leaders are often not immediately aware of the goal, but PEMA’s continuous and carefully orchestrated engagement allows them to gradually build relationships, hear personal stories from real people, and learn to preach tolerance. PEMA has worked with 619 religious leaders, 246 of which are currently active, and runs a Training of Trainers program where “converted” religious leaders train their colleagues to increase LGBTQ acceptance.

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  • A Mexico Housing Community With No Police

    May 31, 2021 |

    What's Next Magazine |

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    Response Location: Mexico, Mexico City

    On the outskirts of Mexico City, the self-governed Acapatzingo Housing Community prevents crime and resolves disputes without any involvement by the police. The community, founded at an abandoned mine to provide housing to people living in poverty, sits adjacent to a neighborhood that suffers thousands of violent crimes per year. But the housing community and its citizen-guard patrols, mediators, and network of walls and fences manage to limit the number of crimes and conflicts to about 60 per year. The police are viewed as unresponsive and corrupt, while the community's security is rooted in trust.

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  • St. Louis technology detects lots of gunfire, but calls often lead to a dead end

    May 31, 2021 |

    St. Louis Post-Dispatch |

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    Response Location: United States, St. Louis, Missouri

    St. Louis was one of the first cities to adopt ShotSpotter technology, which uses a network of microphones, software, and human monitors to detect and analyze gunshot sounds. The detection system summoned police more than 15,000 times last year. Only 1% of those calls in a 10-year span yielded enough evidence to result in a police report, and only 13 arrests resulted. There is no evidence that the system actually reduced gun violence. Advocates say the system, which costs St. Louis taxpayers and a nonprofit group more than $1 million per year, yields other useful intelligence and should be maintained.

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