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Texas invested millions in mental health after 2018 shooting — Here's how it's working

Monica Madden

June 22, 2022 |

KXAN-TV |

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Response Location: United States, Austin, Texas

The state-funded Texas Child Mental Health Care Consortium provides mental health care and resources to more than 300 school districts, with one goal of preventing mass shootings. Programs like in-school behavioral telehealth appointments make care more accessible to children who are identified as in-need

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À Nantes, les premiers pas d'une nouvelle insertion pour les sans-abri

Guillaume Amouret, Eleftheria Tsaliki

June 22, 2022 |

Slate |

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Response Location: France, Nantes

Projet unique en Europe, 5Ponts est une structure d'accueil des sans-abri et d’aide à la réinsertion à Nantes. Au cœur d'un quartier d’habitation, il vise à créer du contact avec les habitants. Mais un an après son lancement, les barrières restent nombreuses.

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How the Yurok Tribe Is Bringing Back the California Condor

Sharon Levy

June 22, 2022 |

Undark |

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Response Location: Yurok Nation, United States, California

At a condor facility in Redwood National Park, the Yurok Tribe is raising young California condors to be released into the wild in an effort to increase the population of the critically endangered species.

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Remembering How to Be Friends: Amid COVID Isolation, One School is Using Talking Circles to Help Kids Reconnect

Bekah McNeel

June 22, 2022 |

The 74 |

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Response Location: United States, Austin, Texas

At one Texas high school, members of Students Organizing for Anti-Racism (SOAR) facilitate and participate in talking circles to address conflict, provide mental health support, rebuild relationships, and redevelop social skills they lost during the pandemic. The circles draw on Indigenous traditions to offer a safe, structured space for expression that focuses on addressing harm rather than administering punishment.

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In Nigeria's Underserved Communities, Teach For Nigeria Improves Education Quality

Mazeed Oyeleye

June 21, 2022 |

Prime Progress |

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Response Location: Nigeria

In a country where less than 6% of public funding is allocated to education, under-resourced schools are able to hire quality teachers through Teach For Nigeria, a nonprofit that trains and deploys teaching fellows to communities in need. Fellows have been placed in 396 schools since 2018 and go on to complete personal projects that support the school system, such as a solar-powered computer hub developed by one alumnus.

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Wrongful Convictions Lawyers Cash In by Targeting Insurers

Roy Strom

June 21, 2022 |

Bloomberg |

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Response Location: United States, Idaho Falls, Idaho

The lawyers at Lathrop GPM created a strategy to settle civil rights claims by encouraging municipalities to use insurance money to pay settlements. The strategy helps inmates alleging bodily injury and wrongful conviction to recieve payouts and be absolved of their crimes without using taxpayer dollars.

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Biodiversité : Gros plan sur la Forêt des Marais de Tanoé-Ehy

Aïssatou Fofana

June 21, 2022 |

L'écologiste |

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Response Location: Côte d'Ivoire

En 2006, la Forêt des Marais Tanoé-Ehy (FMTE) a été identifiée par une équipe de chercheurs du Centre Suisse de Recherches Scientifiques en Côte d’Ivoire (CSRS) comme étant un site hautement prioritaire pour la conservation des primates en Afrique de l’ouest. Entre autonomisation des communautés pour la gestion des ressources naturelles et développpement d'un vivier de connaissances sur les primates et les grands mamifères locaux, pour les chercheurs, le projet est une réussite.

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'The future of agriculture': B.C. farmers, ranchers move to curb carbon emissions

Stefan Labbé, Pippa Norman

June 21, 2022 |

Pique Newsmagazine |

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Response Location: Canada, Merritt, British Columbia

In an effort to curb carbon emissions to mitigate the disastrous effects of climate change, ranchers and farmers in British Columbia, Canada, are turning to sustainable practices like rotational grazing and planting cover crops.

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Why In-Home Dialysis Is Becoming A More Popular Option In Hawaii

Anita Hofschneider

June 20, 2022 |

Honolulu Civil Beat |

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Response Location: United States, Hawaii

As the prevalence of chronic kidney disease increases, the number of dialysis clinics are multiplying. To eliminate the barriers some patients meet when traveling to a physical clinic, at-home dialysis provides patients with easier, more accessible treatment options. Following the uptick of at-home patients, dialysis companies like Fresenius Kidney Care have seen their rates of at-home patients increase dramatically.

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D.C. Residents Are Voting from Prison This Week

Kira Lerner

June 20, 2022 |

Bolts |

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Response Location: United States, District of Columbia

In July 2020, the District became one of three places in the country to grant people who are incarcerated the right to vote. Officials have conducted outreach to people in DC jails to make sure the are aware of their rights and the Board of Elections has provided staff with information and documents they need to ensure people can register to vote.

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