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Teaching mental health professionals to think like a farmer

Dean Kuipers

April 10, 2025 |

Food and Environment Reporting Network |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States

LandLogic Model trains mental healthcare providers to use farmers’ relationships to their land to identify and treat depression, anxiety, and other emotional issues. Virtual and easily adaptable training models have helped the LandLogic Model support this notoriously hard-to-reach population.

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Massachusetts welcomed migrant families with open arms. But is the state prepared to teach their children?

Mandy McLaren, Christopher Huffaker

April 10, 2025 |

The Boston Globe |

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Response Location: United States, Massachusetts

In dual-language instruction, classes are delivered partly in English and partly in English learners’ home language, allowing them to improve their English skills while also maintaining their mother tongue. Massachusetts added 16 new dual-language programs between 2018 and 2020, but the state is currently struggling to serve an influx of English learners, with only 4 percent of those students enrolled in dual-language programs.

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Hawai‘i Wants to Help Community Groups Keep Foreclosed Homes in Local Hands

Noelle Fujii-Oride

April 09, 2025 |

Overstory |

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Response Location: United States, Hawaii

Hawai‘i lawmakers are considering SB 332, a "community opportunity to purchase" policy that would give tenants, community land trusts, housing nonprofits and local governments up to 45 days to match or beat bids on foreclosed homes. This legislation is aimed at preserving affordable housing and preventing displacement and is modeled after similar successful policies in Washington, D.C. and San Francisco.

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Can giving cash, no strings attached, help end poverty? In Malawi, they're finding out.

Erika Page

April 08, 2025 |

The Christian Science Monitor |

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Response Location: Malawi, Chigowo

GiveDirectly is a nonprofit that works to improve conditions in impoverished areas by distributing direct cash transfers to residents. In one of the organization’s projects in Malawi, participants received a lump sum of $550 to be used however they saw fit, and many chose to start businesses or make investments for the future.

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Vernal takes a 'pretty big step' to help add businesses and homes to its downtown

Megan Banta

April 08, 2025 |

The Salt Lake Tribune |

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Response Location: United States, Vernal, Utah

In 2021, Vernal, Utah, created a new mixed-use zoning ordinance, allowing developers to build commercial space on ground floors with residential units above. The ordinance led to two major downtown projects, each featuring 10,000 square feet of commercial space and 18 residential units. 14 of the 36 condos sold within three weeks at prices in the low-to-mid $300,000s, and most commercial spaces already secured tenants.

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Knitting, cheerleading, fishing: This is what a cellphone ban looks like in one school district

Neal Morton

April 08, 2025 |

The Hechinger Report |

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Response Location: United States, Spokane, Washington

When Spokane Public Schools banned cellphones in classrooms and at recess, it also paired the new rules with an engagement program designed to get more students involved in clubs and extracurricular activities. Since removing cell phones, expanding activity options, and hiring “engagement navigators” to help match students to activities, the number of students participating in extracurriculars increased by 19 percent and principals began reporting fewer phone confiscations.

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USAID enabled 208 Afghan women to defy the Taliban ban on college — until now

Ruchi Kumar

April 08, 2025 |

NPR |

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Response Location: Afghanistan

A scholarship endowment from the U.S. Agency of International Development supports the American University of Afghanistan, which provides courses to Afghan women who are not allowed to pursue education in their home country. In all, 208 scholarships have been awarded, including funds for 120 women to relocate and attend college in person, but the future of the program is uncertain due to federal cuts to USAID’s programs.

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La batalla científica para salvar «el glaciar del juicio final»

James Temple

April 07, 2025 |

MIT Technology Review |

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Response Location: United States

Arête Glacier Initiative, un grupo de científicos del MIT y del Dartmouth College, ha recaudado 5 millones de dólares para mejorar las previsiones de la subida del nivel del mar y estudiar la posibilidad de volver a congelar los glaciares en su lugar. Han usado los fondos para dar becas a cientificos que trabajan en soluciones críticas al cambio climático.

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Two Men's Mission to Restoring Eye Sights amid Searing Temperatures in Kwara State

Muritala Abdullahi

April 07, 2025 |

Nigeria Health Watch |

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Response Location: Nigeria, Kwara

Working closely with Opeyemi Mega Eye Clinic, two local men created a grassroots outreach program to provide free and discounted cataract and glaucoma surgeries, and have successfully restored vision for hundreds of residents between 2021 and 2024.

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Rapid-response teams aid troubled youths in New Jersey – but funding limits Maryland's similar effort

Colin McNamara

April 07, 2025 |

Capital News Service Maryland |

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Response Location: United States, New Jersey

New Jersey’s Mobile Response and Stabilization Services help support youth in crisis by connecting them with a mental health professional to avoid unnecessary emergency room visits or police calls. New Jersey’s system has been an inspiration to other states looking to implement similar services, and it served over 32,000 youth in 2023 alone.

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