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What one Utah student learned in Hope Squad helped her save a friend's life

Sara Weber

June 21, 2024 |

The Salt Lake Tribune |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Salt Lake City, Utah

The Hope Squad teaches students how to advocate for themselves and their peers and teaches the question, persuade, refer (QPR) approach to navigating mental health. While the students aren’t trained therapists, they help their peers get the mental health support they need. Over the years the program has referred thousands of students to mental healthcare professionals and decreased the rate of suicide in the school district.

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Alhambra neighbors work together to help those less fortunate

Ford Hatchett

June 20, 2024 |

KNXV-TV |

Broadcast TV News |

Under 3 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Phoenix, Arizona

Volunteers and neighborhood residents gather at the Alhambra Beloved Community Church in Phoenix, Arizona, each week to provide meals, showers, and a place to get out of the summer heat to people who need it.

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Meet the 'New' Scientists Engineering Uganda's Future

Hellen Kabahukya

June 20, 2024 |

Solutions Now Africa |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Uganda, Ntinda-Kampala

Young Engineers is a STEM education program that helps children build technical skills and knowledge through hands-on activities with a focus on problem-solving. The organization is women-led, and the majority of its 800 participants are girls.

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An experiment doled out money to homeless people in Denver, no strings attached. Here's what happened.

Jennifer Brown

June 19, 2024 |

The Colorado Sun |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Denver, Colorado

The Denver Basic Income Project provided people experiencing homelessness with no-strings-attached monthly stipends that they could spend however they’d like. At the end of the pilot, twice as many participants were in stable housing, more of them were working full time, and the nights that participants spent in shelters decreased by half.

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The Fish In The Sea

Baratunde Thurston

June 19, 2024 |

PBS |

Video |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: Scotland

Nonprofits and coastal communities are popularizing sustainable fishing practices and fishery management to allow ocean ecosystems to bounce back from overfishing and sustain the fishing industry long-term. For example, a community-led organization in Scotland campaigned to create the country’s first “No Take Zone” marine reserve, and a nonprofit in Hawaii is restoring fishponds to revive traditional Hawaiian aquaculture.

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The High-Tech Tools That Can Bust Careless Oil and Gas Drillers

Jennifer Oldham

June 18, 2024 |

Sierra Club |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Iraq

To help reduce methane emissions, the Oil and Gas Climate Initiative invested in high-tech satellites that can detect equipment leaks that might otherwise be missed. The leaks identified and addressed thanks to the satellites accounted for the equivalent of one million tons of carbon dioxide.

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Denver Basic Income Project shares results after one year of cash payments to homeless Denverites

Alexander Edwards

June 18, 2024 |

The Denver Gazette |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Denver, Colorado

The Denver Basic Income Project has provided more than $9.4 million in no-strings-attached payments to over 800 people experiencing homelessness. The nonprofit gives participants monthly stipends that they can spend however they see fit. As a result, more participants are finding housing, building financial stability, and finding stable employment.

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Haitian families displaced by gang violence sustain effects with more than just solidarity

Fritznel D. Octave

June 17, 2024 |

Haitian Times |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Haiti, Port-au-Prince

More than 300 families displaced by gang violence in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, came together in a closed public school to support each other with practical assistance. From sharing daily tasks to security and safety to splitting resources and food, they built a self-governing system through mutual aid and healthy social relationships.

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For child care workers, state aid for their own kids' care is 'life-changing'

Elaine S. Povich

June 17, 2024 |

Stateline |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Smithfield, Rhode Island

To help address staffing shortages, states such as Rhode Island have launched pilot programs leveraging federal funding to subsidize child care costs for early childhood education workers. Child care centers say the programs have helped them attract and retain staff while making care more affordable for employees, but some states are struggling to make the funding permanent.

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Philly home repair and climate resilience program gets big funding boost

Sophia Schmidt

June 17, 2024 |

WHYY |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

The Built to Last program, run by the Philadelphia Energy Authority, began as a pilot in 2021, but in the face of increased demand, the city recently granted $5 million in its budget to “future-proof” homes with electric heat pump HVAC systems, rooftop solar, electric appliances and other repairs that create more energy-efficient homes for low-income families. Since 2021, the program has repaired over 100 homes and has about 200 currently in progress.

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