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  • Baltimore crime crisis: How about trying something that worked before?

    January 01, 2020 |

    The Baltimore Sun |

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    Response Location: United States, Baltimore, Maryland

    When Baltimore put the necessary resources behind a “call-in” program that intervenes with people likely to commit gun violence, from 2006 to 2012, homicides dropped by 30% and shootings by 40%. The program, which no longer is used in the city consistently enough or with sufficient resources, summons people on probation or parole for gun crimes. A panel of law enforcement, social workers, and community members pairs the threat of federal prosecution and imprisonment with social services to help people build a new life. This approach has been shown in many cities to be effective at reducing violence.

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  • When Mental Health Crises Arise, Columbus Police Brings Social Workers Along

    December 23, 2019 |

    WOSU |

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    Response Location: United States, Columbus, Ohio

    In Columbus, Ohio, a team of police officers and mental health professionals responds together to police calls in an effort to promote community-oriented policing. The approach has reduced arrests and helped to connect residents with social services and medical help.

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  • Tenants Organize to Keep Building Affordable Through Nonprofit Purchase

    December 20, 2019 |

    San Francisco Public Press |

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    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    Affordable housing in San Francisco is becoming more and more unattainable. When the landlord tried to change its status to not be rent-controlled to not, a group of residents at said building banded together with a nonprofit to preserve the building. A nonprofit, the Mission Economic Development Agency, bought the property from the landlord so that its residents could maintain their rent in a very expensive city. Organizations like MEDA are key to helping the city and its residents transition over time to ownership.

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  • How a landmark UCLA dementia program could ease burdens in Rochester communities of color

    December 20, 2019 |

    Rochester Democrat and Chronicle |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    The Alzheimer’s and Dementia Care program at UCLA in California is offering a new kind of patient-centered care that has helped bring relief to families in the region. The program, which creates a care plan "that builds in medical needs, solutions for caregiver stress and cultural traditions unique to each person and their family," has resulted in decreased stress and symptoms for patients and increased confidence and support for caregivers.

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  • Penn Medicine-created texting tool may save hundreds of new moms' lives in Philly and beyond

    December 19, 2019 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    After deducing that preeclampsia was "the number one cause of maternal hospital readmissions and maternal mortality," doctors at Penn Medical began sending new mothers home with a blood pressure cuff and then texting them for readings. Proving to be a successful intervention methodology, this practice has expanded to other hospitals in the state and may soon scale nationally.

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  • Fixing the caregiver shortage: Why these health aides are twice as likely to stay on the job

    December 18, 2019 |

    Rochester Democrat and Chronicle |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    A partnership between a nonprofit health organization and a community health service program has helped provide enhanced training and more robust mentorship opportunities for home health aids in the New York City area. Results show that those who are a part of the program, many of whom are women and people of color, are more likely to stay in the profession due to the "program's focus on supporting them and helping to frame their work as a long-term career."

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  • Boone County Drug Court addresses racial disparities and trauma through grant

    December 17, 2019 |

    Columbia Missourian |

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    Response Location: United States, Columbia, Missouri

    In Boone County, Missouri the Habilitation Empowerment Accountability Therapy (HEAT) program offers young men an alternative to incarceration for drug-related offenses. The program works primarily with black men, many of whom bring issues of childhood and generational trauma, to work together toward their treatment plans, finding employment, and behavioral therapy. Fundamental to all of HEAT’s programming is the consideration of underlying factors like education, exposure to violence, and socioeconomic forces.

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  • An Airbnb for the Formerly Incarcerated

    December 16, 2019 |

    The Atlantic |

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    Response Location: United States, Oakland, California

    The Homecoming Project in Oakland provides people recently released from prison with a soft landing by giving them free housing for six months, along with a menu of support services, in private homes willing to take in the formerly incarcerated. The recently released are at high risk of both homelessness and recidivism, two factors the program addressed successfully in its first group of tenants. With fundraising challenges, the program remains small. But it is developing a tool kit to help others replicate its model.

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  • California works to reverse high maternal mortality rates

    December 16, 2019 |

    Cronkite News - Arizona PBS |

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    Response Location: United States, Palo Alto, California

    To reduce the rates of maternal mortality in California, medical researchers joined with hospitals to study the causes of the death in order to better understand how to move forward. After identifying interventions that could have saved lives in the majority of cases, the collaborative created toolkits and has since worked with participating hospitals to implement better protocols for dealing with cardiovascular disease, hemorrhage, preeclampsia, and reducing cesarean births.

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  • Reporting for Work Where You Once Reported for Probation

    December 13, 2019 |

    The Atlantic |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Since 2012, the New York City Department of Probation’s Arches program has integrated “credible messengers” into its mission, diverting some energies toward helping instead of punishing. The term refers to people, often formerly incarcerated or on probation themselves, who apply their street knowledge to mentoring youth caught up in the criminal justice system. The movement has spread to a variety of government agencies, but usually is used in street-outreach crime prevention work by community organizations. A large body of research shows the effectiveness of the approach in lowered crime and recidivism.

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