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  • The case for hiring more police officers

    February 13, 2019 |

    Vox |

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    Response Location: United States

    Much of the backlash against the police is based on assumptions that more police means more incarceration and more police violence, but evidence actually points to the opposite outcomes. When more police are put on the streets, and when they’re doing the right preventive tasks, that can deter crime from happening in the first place; hence, fewer arrests and less incarceration. Plus, inadequate staffing levels can lead to tired, stressed officers committing wrongdoing. Of course, if more police do more of the wrong tactics, then that can cause a deeper breach of community trust, which means more crime.

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  • When Teens Threaten Violence, A Community Responds With Compassion

    February 13, 2019 |

    NPR |

    Radio |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Salem, Oregon

    When a teenager at a high school in Salem, Oregon began expressing threatening sentiments online, the community stepped in to help rather than punish the student. Through assessing the threat and then partnering him with a school counselor, the community was able to successfully create a model for removing kids from potentially violent trajectories.

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  • Is New York's Mental-Health System Listening to the Peers Who've Lived It?

    February 13, 2019 |

    City Limits |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    In New York City, much of the mental health infrastructure relies on the work of professionals known as Peer Specialists, who are individuals with lived experiences of mental health challenges and additional training to help others in a similar situation. Peer Specialists have recently been organizing around issues such as low pay and a lack of legitimacy in the eyes of their colleagues in the mental health industry.

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  • Sheriff provides info to those needing help for mental health

    February 13, 2019 |

    Half Moon Bay Review |

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    Response Location: United States, San Mateo, California

    After realizing a gap at the intersection of mental health care and emergency responders, the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office has formed a partnership with the county Behavioral Health and Recovery Services and created the Psychiatric Emergency Response Team. Specifically designed to assist those with mental health concerns, this change in practice also reduces hospitalizations and incarcerations.

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  • Is the Answer to Crime More Cops?

    February 13, 2019 |

    The Marshall Project |

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    Response Location: United States, Memphis, Tennessee

    As cities across the United States grapple with the decline in law enforcement applications and officers, New York is adapting by using a workload allocation model to figure out the number of police officers actually needed and in what positions. While other cities, like Memphis, seek private funding to hire more police officers – a model that hasn’t shown demonstrably to decrease crime.

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  • In Ethiopia, climate change leads herders to retrain as farmers

    February 12, 2019 |

    Reuters |

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    Response Location: Ethiopia, Demika

    Many herders are adapting to climate change by adopting farming. In the wake of severe droughts in recent years, herding communities in Ethiopia have expressed increasing interest in farming as a way to secure additional income. The non-profit organization, Farm Africa, helps herders to make the transition into farming by educating and assisting them with technical matters, such as irrigation, as well as aiding with financing and finding markets.

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  • People with disabilities can save for college, life expenses with new Washington state savings plan

    February 12, 2019 |

    The Seattle Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Seattle

    Washington State is pioneering savings accounts for people with disabilities that won't penalize them for saving for financial stability by barring them from essential federal aid programs. The accounts are tax-free and allow participants to save at least $15,000 a year, which can be withdrawn at any time or saved until retirement, with some limitations to who is eligible for the account. As word of the ABLE Savings Plan spreads, the self-supporting program is helping ensure that people with disabilities are not relegated to living in destitution to qualify for federal benefits.

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  • Another Kind of Rescue After the Wildfires

    February 12, 2019 |

    Yes! Magazine |

    Photojournalism |

    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: United States, California

    Wildfires have routines destroyed parts of California and are only becoming more devastating as temperatures rise, taking many lives in their paths of destruction. To bring solace and closure for families, volunteer archaeologists are training dogs to identify cremated remains.

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  • How one Maine school is cutting $30,000 or more from the cost of college

    February 12, 2019 |

    Bangor Daily News |

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    Response Location: United States, Maine

    A partnership between Maine high schools and Thomas College is helping cut college costs by at least $30,000. Through the Pathways program, students enroll in dual enrollment classes while still in high school and complete extra credit hours and summer classes while in college en route to finishing a bachelors degree in three years instead of the traditional four.

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  • Taxing empty apartments could ease the housing crisis

    February 12, 2019 |

    FastCompany |

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    Response Location: Canada, Vancouver, British Columbia

    Cities with large numbers of empty apartments look to Vancouver's apartment tax, which taxes owners for unused apartment space. After the tax was put in place, the number of unoccupied apartments in Vancouver went down, and the city raised $38 million in tax revenue - most of which will go to affordable housing programs.

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