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  • La Cruz Succeeds in Lowering Record Teen Pregnancy Numbers

    June 10, 2019 |

    La Voz de Guanacaste |

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    Response Location: Costa Rica, La Cruz

    Throughout the province of Guanacaste, teen pregnancy is among one of the difficulties facing the region, but collaborative efforts in La Cruz are working to reverse the trend. From expanding access to birth control to holding educational workshops, the local communities have already seen a decrease in reported teen pregnancies despite pushback from those that prefer abstinence only approaches.

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  • People Are Helping Animals Cross Highways — That's Great for Humans, Too

    June 10, 2019 |

    NationSwell |

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    Response Location: United States, Gainesville, Florida

    Across the United States, cities are designing ways for wildlife to cross major roadways. Whether they’re overpasses crossing highways or tunnels under freeways, these helpful pathways are strategically placed to help save the most wildlife. Seeing huge successes, including a casualty rate decline of close to 94% – conservationists are calling for more legislation to help protect and maintain such efforts.

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  • 'Come and See Me—My Grave Is Open': Finding Life After Deportation in Nogales, Sonora

    June 10, 2019 |

    Pacific Standard |

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    Response Location: Mexico, Nogales

    For many people who were deported to Mexico after decades living in the United States, the city of Nogales provides a renewed sense of community. The city is home to the Centro de Sueños rehabilitation center, or Dream Center, a place where many Mexican individuals deported by the U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement find shelter, food, support, jobs, and new families. Built by a preacher from Phoenix, the Dream Center gives participants a renewed sense of hope.

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  • People still look to Safe Station

    June 10, 2019 |

    Manchester Ink Link |

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    Response Location: United States, Manchester, New Hampshire

    Despite a new local hub and spoke program in New Hampshire, many people seeking help with addiction are still frequenting the former program that is based out of a fire station. Although the idea of the hub and spoke program "sounded good on paper," some believe that there is less stigma associated with going to a fire station rather than an office for help. Although the state plans to continue with the hub and spoke model to help increase access to resources across the state, the Safe Station program will also remain a resource for those in Manchester and Nashua.

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  • Free heroin? Unusual clinic offers 'chance at being human again'

    June 09, 2019 |

    CBC |

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    Response Location: Canada, Vancouver

    In Vancouver, a program at the Crosstown Clinic is combatting drug overdoses by administering low-dose heroin to people who use drugs to keep them from experiencing withdrawal symptoms. The idea behind this approach is to treat the addiction like a medical problem rather than a criminal one.

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  • Eye On the Elderly: Ohio Increasingly Relies on Volunteers to Handle Aging Adult Affairs

    June 09, 2019 |

    Eye On Ohio |

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    Response Location: United States, Columbus, Ohio

    Though Ohio has traditionally relied on volunteers to be guardians to elder folks who don't have support of family or loved ones, the court system looks to partnerships with external organizations to give at-risk seniors the support they need. The state has a long way to go, but the collective action between government entities, private ventures and nonprofit organizations is closing the gap for seniors without solid guardianship.

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  • 6 lessons for Cleveland from European school-to-work models: Pathways to Prosperity

    June 09, 2019 |

    Cleveland.com (The Plain Dealer) |

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    Response Location: United States, Cleveland, Ohio

    What can Cleveland learn from Europe's school-to-work models, dual education programs, and overall early introduction to career education that could be helpful in closing the skills gap? Cleveland community leaders think starting to provide information about job pathways as early as middle school and teaching specific occupational trades alongside general academic skills could be key.

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  • For Remote Communities In Scotland's Outer Hebrides, Mobile Libraries Are A Lifeline

    June 08, 2019 |

    NPR |

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    Response Location: Scotland, Stornoway

    Mobile libraries provide a crucial point of engagement for remote communities. In Scotland, the country’s mobile library service has provided residents of its Western Isles with access to books, Gaelic culture, and a chance to socialize within a very rural setting since the 1950s. The service becomes even more crucial as the population on the islands dwindles, and funding for libraries and other community centers grows scarcer.

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  • School turns old buses into mobile cafes for students

    June 07, 2019 |

    KMGH-TV |

    Broadcast TV News |

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    Response Location: United States, Denver, Colorado

    Across America, there is a food insecurity problem that increasingly impacts children as they head into summer breaks from school. To address the gap that is created during this time, a school district in Denver, Colorado has turned to recycling out-of-use school buses into mobile cafes that are open to all students during lunchtime, regardless of the district they live in.

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  • The mighty mediator: IMP's Clara Barby

    June 07, 2019 |

    Pioneers Post |

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    Response Location: United Kingdom, London

    A nonprofit initiative called the Impact Management Project identified ways to measure impact in the nonprofit and social enterprise worlds. Using intense crowdsourcing and measurement of their own success, the initiative created a checklist of five dimensions of impact that could be applicable on a global scale.

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