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Tech Helps Disabled People in India Find Love and Freedom

Puja Changoiwala

August 05, 2018 |

OZY |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: India

Web applications designed for people with disabilities have helped users to live fuller lives and reduce the stigma attached to living with a disability. The apps have spread information, make education more effective, and created connections between people.

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Eight million kids are in care. Brazil found a way to keep them out

Edward Siddons

August 02, 2018 |

Apolitical |

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Response Location: Brazil

Children typically fare better outside of institutional care. Brazil has found success with a program that helps extended family members serve as formal guardians instead. Organizing peer support groups has been particularly helpful for these “kinship carers.”

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This Canadian day care center re-creates 'the spirit of a large family' for kids and their single moms

Julie Masis

August 01, 2018 |

Public Radio International (PRI) |

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Response Location: Canada, Montreal, Quebec

In Montreal, a publicly subsidized day care meant specifically for the children of single mothers is helping build community and provide essential services to single moms. La Petite Maison de la Miséricorde ("The Little House of Mercy") plans activities for the moms while also pairing her with a staff member to accompany her to appointments or refer her to other services as needed, all for a relatively low cost.

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Childhood trauma is linked to suicide — so Montenegro is intervening early

Jack Graham

August 01, 2018 |

Apolitical |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Montenegro, Podgorica

In Montenegro, a comprehensive effort to curb physical abuse of children and childhood trauma - namely through a public information campaign and a hotline for parents - is in the beginning stages, but showing results. The programs, a collaboration between the government and international organizations, was creating to decrease the long term negative impacts of adverse childhood experiences.

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The lifelong consequences of childhood trauma

Kathi Beeks

July 17, 2018 |

High Country News |

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Response Location: Flathead Reservation, United States, Montana

Trauma-informed care and social support systems encourage resilience in the face of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs). With evidence of strong links between childhood trauma and long-term health, behavioral, and even social issues in adulthood, programs like the Best Beginnings Children’s Partnership of the Flathead Reservation and Lake County in Montana and the BARR (Building Assets, Reducing Risks) curriculum promote healing and resilient thinking. Creating positive, supportive environments also reduces the likelihood of passing down inter-generational trauma.

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As need soars, schools rally behind families in Vancouver, Wash. — and other cities take notice

Neal Morton

July 13, 2018 |

The Seattle Times |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Vancouver, Washington

As absenteeism has decreased and scores have gone up, Vancouver's community school model has not gone unnoticed. Administrators and teachers attribute the change to the city's push to incorporate social services into the fabric of at least half of its school campuses.

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Community works to help children overcome trauma

Kelly Byer

July 01, 2018 |

The Canton Repository |

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Response Location: United States, Canton, Ohio

Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), have long-term effects on children as they grow up, and children with high ACEs scores often experience serious mental health problems. In Stark County, Ohio, the Stark County Family Council's Trauma and Resiliency Committee works with schools, educators, and children with ACEs to help lower suicide and crime rates among these adolescents.

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Brazil's audacious plan to fight poverty using neuroscience and parents' love

Jenny Anderson

June 29, 2018 |

Quartz |

Multi-Media |

Over 3000 Words

Response Location: Brazil

Criança Feliz (Happy Child), is a parent-coaching program that was launched in Brazil in 2017 to help parents and children build healthier relationships. The program works by sending skilled social workers to the most financially disadvantaged regions of Brazil to help parents learn the importance of play, emotional interaction and well-being, and how to stimulate intellectual development through interactive activities. The program has already reached 300,000 families.

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Training the Brain to Stay out of Jail

Eli Hager

June 26, 2018 |

The Marshall Project |

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Response Location: United States, Charleston, South Carolina

A nonprofit in Charleston, South Carolina, uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help formerly incarcerated men shift their mindsets in order to meet the hefty challenges they face re-entering society. Turning Leaf Project actually pays students to take at least 150 hours of CBT and connects them to entry-level jobs in the city and county. So far participants have stayed out of prison, but keeping students in the program is challenging.

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How Silicon Valley is responding to the immigration crisis

Eric Johnson Kara Swisher

June 25, 2018 |

Vox |

Multi-Media |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

A fundraiser called “Reunite an immigrant parent with their child” raised $19 million in one week for the Texas nonprofit RAICES. Creators Charlotte and Dave Willner say almost half a million people have donated via Facebook so far. They cite matching gifts and the fundraiser’s narrow focus and wide appeal as key factors in its success.

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