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  • Oregon Promise: How Oregon makes college possible for low-income and first-generation students

    January 07, 2019 |

    Daily Emerald |

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    Response Location: United States, Oregon

    The Oregon Promise, which will pay a portion of an in-state student's tuition towards one of Oregon's community colleges, has been a game changer for some undocumented, first-generation, and low-income students. While the program still has kinks to iron out and has not proven the right fit for all students, it has made higher education a reality for many students who didn't formerly think pursuing education beyond high school was a realistic option.

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  • Program Pairs Companions With Lonely, Elderly Rural Mainers

    January 07, 2019 |

    Maine Public |

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    Response Location: United States, Maine

    The Senior Companion Program is a federal program that connects homebound or isolated seniors in 12 Maine counties with someone who can visit them each week. Companions can receive a small stipend, which works out to less than $3 an hour. The demand for companionship is high and the program serves around 600 people across the state, with a wait list of more than 300. Both companions and clients express joy from the interactions and the deep friendships that oftentimes form. The program is in need of more companions, particularly men.

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  • Athens' Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program Addresses Resident Needs

    January 06, 2019 |

    Grady Newsource |

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    Response Location: United States, Athens, Georgia

    In Athens, Georgia, an ombudsman program for long-term care residents at senior and nursing homes is holding institutions accountable and ensuring that residents' complaints are heard. The program comes from a requirement in the amended Older Americans Act and encompasses anything from complaints about food to hygiene to being treated with dignity.

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  • Interruption: A fix for Flint's gun violence

    January 05, 2019 |

    Flint Beat |

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    Response Location: United States, Flint, Michigan

    Across the country, mental health professionals, city officials, and community leaders have been developing grassroots responses to curb gun violence. From mediation to education, a driving factor behind these efforts has been prevention. As Flint, Michigan witnesses a striking increase in violent crime, they look to these responses as possible interventions for their own community.

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  • ‘When I Skate It Just Feels Free':Figure Skating in Harlem helps young women of color see themselves on ice

    January 05, 2019 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, New York

    Figure Skating in Harlem is a group working to help young girls of color in New York learn teamwork, dedication, and hardwork - and the art of figure skating, a sport that is often perceived as inaccessible and overwhelmingly white and Asian-American. But the program doesn't just stop there; the program also includes academic and leadership development.

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  • Bringing back historic wildlife migration corridors to the mountains

    January 04, 2019 |

    Citizen-Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Asheville, North Carolina

    In North Carolina, a group of planners and conservationists are working to install wildlife corridors along a stretch of I-40, allowing animals like elk and bears to cross safely. The plan has myriad benefits: stopping fatalities, reducing traffic accidents, and improving wildlife habitat. Climate change only makes such corridors more crucial, because wildlife will be increasingly on the move.

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  • Taking action to reduce substance misuse

    January 04, 2019 |

    Alaska Public Media |

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    Response Location: United States, Anchorage, Alaska

    Alaska has created a living document to begin tackling the state's addiction epidemic as they attempt to become "more proactive and less reactive." This model of integration has the potential to serve as a model for other states in the nation as government officials work to partner with community members and other organizations in order to build relationships.

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  • A year of disaster relief shows how important cash is in helping to rebuild

    January 04, 2019 |

    FastCompany |

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    Response Location: United States, Puerto Rico

    Nonprofit organization Direct Relief is providing financial assistance to organizations and communities struck by natural disasters or extreme poverty, in addition to traditional goods like medicines, vaccines, and equipment. Realizing the sustainability of cash over goods, Direct Relief's funding has helped organizations staff up in times of crisis, or install long-term solutions like converting to solar energy.

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  • Three promising new technologies could help send stormwater to taps in thirsty cities

    January 04, 2019 |

    Ensia |

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    Response Location: South Africa, Cape Town

    With water scarcity becoming a reality for many cities, people are looking towards the premise of recycling stormwater into drinkable water collected from urban runoff. One major limitation of this is that the water often is too polluted for consumption, however researchers have piloted several new technologies that may hold the key to being able to scale the stormwater recycling solution.

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  • MPS crisis response team helps students process grief, confront trauma

    January 04, 2019 |

    Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service |

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    Response Location: United States, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

    In Milwaukee Public schools, when a student or teacher passes away, a crisis response team, made up of school psychologists, social workers, and counselors, steps in to offer grief counseling and mental health care support. In operation for over 20 years, the team aims to make students feel secure in their environment once again, provide individual support to students for which this event might be triggering, and train teachers to recognize signs of trauma in their students.

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