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Poverty's Price: Child exposure to ‘toxic stress' a key link to behavior, learning problems

Greg Barnes

December 17, 2015 |

Fayetteville Observer |

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Response Location: United States, Vanceboro, North Carolina

A program in eastern North Carolina takes a proven, two-generation approach to lift struggling families out of dire circumstances.

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On Patrol, Scottish Officers Rely on an Important Tool: Banter

Al Baker

December 11, 2015 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United Kingdom, Glasgow

Police officers in Scotland consider good relations more powerful than a gun or other weapon, an approach that was on full display during a recent night in Glasgow.

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Cleveland group prenatal care helps prevent infant mortality

Brie Zeltner

December 10, 2015 |

Cleveland.com (The Plain Dealer) |

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Response Location: United States, Cleveland, Ohio

Cleveland's infant mortality rate is double the national average. Sugar Mamas is a local program based on the national CenteringPregnancy programs where pregnant women who have diabetes meet twice a month to discuss some of their concerns and support each other to deliver healthy babies. The model helps women become more knowledgeable and also have a support system.

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Drug may give those leaving jail a better shot at recovery

Felice J. Freyer

December 09, 2015 |

The Boston Globe |

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Response Location: United States, Barnstable, Massachusetts

An epidemic of opioid use in Massachusetts resulted in more than 1,200 fatal overdoses last year. Authorities turned to Vivitrol injections, which make a drug-induced high impossible, to cut rates of both addiction and incarceration.

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Decriminalizing Drugs: When Treatment Replaces Prison

Tina Rosenberg

December 08, 2015 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: Portugal, Lisbon

Portugal has gone perhaps the farthest in decriminalizing drug use. It hasn't stopped drug usage, but it has reduced deaths, the spread of H.I.V., drug crime, and imprisonment.

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A Daily Dose of Ecotherapy Eases Stress in Kids

Katie Arnold

November 25, 2015 |

Outside |

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Response Location: United States, Oregon

Ecotherapy is a term used to describe the positive impacts of using nature as a form of therapy for those experiencing psychological stressors. While this form of treatment is already being used to help veterans deal with PTSD, studies are also showing it may have similar benefits for children who are facing pressures.

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How the Gun Control Debate Ignores Black Lives

Lois Beckett

November 24, 2015 |

ProPublica |

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Response Location: United States, Boston, Massachusetts

In the U.S. 200 black men are killed with guns for every 3 people killed in a mass shooting. Little federal attention is given to urban violence programs even though there exists an effective deterrence program implemented in various states.

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Lifelong Heroes: Meet The Vets Who Rebuild Communities After Disasters

Alexandra Svokos

November 11, 2015 |

Elite Daily |

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Response Location: United States, Columbia, South Carolina

Team Rubicon, a non-profit organization of military veterans that provides disaster relief, has provided relief after flooding in Detroit, tornadoes in Oklahoma, a typhoon in the Philippines and an earthquake in Nepal, among dozens of other communities across the globe.

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Veterans, gang members find peace in unexpected 'brotherhood'

Nissa Rhee

November 11, 2015 |

The Christian Science Monitor |

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Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

The anti-violence program at a YMCA in Chicago has war veterans mentoring young gang members as a treatment for the mental and physical wounds of violence. The gang members have healthy role models and the veterans a new sense of purpose.

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'Housing First' Is Helping Female Vets Stabilize

Léa Bouchoucha

November 11, 2015 |

Women's eNews |

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Response Location: United States, Sacramento, California

The VA has shifted its approach to ending homelessness among veterans. Now, a place to live--more than drug treatment or mental health counseling--is considered the starting point for helping a soldier who is struggling to cope with life after discharge.

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