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  • A Police Department's Difficult Assignment: Atonement

    October 23, 2019 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    Response Location: United States, Stockton, California

    The city of Stockton police department has embarked on a number of initiatives in the hopes of building trust between them and the communities they work for. With initial funding from the Department of Justice, the department began truth-and-reconciliation processes, including workshops, departmental reforms, public apologies, and community conversations. Actual reconciliation is hard to measure, and yet their efforts to atone for their part in historic and systemic racism have shown positive results.

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  • NYC: Where the Police Offer a Free Art Class Instead of Prosecution

    October 22, 2019 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Since 2015, Project Reset has diverted potential criminal cases to programs that change behaviors without imposing punishment or staining people's records with criminal convictions. Art classes, behavioral therapy, and restorative dialogue have made 16- and 17-year-olds in the program significantly less likely to commit new offenses, while 98% of those admitted to the program have completed it. Offered in Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Bronx, the program helped the Manhattan district attorney nearly cut in half the number of prosecutions of low-level misdemeanors and violations.

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  • How a school for students with dyslexia is changing the game for struggling readers

    October 22, 2019 |

    Chalkbeat Colorado |

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    Response Location: United States, Colorado

    A public school in Colorado is specifically designed for students with dyslexia. ALLIES offers small class sizes, daily reading therapy periods, and perhaps most importantly a teacher cohort that has all been specifically trained to work with dyslexic students.

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  • To Treat Chronic Ailments, Fix Diet First

    October 22, 2019 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    California's version of Medicaid, called Medi-Cal, has launched a pilot that provides strict nutrition guidelines for individuals with a chronic illness, as a way to help keep them from having to visit the hospital. For many patients, a change in diet can help with inflammation and reduce painful or uncomfortable symptoms of their diseases. A study of the pilot program showed drastic decreases in medical costs for these patients, as well as in inpatient and emergency room visits.

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  • A Colorado college boosts income share agreements for DACA students

    October 22, 2019 |

    The Colorado Independent |

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    Response Location: United States, Glenwood Springs, Colorado

    Colorado Mountain College has figured out a way to help its undocumented students, who are usually unable to qualify for scholarships, pursue an education by helping them pay through income sharing agreements. The agreements are a contract between the school and the student, but the students' loan incurs no interest, meaning they won't be overloaded with unpayable debt when they finish their degree. CMC has also capped its loan amounts at $3,000 per year, and when students graduate their repayment rate is "4% of the borrower's earned income once that income surpasses $30,000."

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  • A New Housing Program to Fight Poverty has an Unexpected History

    October 22, 2019 |

    Retro Report |

    Documentary |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    The long-term results of the Gautreaux program, which was intended to reduce poverty, show upward mobility for children of families that were involved in the initiative. The experiment in desegregating neighborhoods led to the relocation of families from public housing projects to suburban neighborhoods which have vital resources like quality education, proximity to jobs, and public safety. Reducing the concentration of poverty from inner cities led to fewer social problems, with the exception of racism faced by the new Black residents in predominantly white neighborhoods.

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  • 'They paid a guy to kill me': health workers fight homophobia in Uganda

    October 21, 2019 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: Uganda, Mbale

    Reaching individuals at risk of HIV requires tackling stigma head-on. In Uganda, the director of the Eastern Region Women’s Empowerment Organisation deploys mobile health clinics to test and educate Ugandans on the risks of HIV transmission. The campaigns are held in neighborhoods and counseling is done in public, to help address the issue of stigma. The mobile clinics have received support from international organizations like USAid.

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  • Cook County Jail Program Helping Prevent Opioid Overdose Deaths By Providing Released Inmates With Naloxone

    October 21, 2019 |

    WBBM-TV |

    Broadcast TV News |

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    Response Location: United States, Illinois

    After recognizing that just-released inmates were more likely to overdose on opioids, Cook County Jail partnered with Cook County Health to train at-risk detainees how to administer Naloxone nasal spray. This program also provides released detainees with Naloxone kits, and has recorded significant success from this process.

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  • Hope in coal country: Parents without diplomas keep their kids in school

    October 21, 2019 |

    The Hechinger Report |

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    Response Location: United States, Hyden, Kentucky

    In a former mining county in Kentucky, a high school principal is leveraging partnerships and raising expectations to both encourage students to complete high school and pursue college classes and to stay to work in the county. The school now boasts a 99 percent graduation rate and new programs to attract high-quality teachers.

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  • West Hartford Schools Growing Fresh Produce In Their Own Cafeterias

    October 21, 2019 |

    Hartford Courant |

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    Response Location: United States, West Hartford, Connecticut

    Elementary school students in West Hartford, Connecticut are growing fresh produce for their school lunches and in the process learning about healthy eating, energy impact, and food waste. "We’re not telling them to make better choices, but we’re giving them agency to make better choices," a parent who drove the initiative said.

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