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  • COVID-19 was a disaster for organ transplants. Here's how they're recovering

    March 01, 2021 |

    FastCompany |

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    The Covid-19 pandemic disrupted much of the healthcare system, but the U.S.'s transplant system was largely able to rebound due to collaborative efforts and a pivot to telehealth for post-operative appointments. Additionally, the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) helped connect experts from across the world so that transplant specialists could learn from one another's efforts.

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  • BElovedBIRTH Black Centering offers support to Black newborns and moms in Oakland

    March 01, 2021 |

    The Oaklandside |

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    Response Location: United States, Oakland, California

    In Oakland, California, a group of Black birth workers has been working to improve prenatal and postpartum care for mothers by offering care that is designed “by, for, and with Black people.” The group uses a series of evidence-based strategies that are largely based on community-centered care practices, with the overall goal of countering racism in the healthcare system.

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  • ‘There's so much gratitude': engineer who created viral vaccine site for $50

    March 01, 2021 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: United States, New York

    Frustrated with the Covid-19 vaccination system in New York, a local software engineer created a "much-needed vaccination appointment-finding bot" that shares available times and locations on a website and Twitter. Although the website was not built "in the way that modern websites are supposed to be built," it has still been extremely popular and users have reported successfully booking appointments because of it.

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  • Can nonprofit news fill the local journalism void in Kansas?

    March 01, 2021 |

    The Kansas Leadership Center Journal (KLC Journal) |

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    Response Location: United States, Kansas City, Missouri

    As local journalism businesses struggle with dwindling advertising and readership, posing a threat to accountability journalism focused on state and local governments, nonprofit newsrooms are filling some of the void. In Kansas City, The Beacon launched at the start of the pandemic to provide health and community news. Its launch succeeded well enough to attract grants from national journalism-support organizations. Despite a number of such successful launches, questions remain about how sustainable such operations will be, especially in rural areas and small communities.

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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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