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  • Putting Women Already in Jail First

    September 16, 2018 |

    70 Million |

    Podcast |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Tulsa, Oklahoma

    In North Tulsa, Still She Rises provides free legal help to mothers charged with crimes. But the services extend beyond that. Every client gets not just a lawyer, but also a client advocate to arrange a "holistic defense," helping the whole person with all of her challenges. Since its launch in January 2017, the group has defended 430 mothers. While not all cases end favorably, and while the group's broader social-change agenda remains a work in progress, clients get quality representation, which often saves families from the fallout from jail in a state with high female incarceration rates.

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  • Beyond the Stigma: Team goes door to door to help child victims of extreme trauma

    September 03, 2018 |

    New Hampshire Union Leader |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Manchester, New Hampshire

    In New Hampshire, Manchester police have teamed with community organizations to proactively offer services to children who have experienced or witnessed trauma, before those very children grow up to repeat the cycle. The Advert Childhood Experiences Response Team (ACERT) "has contacted more than 1,000 children in about 700 families" since its inception in late 2015.

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  • ‘You can't teach a child without family': It's the magic ingredient at one preschool

    August 26, 2018 |

    The Washington Post |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    Christopher House, a nonprofit organization in Boston, believes wraparound services and family support are key to running a successful preschool. “You can’t teach a child without family,” says Karen Ross-Williams, director of early-childhood and youth development for Christopher House. “This is what makes the difference, when you’re able to partner with the family." In return for free services such as trauma counseling and parenting classes, the nonprofit asks that parents stay as actively involved as possible in the school community.

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  • Nonprofit's double-decker bus puts eco-education on the road

    August 16, 2018 |

    Los Angeles Times |

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    Response Location: United States, San Juan, California

    The San Juan Capistrano-based Ecology Center has taken its "green"-centric experiences on the road in the form of a 32-foot-long, 14-foot-tall double-decker bus called Road Trip. It has a prep kitchen and multiple stations designed for hands-on ecological workshops.

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  • ‘Life Changing Food': This eatery hires only people recovering from addiction

    August 14, 2018 |

    Dayton Daily News |

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    Response Location: United States, Lexington, Kentucky

    DV8 Kitchen in Lexington, Kentucky has twenty-five employees, all of whom are in recovery from drug addiction. The eatery's "second chance hiring" policy and general business take into consideration the special needs of those in recovery, including closing when employees need to go to recovery meetings and splitting tips evenly into employee paychecks. The owner also engages in a workshop series for the employees, covering topics such as health and wellness, financial responsibility, and mindfulness.

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  • Parenting From Prison, Inside Out

    August 09, 2018 |

    Making Contact |

    Radio |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Concord, New Hampshire

    Two programs called FamilyWorks and the Storybook Program aim to improve the relationship between those who are incarcerated and their families. FamilyWorks conducts parenting classes and other education for inmates who may not know how to build a relationship with their children while in prison. Storybook offers inmates the chance to record themselves reading books to send along to their children. Inmates say that both programs taught them a lot and that they are better people for it.

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  • Home visits from education experts are improving outcomes for Philly kids in poverty

    August 08, 2018 |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Parent-Child Home Program (PCHP) works with Philadelphia families to improve outcomes for low-income children. By bringing educational materials and lessons into the home, the service providers, who are all from the communities in which they work, offer parents structure and tips to prepare their children to begin formal schooling.

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  • Tech Helps Disabled People in India Find Love and Freedom

    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

    August 02, 2018 |

    Apolitical |

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    800-1500 Words

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

    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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