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  • A 360 Approach

    March 01, 2019 |

    Chattanooga Times Free Press |

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    Response Location: United States, Savannah, Georgia

    Across the United States, more and more cities are treating gun violence like a public health issue – seeking to take preventative, rather than reactionary, measures. Programs like Savannah’s Youth Intercept and Philadelphia’s Healing Hurt People, connect victims of violence with intervention services, like counseling, housing security, education services, and substance abuse treatments. The approach, while widely backed by data and research and being deployed in many cities, has run into issues like funding government support.

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  • New York Has a Public Housing Problem. Does London Have an Answer?

    March 01, 2019 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United Kingdom, London, England

    It takes political will to create mixed-income housing and manage the social impacts of gentrification. In contrast to New York, the London borough of Hackney has taken steps to fix its housing crisis by putting the interests of residents ahead of the interests of developers. Several housing developments slated for development in the East London neighborhood now blend subsidized and market-rate units.

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  • To Build a Better Bus Lane, Just Paint It

    March 01, 2019 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    Rather than go through extensive urban planning processes to improve bus commute times, cities across the United States are simply relying on paint and human behavior to create dedicated bus lanes. Denver, Seattle, San Francisco and others have piloted these bus lanes by setting up cones or painting a bus-only corridor in traffic-heavy areas of the city, cutting down interactions between buses and other vehicles in order to make commuting more efficient.

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  • Safe, for now: Future of Safe Station not clear in wake of Hub and Spoke

    March 01, 2019 |

    Manchester Ink Link |

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    Response Location: United States, Nashua, New Hampshire

    In Nashua, New Hampshire, a city-run program known as Safe Station connects people who are seeking help with addiction to health-care resources, including emergency medical services, transportation, and support groups. Although a change in funding could impact the program's future, in the time that it has been operating, thousands of people have sought treatment and the city has seen a significant decrease in opioid overdoses.

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  • Hope for the Future

    March 01, 2019 |

    Chattanooga Times Free Press |

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    Response Location: United States, Chattanooga, Tennessee

    In Tennessee, reducing gun violence means intercepting it at the earliest level possible. By creating prevention programs for the state’s young population, they’re able to not only decrease rates of violence, but decrease prison populations and thus state costs as well. Programs like Youth ChalleNGe and various Family and Development Centers work with at-risk youth to provide them with the guidance, support, and empowerment they need.

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  • NH's Hub and Spoke system: Traction or just spinning wheels?

    March 01, 2019 |

    Manchester Ink Link |

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    Response Location: United States, New Hampshire

    Vermont's hub and spoke model of care has gained notoriety as being a system that has successfully played a positive role in creating better access to health care, especially as it relates to the opioid crisis. Now, officials in New Hampshire are looking to scale and adapt the program to work in their state.

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  • Lions, leopards, and ... lessons? How safari tourism boosts rural education.

    February 28, 2019 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: Uganda, Kikarara

    The Ugandan government is shifting tourist dollars to focus on rural education, dedicating 20% of money spent in safari tourism on developing schools in rural communities. While the country has been working for years to dedicate some tourism funding to rural communities, local officials have changed the focus to renew schools that are falling apart or don't have enough resources to adequately teach local children.

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  • Second (Science) City No More

    February 28, 2019 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    An investment plan from the University of Pennsylvania promotes the expansion of the science business community throughout the city by funding advanced treatments, education and infrastructure for local health clinics. The investment pilot has lead to newly approved FDA products, corporate sponsorships and, most importantly, the opportunity for young professionals to be able to stay and work in the city.

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  • Mail-in votes helped make Florida's election a nightmare. A solution? More mail-in votes

    February 28, 2019 |

    Miami Herald |

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    Response Location: United States, Florida

    Over the past two decades, Florida has notoriously been plagued with voting complications, which have called into question the integrity of many state and national elections. In an attempt to simplify voting, Florida is now opting for three parallel systems: Election Day precincts, early voting centers, and by mail.

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  • Banned: 'We are doing the president's work: cleansing the community of gays”

    February 28, 2019 |

    Bhekisisa |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Lagos, Lagos

    The Access to Health and Rights Development Initiative (AHRDI) in Lagos, Nigeria has offered health services to over 2,000 LGBTI men since 2013 despite the nation's widespread homophobia. Because it is still dangerous to identify as or ally with homosexuality following the 2014 passage of the Same-Sex Marriage Prohibition Act, all AHRDI's clients come from word-of-mouth referrals to receive condoms, lube, HIV testing, and more.

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