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  • ‘A Safe Place to Go': New Alamance crisis hub provides free mental health services that keep people out of jails, ERs

    April 21, 2025 |

    North Carolina Health News |

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    Response Location: United States, Burlington, North Carolina

    The Alamance Behavioral Center aims to be a “one-stop shop” for mental health services, with a walk-in clinic, an urgent care facility, outpatient appointments, an on-site pharmacy, a mobile crisis team, monthly support meetings, and a peer living room where people can connect with peer support specialists without needing an appointment or screening. In January, nearly 1,000 people visited the center, and roughly 90 percent of people who have used the services would have otherwise ended up in the emergency room or jail.

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  • These cities give residents a say in the budgets. Is Atlanta next?

    April 02, 2025 |

    Atlanta Civic Circle |

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    Response Location: United States, Providence, Rhode Island

    Participatory budgeting gives residents a direct say in how municipal funding is allocated by allowing them to submit project ideas and vote on proposals created by city staff. One program in Rhode Island, for example, saw nearly 300 people in nine neighborhoods voted on project ideas, with nearly a quarter of those voters reporting they were unlikely to vote in typical elections.

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  • How one Wisconsin county helped expand early-voting hours and boost turnout

    March 28, 2025 |

    Votebeat Wisconsin |

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    Response Location: United States, Washington County, Wisconsin

    To encourage in-person absentee voting, one Wisconsin County offered up special funding to municipalities to offset administrative costs, allowing many to extend their early voting hours and bring on additional help. More than 13,000 county residents cast absentee ballots in person in the most recent election, which is almost triple the number cast by the same point in the 2023 voting cycle.

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  • Care About Food Waste? In Massachusetts, You Can Be a Compost Consultant.

    March 25, 2025 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    To support a mandate requiring certain businesses to divert organic materials from landfills, Massachusetts provides state-funded consultants that offer free, hands-on assistance. These consultants visit businesses like restaurants, identify specific challenges, propose practical solutions such as targeted bins and signage, and connect owners with compost haulers and food recovery charities.

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  • 'This Business Just Wouldn't Exist' – Farmer Says Federal Program Was Critical to Success

    February 21, 2025 |

    The Daily Yonder |

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    Response Location: United States, Deeth, Nevada

    The Lotspeich Family Farm got technical assistance with the USDA grant application process from their local extension office staff, which helped the farm secure grants that funded the construction of their hoop houses. But future grants for farms are in limbo after President Donald Trump froze federal funding distributed through the USDA and laid off a significant number of federal workers.

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  • Trump Cuts Research Lab That Helped Nurture 'Mississippi Miracle'

    February 20, 2025 |

    The 74 |

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    Response Location: United States, Mississippi

    Regional Educational Laboratories (RELs) are research centers that support states and school districts as they implement new practices, such as in Mississippi, where an REL helped the state train its teachers in the science of reading and successfully bring its fourth-grade reading proficiency scores from 49th in the nation to 29th. However, the federal government recently terminated all of its contracts with RELs, jeopardizing the future of programs already in progress.

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  • Where Art Thou, Rebuild?

    January 22, 2025 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia’s Rebuild project leveraged revenue from a new tax on soda along with philanthropic funding to renovate parks, recreation facilities, and libraries throughout the city. Because of its focus on equity, the program funneled roughly 20 percent more funding into disadvantaged areas compared to the city’s previous capital projects, but due to delays in the process and the level of repairs and renovation needed, the city was ultimately only able to tackle about half the number of Rebuild projects it originally projected.

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  • A Little-Known Federal Program Is Keeping Senior Housing Affordable in Denver

    December 05, 2024 |

    Next City |

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    Response Location: United States, Denver, Colorado

    The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development offers funding for affordable housing properties to retrofit their buildings to be more resilient to climate change and improve resident’s quality of life. The funding ensures the properties remain as affordable housing because these upgrades typically reduce bills and because property owners must agree to keep rent affordable for 25 years.

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  • Are high efficiency stoves the solution to Keene's wood smoke pollution?

    November 29, 2024 |

    Sentinel Source (The Keene Sentinel) |

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    Response Location: United States, Keene, New Hampshire

    In New England, government incentives and education are supporting and encouraging residents to swap their wood-burning stoves for high-efficiency models that burn less wood and emit less smoke. The aim is to reduce air pollution and its public health and climate impacts.

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  • Wisconsin advocates push home energy efficiency program funded with Inflation Reduction Act dollars

    November 19, 2024 |

    WUWM |

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    Response Location: United States, Wisconsin

    By combining rebates from the Inflation Reduction Act and funding from the state’s Focus on Energy program, Wisconsin homeowners can make energy efficient upgrades at a fraction of the typical cost, with some low-income residents paying as little as $1. Though the future of the funding is uncertain with a new presidential administration, one Wisconsin contractor specializing in green projects currently has 10 projects in progress with another 50 on tap.

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