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  • Can't Get a Covid Vaccine? In This County, Everybody is Eligible

    March 01, 2021 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Gila County, Arizona

    In Gila County, Arizona, everyone is now eligible to receive the Covid-19 vaccine after the county successfully distributed it to those who were in the priority target groups. The success of early distributions can be attributed to a variety of factors but most notably included the "county’s rural character" which made public awareness campaigns more effective, ease of access to vaccination sites, and a "fairly loose definition of essential worker."

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  • Free parenting classes provide a lifeline

    March 01, 2021 |

    The Laconia Daily Sun |

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    Response Location: United States, Laconia, New Hampshire

    A free class is helping parents connect with their teenagers in order to “mitigate the dangers society poses to their kids.” The class enables parents to successfully employ strategies to engage with children and eventually decrease teen anxiety, depression, addiction, and suicide.

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  • Here's What Happens When Social Workers, Not Police, Respond To Mental Health Crises

    March 01, 2021 |

    Honolulu Civil Beat |

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    Response Location: United States, Eugene, Oregon

    Honolulu could benefit from adopting the approach to mental-health crisis calls to 911 that Eugene, Oregon, uses. But it would need to make big changes first in its critical infrastructure. Eugene's CAHOOTS program sends counselors and medics on 17% of the calls coming to its city's 911 center, saving millions on police, ambulances, and emergency room visits. Non-police responders de-escalate potential conflicts and get people the help they need without arrest or violence. Honolulu is primed to examine this approach, as many cities have done, but it's not a simple matter to start it.

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  • Koori hearings

    March 01, 2021 |

    The Monthly |

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    Response Location: Australia, Melbourne

    The Marram-Ngala Ganbu program, also known as Koori Family Hearing Day, provides a child-protection specialist to support Indigenous families before family court hearings, support them in the hearing, connect them to services as needed, and ensure cases are managed in culturally appropriate ways. The hearings incorporate aspects of the family’s culture, such as their totem, and community elders can participate. About 400 families have participated in the program and an independent evaluation found that the Indigenous community believe the program gives them a voice and makes a difference for their children.

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  • 200 Schools, Universal Weekly COVID Screening: How ‘Assurance Testing' Has Kept Thousands of Texas Students in Classrooms

    February 28, 2021 |

    The 74 |

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    Response Location: United States, San Antonio, Texas

    Determined to keep San Antonio schools open, the newly created nonprofit Community Labs is running an assurance testing operation at a size and scale unique in the country. Used with other mitigation strategies, assurance testing actually does make schools safer, said Community Labs President Sal Webber.

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  • This Alabama school's mental health program is a model for the state

    February 28, 2021 |

    AL.com (Alabama Media Group) |

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    Response Location: United States, Florence, Alabama

    School counselors in Alabama's schools are providing students with mental health care resources. Florence City Schools partnered with local organizations to provide therapists on-site, as well as social workers. "Currently, 97 of Alabama’s 138 school districts and all five public charter schools have applied for and received $40,000 each to go toward paying the salary of a master’s-level mental health professional to coordinate the district’s mental health efforts for students."

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  • Bucking the Trend: How 2 D.C. Principals Restored Black Parents' Trust in Returning Kids to the Classroom

    February 28, 2021 |

    The 74 |

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    Response Location: United States, Washington, District of Columbia

    Principals in the D.C. area have developed tailored approaches to rebuild trust with families who are wary of letting their children return to in-person classes amid the pandemic. These approaches include close, constant communication with parents, including handing out personal phone numbers, as well as heightened transparency regarding the measures each school is taking to keep students and teachers safe, and one-on-one tours with families.

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  • Unbuilding the future: how a young industry is turning yesterday's materials into tomorrow's buildings

    February 27, 2021 |

    Capital Daily |

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    Response Location: United States, Portland, Oregon

    An alternative to demolition - deconstruction - is the disassembly of old houses to reuse wood for new construction. “Old-growth lumber from big old trees” can be reused, diverting tons of material from landfills. The process can divert 95 percent of the material that would typically go to waste and end up in landfills. Some cities, like Portland, have successfully passed ordinances that require the deconstruction of buildings older than a century, making the market more competitive for the industry.

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  • Amid pandemic and 'new math,' kids aren't the only ones anxious about arithmetic

    February 27, 2021 |

    Sentinel Source (The Keene Sentinel) |

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    Response Location: United States, Keene, New Hampshire

    Among the chief concerns of parents and guardians whose children are navigating remote schooling, is keeping up with different methods of learning—especially when it comes to math. In New Hampshire, students and their parents and/or guardians are learning how to best support learning math, specifically when it involves methods unfamiliar to them. Parents and students can access teachers during virtual office hours, rely on support websites like Khan Academy, and attend school-wide meetings where they review the course material ahead of time.

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  • Cops and Hippies

    February 26, 2021 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: United States, Eugene, Oregon

    The CAHOOTS program, which sends medics and counselors on certain 911 calls instead of the police, has become a national model in the wake of 2020's criminal-justice protests. But its roots reach back half a century, when a free medical clinic serving the hippie counterculture emerged as a public-health response to drug, mental health, and other non-violent emergencies. CAHOOTS has grown into a 24/7 service that saves Eugene millions in policing and medical spending, and saves many on the streets from unnecessarily punitive interactions with the police.

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