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Food Deserts Are Deliberate, But Black Farmers Are Fighting Back

Alexa Spencer

June 14, 2022 |

Word In Black |

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Response Location: United States, Atlanta, Georgia

he Metro Atlanta Urban Farm has fed 25,000 families. The predominantly-Black city lacks access to affordable fresh fruits and vegetables due to racist housing policies and grocery practices.

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How Kaduna Women Finance Their Healthcare Through Recycled Wastes

Ibrahim U

May 29, 2022 |

Daily Patriot |

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Response Location: Nigeria, Kaduna

SOSOCARE Healthcare Insurance provides low-income women with health insurance in exchange for recyclable wastes, which they convert to hedge funds to pay for the insurance expansion. The insurance offers different levels of coverage, with the basic one guaranteeing coverage of basic illness treatments for diseases such as malaria and typhoid, including in-patient hospital recoveries, for the women and their families.

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The struggle to help LGBTQ foster youth aging-out of the system with housing continues in Sacramento

Ken Magri

May 25, 2022 |

Sacramento News & Review |

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Response Location: United States, Sacramento, California

The Fostering Connections to Success Act was designed to help aged-out foster children in need of housing for up to three years. Foster children can choose whether they want to continue living with their foster parents, another guardian or transition into an apartment or college dorm. There’s a group of twelve specialized social workers who work closely with foster care youth to create Transitional Independent Living Plans, which help these aged-out youths transition into housing.

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Three Calhoun County entities work together to keep those needing mental health services out of jail

Jane Simons

May 19, 2022 |

Second Wave Michigan |

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Response Location: United States, Michigan

As a part of Michigan’s Social Work Defender Project, social work coordinators at the Calhoun County Public Defender’s Office also work to provide mental health services to fit their client’s needs and keep them from returning to the criminal justice system.

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Hunger Strike! How Immigrant Taxi Drivers Took on City Hall

Sahil Nisha

May 18, 2022 |

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Response Location: United States, New York, New York

After a series of protests, petitions, and various attempts to rectify the crushing debt faced by NYC medallion owners, a hunger strike finally led to victory for The New York Taxi Workers Alliance. The debt was capped at a fraction of its original amount, allowing taxi drivers to realistically pay off the loans.

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Trying to Help Survivors, a Domestic Violence Agency Turns the Focus

Claudia Boyd-Barrett

May 17, 2022 |

California Health Report |

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Response Location: United States, California

Positive Services is an intensive program that works with people responsible for domestic violence with the aim of addressing the root causes for their behavior patterns and in turn, providing them an opportunity to change. The program is run by the non-profit Monarch Services and is part of a growing movement in California wherein advocates for domestic violence survivors and law makers are looking at more humane and holistic approaches to address the issue.

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The profound impact of giving American families a little more cash

Marin Cogan

May 16, 2022 |

Vox |

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Response Location: United States

The expanded child tax credit payments provided expanded eligibility for families to receive higher credits per child. Rather than receiving the credit when filing taxes, families received a cash payment per child each month, enabling them to use the money to meet their specific needs. The program provided a cushion for millions of families struggling to cover their expenses each month but expired in 2022.

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India's 'Open Prisons' Are a Marvel of Trust-Based Incarceration

Kavitha Yarlagadda

May 12, 2022 |

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Response Location: India, Rajasthan

The Sanganer open prison serves as an important alternative to traditional incarceration in India by remaining open for 12 hours a day and allowing inmates to go out. It is one of 88 open prisons in India that works on a model of reform and helps inmates to keep their connection with work, family, and society. In doing so, it enables the development of trust as well as skills that can help them not just during incarceration but also after release.

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A Visually Impaired Nigerian Is Training Others To Use Gadgets With Ease

Nathaniel Bivan

May 12, 2022 |

HumAngle |

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Response Location: Nigeria, Kogi State

In a country where the prevalence of blindness for all ages is 4.2% of the population, Zions Assistive Tech Solutions (ZATS) trains people who are blind on how to effectively use technology like phones and computers.

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Laughing Bear Bakery has a recipe for a fresh start out of prison

Tara Adhikari

May 11, 2022 |

The Christian Science Monitor |

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Response Location: United States, St. Louis, Missouri

At her non-profit business Laughing Bear Bakery, retired chaplain Kalen McAllister hires only those with a criminal record and offers them a chance at employment, gaining work experience, and rebuilding their lives.

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