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Brazil's audacious plan to fight poverty using neuroscience and parents' love

Jenny Anderson

June 29, 2018 |

Quartz |

Multi-Media |

Over 3000 Words

Response Location: Brazil

Criança Feliz (Happy Child), is a parent-coaching program that was launched in Brazil in 2017 to help parents and children build healthier relationships. The program works by sending skilled social workers to the most financially disadvantaged regions of Brazil to help parents learn the importance of play, emotional interaction and well-being, and how to stimulate intellectual development through interactive activities. The program has already reached 300,000 families.

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This Delta literacy program could be a model for lifting reading skills

Aallyah Wright

June 14, 2018 |

Mississippi Today |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Clarksdale, Mississippi

Three elementary schools in an after-school reading pilot program saw significant increases in the percentage of students reaching third-grade level literacy benchmarks. The Mississippi-based curriculum takes a data-driven approach to improving kids' reading skills, allowing teachers to craft individual interventions for specific students. The program, which is uniquely hands-on and boasts a small student-to-teacher ratio, also includes lessons that actively engage parents in the process in order to reinforce reading skills and practice activities at home.

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Fathers helping fathers, so kids can thrive

Stacy Teicher Khadaroo

June 14, 2018 |

The Christian Science Monitor |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, St. Louis, Missouri

Fatherhood programs in cities like St. Louis aim to halt the generation impacts of fathers who are not involved in the lives of their children. The mentorship and support provided can help people become better fathers through everything from facilitated dialogues, job training, and relationship workshops.

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'Where The Need Is': Tackling Teen Pregnancy With A Midwife At School

Selena Simmons-Duffin

June 11, 2018 |

NPR |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Washington, District of Columbia

In some D.C. neighborhoods with high rates of teen pregnancy, schools are stepping in with more than just school nurses; dedicated midwives have conversations with students, educating students, providing birth control, and supporting teens who have had children and continued with high school. The informal advice and constant presence in schools mean the midwives can reach students who might not have reached out otherwise, ultimately helping to prevent teen pregnancies and build healthier families.

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Secrets Of A Maya Supermom: What Parenting Books Don't Tell You

Michaeleen Doucleff

May 11, 2018 |

NPR |

Radio |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: Mexico, Yucatan

For generations, parenting advice provided to American parents was based less on science than on a “WEIRD” bias—Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, and Democratic societies. Researchers are now trying to identify these biases and expand the study of parenting strategies past the small segment of American parenting.

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Reach Up: how a Jamaican early childhood intervention swept the world

Thomas Graham

April 12, 2018 |

Apolitical |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Jamaica, Kingston

Play encourages early childhood development. Reach Up sends doctors and nurses to show mothers in poverty, who are often overburdened in trying to lessen other disadvantages for their children, how to play with their children. The success of this Reach Up has led many countries to scale the program, bringing its own unique challenges.

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Life After ‘The Life': Putting Families Back Together After Children are Trafficked

Sara Tiano

April 11, 2018 |

The Chronicle of Social Change |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Davis, California

A class designed by UC Davis researchers is helping parents of sex-trafficked kids and teens learn the skills necessary for successful reunification. The first class of its kind, it focuses on educating parents through trauma and giving them the tools they need to help both themselves and their children.

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Men half as likely to assault partners after parenting course, study finds

Edward Siddons

April 06, 2018 |

Apolitical |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: Rwanda

MenCare is a 15-class course in Rwanda that teaches men about fatherhood, caregiving, and gender roles. A study that evaluated the course found that men who participated in the program were half as likely to use violence against women.

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How states can help children return to repaired families

Sarah Garrecht Gassen

March 16, 2018 |

Arizona Daily Star |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Tucson, Arizona

When it occurs, the reunification of families who have undergone a child protective services mandated process is cause for celebration. At least, that's what organizers of "reunification day" argue in Michigan, a state where the courts have played a significant role in encouraging education and reunification when possible. Through a bipartisan effort, Michigan now offers comprehensive services that help families remain together and improve quality of life.

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Flexible, individualized services found to keep families together

Emily Bregel

March 08, 2018 |

Arizona Daily Star |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Tucson, Arizona

For families involved with child protective services, a one-size-fits all mentality has been replaces with comprehensive and individualized services in some counties across the United States. Service providers in Pittsburgh and Alabama are focusing on in-home services, which have found to be cheaper and often more effective.

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