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Can this Alabama school beat the clock and help more students read?

Rebecca Griesbach

November 10, 2021 |

AL.com (Alabama Media Group) |

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Response Location: United States, Dothan, Alabama

Rehobeth Elementary School provides extra attention from trained educators with experience in literacy instructional methods to help students make up for COVID-19 related reading-level declines. The school-wide intervention provides a core class where students get most of their lessons, smaller groups where students work on specific skills, and some students are identified for outside tutoring as well. The research-based learning materials can also help students with learning disabilities. Rehobeth second graders had improved reading scores by 60 points in one school year.

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Accessory Dwelling Units Expand Housing Stock Within Boulder's Growth Limits

Lucy Haggard

November 10, 2021 |

KGNU Community Radio |

Radio |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Boulder, Colorado

Boulder made building accessory dwelling units (ADUs) easier by loosening regulations so that more can be built. ADUs, which can be attached to or behind a main house, address issues of affordable housing and housing availability by providing smaller units with everything someone needs, including a kitchen, bathroom, and sleeping quarters. ADUs tap into existing utility lines, and the smaller spaces are more energy efficient, which means that they are cheaper for tenants and more eco-friendly. Other cities, seeing the affordable housing and environmental benefits, have jumped on the ADU bandwagon.

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Demeter's Developments working to provide a pathway to home ownership in Mansfield

Katie Ellington

November 09, 2021 |

Richland Source |

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Response Location: United States, Mansfield, Ohio

A pathway to homeownership for public housing recipients has been forged by Demeter’s Developments, an organization that aims to “turn a Section 8 tenant into a homeowner within a year.” The organization sets aside a part of each rent payment to return to the eventual home-owner and also provides a $5,000 Welcome Home Grant. The rent-to-own program is conditional upon financial literacy counseling and hopes to fight generational poverty.

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Alone in eviction court: Alabama looks to provide lawyers

Sarah Whites-Koditschek

November 09, 2021 |

AL.com (Alabama Media Group) |

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Response Location: United States, Alabama

Legislation in cities like Cleveland, Louisville, New York City, provides legal representation for economically-disadvantaged people who are facing eviction. The city ordinances have drastically reduced evictions as well as the government costs associated with homelessness caused directly by evictions. A public awareness push - through social media, billboards, and door knocking - was also made in these cities to encourage people to show up to their eviction court dates.

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How a made-in-Canada distress signal may have helped save the life of a North Carolina teen

Ellen Mauro Mark Gollom

November 09, 2021 |

CBC |

Multi-Media |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: Canada

Soaring rates of domestic violence due to coronavirus lockdowns led the Canadian Women’s Foundation to launch the “Signal for Help” campaign that created subtle hand gestures to indicate the need for help. The gestures consist of tucking your thumb into your open palm and covering it with the four other fingers, symbolizing being trapped. Videos by TikTok users showing the gestures, which can be done with one hand and are distinct from international sign languages, have gone viral. The gestures are credited with saving a missing Kentucky teenager, showing the power of social media to spread information.

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Lessons from a 'violence interrupter' as shootings continue to ravage Chicago

Deena Zaru

November 09, 2021 |

ABC News (American Broadcasting Company) |

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Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

Programs like UCAN Chicago use "violence interrupters" to mediate disputes before they turn violent and to connect people at risk of violence to the services that will give them a chance at a more stable, peaceful life. Decades after CeaseFire Chicago established this street-outreach approach to violence prevention, the work has been conducted mainly by former gang members and formerly incarcerated people with the credibility to reach the right people. Research on its effectiveness is mixed but promising, though the resources don't come close to meeting the need. This story profiles one Chicago worker.

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Evidence-based reentry resources key for sicker incarcerated population, researchers say

Elizabeth Thompson

November 08, 2021 |

North Carolina Health News |

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Response Location: United States, North Carolina

Community health workers with North Carolina Formerly Incarcerated Transition Program (NC FIT) counsel people recently released from jails and prisons to help them get the care they need for mental and physical health problems. The program closes some but not all of the gaps left by the state's inadequate Medicaid coverage and prison health services. Banking on the trust that comes with shared experiences, the formerly incarcerated health workers can connect people with medication-assisted treatment for substance use, covid-related treatments, and mental health care, all common ailments post-incarceration.

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One of the World's Poorest Countries Found a Better Way to Do Stimulus

Ted Alcorn

November 07, 2021 |

Bloomberg Businessweek |

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Response Location: Togo

An all-digital system delivered monthly payments to millions of Togolese people in need during the coronavirus. The platform, built in two weeks, immediately verifies applicants’ eligibility and instantly sends a text message with electronic funds. The program’s rollout began with monthly stipends to in need around Lomé and has slowly expanded to other groups. Most recently, researchers used algorithms using satellite images to first identify impoverished communities based on their layout and housing materials and then used mobile phone data to identify the poorest individuals within those regions.

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Environnement : acheter des forêts pour les protéger

N. Boubetra O. Palomino O. Darmostoupe J. Chouquet A. Boulet

November 06, 2021 |

Franceinfo |

Broadcast TV News |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: France, Bourgogne Franche-Comté

Pour protéger les forêts, des citoyens se regroupent au sein de Groupements forestiers pour les acheter. Leur objectif : trouver un équilibre entre production de bois et protection de l'équilibre écologique. Chaque coupe est mûrement réfléchie et la forêt est ainsi plus résistante aux aléas climatiques et aux attaques d'insectes. Ce mouvement prend de l'ampleur en France avec une quinzaine de groupements forestier citoyens créés ces trois dernières années.

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What happens when crime victims and offenders meet? Outagamie County is finding out.

Chris Mueller

November 05, 2021 |

Appleton Post-Crescent |

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Response Location: United States, Appleton, Wisconsin

The Outagamie County Youth and Family Services agency makes restorative justice dialogue available to the victims of crimes committed by juveniles. After preparation with a trained mediator, the two parties meet to discuss the harm suffered by a victim and why a young person committed the offense. Both can be helped through a face-to-face conversation. The county is now considering expanding the program to adults.

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