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  • Treatment foster care model shows promising results

    November 10, 2021 |

    Street Roots |

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    Response Location: United States, Oregon

    A treatment model is showing success in reuniting foster children with their biological families. The method involves an emphasis on structure, routines, and the power of positive reinforcement to prepare kids for reunification.

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  • Accessory Dwelling Units Expand Housing Stock Within Boulder's Growth Limits

    November 10, 2021 |

    KGNU Community Radio |

    Radio |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Boulder, Colorado

    Boulder made building accessory dwelling units (ADUs) easier by loosening regulations so that more can be built. ADUs, which can be attached to or behind a main house, address issues of affordable housing and housing availability by providing smaller units with everything someone needs, including a kitchen, bathroom, and sleeping quarters. ADUs tap into existing utility lines, and the smaller spaces are more energy efficient, which means that they are cheaper for tenants and more eco-friendly. Other cities, seeing the affordable housing and environmental benefits, have jumped on the ADU bandwagon.

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  • From Heaps of Garbage, Lagos Improves on Waste Disposal, Sanitation

    November 10, 2021 |

    This Day Live |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Lagos

    The Cleaner Lagos project works to clean up the state, aiming toward maintaining a clean and healthy environment at all times. From waste management services to incentivized waste sorting and stricter regulations, the project has helped to reduce the spread of diseases caused by poor sanitation across the state.

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  • Meet the amazing people rewriting the narrative about LGBTQ youth homelessness

    November 10, 2021 |

    LGBTQ Nation |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    The Ali Forney Center is the largest of several organizations across the country serving LGBTQ youth experiencing homelessness. It has seventeen sites and serves about 2,000 young people a year, nearly half of whom come from out of state. In addition to setting people up with stable housing, the drop-in center serves daily meals and offers showers and laundry. Advocacy programs and case managers help the youth find permanent jobs, further their education, or put funds aside to secure stable long-term housing. They also offer counseling services, support groups, and temporary employment for many young people.

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  • Tvarka, netrukus pasieksianti ir Lietuvą: kaip Švedijai pavyko tėčius išsiųsti auginti vaikų, kad mamos galėtų grįžti į darbą

    November 10, 2021 |

    Lithuanian Radio and Television (LRT) |

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    Response Location: Sweden

    8 iš 10 švedų vyrų naudojasi vaiko priežiūros atostogomis. To pavyko pasiekti nustačius 3 mėn neperleidžiamų atostogų dienų normą. Jomis nepasinaudojus, vaiko priežiūros atostogų trukmė trumpėja. Ar galėtų iš švedų pasimokyti Lietuva, siekianti kuo anksčiau grąžinti mamas į darbo rinką?

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  • Communities explore out-of-the-box mentorship programs to reduce gun violence

    November 10, 2021 |

    KSAT-TV |

    Broadcast TV News |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Richmond, California

    Richmond's Operation Peacemaker Fellowship pairs mentors with young people at risk of violence, paying the youth a stipend if they meet particular goals toward a more stable and safe life. The mentors are former gang members and others with criminal records who earn the trust of their clients through their experiences and independence from the police. Other cities have adopted this model or similar approaches to preventing gun violence. One study said the Richmond program may have contributed to a significant decline in violence in that city.

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  • This anti-violence strategy has shown results. But Kansas City hasn't invested in it

    November 10, 2021 |

    The Kansas City Star |

    Multi-Media |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Kansas City, Missouri

    Aim4Peace is the city of Kansas City's violence prevention program using the Cure Violence model of "violence interrupters" to mediate disputes before they turn deadly. Founded 12 years ago, the program's fairly robust startup funding gave it 18 outreach workers in a neighborhood that enjoyed relatively few homicides at the time. After grants ran out, the city failed to increase its own spending on the program, and so it remains a small pilot program, reduced in size and blamed for its inability to do more. Other cities spend far more, and have much more success to show for it.

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  • Lessons from a 'violence interrupter' as shootings continue to ravage Chicago

    November 09, 2021 |

    ABC News (American Broadcasting Company) |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    Programs like UCAN Chicago use "violence interrupters" to mediate disputes before they turn violent and to connect people at risk of violence to the services that will give them a chance at a more stable, peaceful life. Decades after CeaseFire Chicago established this street-outreach approach to violence prevention, the work has been conducted mainly by former gang members and formerly incarcerated people with the credibility to reach the right people. Research on its effectiveness is mixed but promising, though the resources don't come close to meeting the need. This story profiles one Chicago worker.

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  • How a made-in-Canada distress signal may have helped save the life of a North Carolina teen

    November 09, 2021 |

    CBC |

    Multi-Media |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Canada

    Soaring rates of domestic violence due to coronavirus lockdowns led the Canadian Women’s Foundation to launch the “Signal for Help” campaign that created subtle hand gestures to indicate the need for help. The gestures consist of tucking your thumb into your open palm and covering it with the four other fingers, symbolizing being trapped. Videos by TikTok users showing the gestures, which can be done with one hand and are distinct from international sign languages, have gone viral. The gestures are credited with saving a missing Kentucky teenager, showing the power of social media to spread information.

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  • Demeter's Developments working to provide a pathway to home ownership in Mansfield

    November 09, 2021 |

    Richland Source |

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    Response Location: United States, Mansfield, Ohio

    A pathway to homeownership for public housing recipients has been forged by Demeter’s Developments, an organization that aims to “turn a Section 8 tenant into a homeowner within a year.” The organization sets aside a part of each rent payment to return to the eventual home-owner and also provides a $5,000 Welcome Home Grant. The rent-to-own program is conditional upon financial literacy counseling and hopes to fight generational poverty.

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