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  • Finding Home: Helping Homeless Students By Supporting Their Families

    February 10, 2020 |

    WFAE |

    Radio |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Charlotte, North Carolina

    Wraparound services intended to create stability in the lives of students are being provided by the Family & Child Stability Services program. Parents and caretakers are given career training in order to eventually find higher-paying jobs. Participants also receive help finding and paying for stable housing. The program is a collaboration between two nonprofits and is funded by a grant from Mecklenburg County.

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  • How South Africa Ended Its Secret Births

    February 07, 2020 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: South Africa

    By expanding access, using financial incentives, and increasing transparency, the South African government increased universal birth registration rates from under one-quarter of the population to 95 percent of the population over 30 years. Long associated with restricting access during Apartheid, registration rates now help residents gain access to more resources and opportunities and help the government maintain more accurate demographic data.

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  • Some colleges start to confront a surprising reason students fail: Too many choices

    February 07, 2020 |

    The Hechinger Report |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Miami, Florida

    Some colleges think students are overwhelmed by the number of options they have to choose from—countless classes and extracurriculars are available on many campuses. Schools across the United States are experimenting with new approaches, ranging from choosing courseloads for freshmen to assigning counselors to meet regularly with students.

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  • “Solo quiero más para ellos”: Nuevo programa tiene como objetivo impulsar la movilidad económica de las familias

    February 07, 2020 |

    La Noticia |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Charlotte, North Carolina

    Un programa de Charlotte Housing Authority usa cupones para trasladar a familias de bajos ingresos a viviendas en áreas con mayor oportunidades, con escuelas de mayor rendimiento, tasas de delincuencia más bajas, además de mayor acceso a transporte y servicios. Aunque ha tenido éxito, el programa se beneficiaría de más fondos y viviendas aceptables.

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  • Can charcoal make beef better for the environment?

    February 06, 2020 |

    BBC |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Australia, Manjimup

    An unusual mixture of biochar — a charcoal-like substance that is produced by burning organic matter — and dung beetles is one way farmers could reduce their cows’ methane emissions to combat climate change, while also improving the health of their soil. Studies on Doug Pow’s farm in Australia have shown an improvement in soil-water retention and an increase in the amount of carbon retained in the soil, which prevents it from escaping into the atmosphere. “We are doing our bit to re-engineer the soil in a positive way, for the long-term benefits of our world,” Pow says.

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  • How one Minnesota university more than doubled its native student graduation rate

    February 06, 2020 |

    The Hechinger Report |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Minneapolis, Minnesota

    The University of Minnesota-Twin Cities has seen its six-year graduation rate for American Indian and Alaska Native students rise from 27 percent in 2008 to 69 percent in 2018, as well as an increase in the number of enrolled students who identify as native. The university credits this achievement to a number of academic and social programs designed to make native students feel welcome on campus, initiatives to increase empathy and understanding by teachers of issues facing native students, a summer institute for indigenous high school students, and more.

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  • Advocates eye community land trusts to increase access to homeownership

    February 04, 2020 |

    MPR News |

    Radio |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Minnesota

    A nonprofit community land trust has helped increase the supply of affordable housing in Minnesota by buying the land beneath houses to subsidize homeownership. By owning the land and covering construction and repair expenses, the trust is able to keep the price of homes down even as values rise, keeping low and moderate-income households in their homes until they sell to the next family seeking affordable homeownership. The only drawback is that homeowners get just a small portion of any value gains in the home.

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  • Giving the Gift of Mobility in a City Locked Down by Coronavirus

    February 04, 2020 |

    The New York Times |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: China, Wuhan

    Thousands of people in Wuhan, China are volunteering to buy groceries, get medicine, and take community members to the hospital as a means to help those that need it during the coronavirus outbreak. Although the volunteers do not knowingly transport anyone diagnosed with coronavirus, the drivers wear protective clothing during their drives, which are organized by local neighborhood committees.

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  • When the bus is the schoolhouse

    February 03, 2020 |

    The Hechinger Report |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Manchester, Kentucky

    A number of barriers prevent young children in Appalachia from enrolling in formal preschool classes. In response, a fleet of buses is traveling to remote communities to teach students academic and social skills.

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  • Making a home for fish in the desert takes a little help – and a lot of PVC

    January 31, 2020 |

    Planet Forward |

    Multi-Media |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Rio Verde, Arizona

    Volunteers in Arizona are building plastic cube structures to create a fish habitat in some of the state’s lakes. Since many of the lakes are in the desert, the shoreline is often not very hospitable for fish. These “fish cities,” made out of PVC pipe, plastic tubes, and glue, create an ecosystem in the lake. The Arizona Game & Fish Department dropped 500 cubes in Bartlett Lake and received positive feedback from anglers. They would like to implement the cubes in other lakes, but the project has been suspended because of limited funds.

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