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Hoboken's resiliency parks fight flooding but come with a big price tag

Ted Goldberg

July 12, 2024 |

NJ Spotlight |

Broadcast TV News |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Hoboken, New Jersey

Resiliency parks in Hoboken, New Jersey, look like typical playgrounds and basketball courts. Unlike the average park, they have discrete drains and sit on top of underground tanks that prevent flooding by holding millions of gallons of rainwater.

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Crowdfunding amid blackout saves Kwara residents from losses

Bushrah Yusuf-Badmus

July 06, 2024 |

News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Nigeria, Surulere-Alabi, Kwara

When the transformer that supplied an entire community’s power collapsed, and the government and power companies weren’t acting to solve the problem, local residents joined forces to crowdfund for a new transformer, helping to ensure the lights stay on and community members can continue to work and carry out their daily activities.

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Here's What $200 Billion in Covid Money Did for Students

Matt Barnum Rosie Ettenheim

June 26, 2024 |

Wall Street Journal |

Multi-Media |

1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States

As COVID relief funding gets ready to end, studies show the funding has helped schools — particularly high-poverty schools — provide extra support to students to ensure they didn't fall behind, especially when it comes to math test scores.

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Could the Mississippi River benefit from Chesapeake Bay's strategy to improve water quality?

Bennet Goldstein

June 21, 2024 |

Wisconsin Watch |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States

A unique regional cleanup program was designed to reduce the nutrient runoff in the Chesapeake Bay using a legally-enforceable pollution quota across six U.S. states.

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An experiment doled out money to homeless people in Denver, no strings attached. Here's what happened.

Jennifer Brown

June 19, 2024 |

The Colorado Sun |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Denver, Colorado

The Denver Basic Income Project provided people experiencing homelessness with no-strings-attached monthly stipends that they could spend however they’d like. At the end of the pilot, twice as many participants were in stable housing, more of them were working full time, and the nights that participants spent in shelters decreased by half.

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Denver Basic Income Project shares results after one year of cash payments to homeless Denverites

Alexander Edwards

June 18, 2024 |

The Denver Gazette |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Denver, Colorado

The Denver Basic Income Project has provided more than $9.4 million in no-strings-attached payments to over 800 people experiencing homelessness. The nonprofit gives participants monthly stipends that they can spend however they see fit. As a result, more participants are finding housing, building financial stability, and finding stable employment.

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For child care workers, state aid for their own kids' care is 'life-changing'

Elaine S. Povich

June 17, 2024 |

Stateline |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Smithfield, Rhode Island

To help address staffing shortages, states such as Rhode Island have launched pilot programs leveraging federal funding to subsidize child care costs for early childhood education workers. Child care centers say the programs have helped them attract and retain staff while making care more affordable for employees, but some states are struggling to make the funding permanent.

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This city just made it illegal to advertise SUVs. Here's why.

Shannon Osaka

June 15, 2024 |

The Washington Post |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Scotland, Edinburgh

Edinburgh’s city council banned fossil fuel advertisements on city property in hopes of making people less likely to opt for things like gas cars and international flights while removing a space for fossil fuel companies to mold their public image.

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Former foster youth are eligible for federal housing aid. Georgia isn't helping them get it

Stephannie Stokes

June 11, 2024 |

WABE |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Georgia

The federal Foster Youth to Independence program provides housing vouchers for young people leaving the foster system to help them keep up with rent as they transition to living on their own. But states have to coordinate the funding with local housing agencies, and in Georgia, a lack of coordination led to only eight vouchers being distributed since the program began.

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Free air conditioners available again in Pa. through utility assistance program

Sophia Schmidt

June 10, 2024 |

WHYY |

Radio |

Under 3 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania uses funding from the federal Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program to provide air-conditioning units and repair units for people who would otherwise be unable to afford them.

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