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NM kids can text '988' for free mental health help

Diana Alba Soular, Brook Stockberger

December 13, 2024 |

Southern New Mexico Journalism Collaborative |

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Response Location: United States, Las Cruces, New Mexico

The 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline provides free, 24/7 support for those experiencing a crisis, emotional distress, alcohol or drug concerns, and general mental health struggles. The line can be reached via call or text, instantly connecting the person with a crisis counselor. Since its launch in May 2022, 988 has received 10.8 million calls, texts, and chats, with call volume increasing by 74% in New Mexico alone from 2022 to 2024.

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How the Navajo Nation is using mutual aid to connect families to the electric grid

Kaleb Roedel

December 10, 2024 |

KUNR |

Radio |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: Navajo Nation, United States, Arizona

Mutual aid program Light Up Navajo is helping families get connected to the power grid through volunteer workers and private and federal funding. Over the past five years, crews have built miles of powerlines across the reservation, powering nearly 850 households, many of whom are receiving power for the first time.

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Why Community Solar Is Key to the Clean Energy Transition

Sarah Sax

December 10, 2024 |

Time Magazine |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States

In the U.S., around 6.5 gigawatts of installed capacity of community solar—typically households or small businesses who subscribe to, or sometimes own, a portion of the energy generated by a solar array—are currently in use. This saves around 5.9 million metric tons of CO2, equivalent to powering almost 1.2 million homes’ electricity for one year, or taking almost 1.5 million cars off the road.

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What is a food pharmacy? The emerging concept underscores the importance of food as medicine

Joy Saha

December 09, 2024 |

Salon |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States

Wholesome Wave works to end food and nutrition insecurity with its Produce Prescription Program food pharmacy, which offers people with diet-related illnesses prescriptions for healthy foods, like fruits and vegetables. Food pharmacies are collaborations between healthcare organizations and medical professionals that use food as medicine, highlighting the importance of a well-rounded diet to prevent disease.

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AttackAgainstAsthma: An initiative tackles Nigeria's asthma crisis on college campuses

Agifa Solomon

December 09, 2024 |

Prime Progress |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Nigeria, Ibadan, Oyo State

The Attack Against Asthma initiative uses crowdfunding initiatives to purchase inhalers that are then distributed to university students with asthma. Since launching in 2023, the campaign has distributed over 700 inhalers in the country’s southwest region and has even extended support to people who aren’t students if they can provide proof of need.

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Fighting food insecurity with cooking classes

Cadie Carlson

December 06, 2024 |

Grady Newsource |

Video |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Winder, Georgia

Wimberly’s Roots, a community garden and kitchen located in one of Georgia's food deserts, has increased access to healthy food through their monthly cooking lessons and partnership with the Boys and Girls Club.

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Texas Trees launches a five-year plan to make South Dallas more green

María Ramos Pacheco

December 04, 2024 |

Dallas Morning News |

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Response Location: United States, Dallas, Texas

The Texas Trees Foundation is bringing thousands of trees to Dallas communities experiencing the worst of the urban heat island effect to help keep them cool. The organization supplies the trees and teaches residents how to care for them.

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Finding family services is hard. How South LA built a one-stop shop for people with young kids

Stefanie Ritoper

December 04, 2024 |

LAist |

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Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

Partners for Children South L.A. brings together more than 40 organizations that work with families in need to make it easier for parents to get the services they’re seeking without having to go to multiple different providers before getting help. Over the past 10 years, the collaboration has served more than 10,000 families.

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Are high efficiency stoves the solution to Keene's wood smoke pollution?

Elijah de Castro

November 29, 2024 |

Sentinel Source (The Keene Sentinel) |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Keene, New Hampshire

In New England, government incentives and education are supporting and encouraging residents to swap their wood-burning stoves for high-efficiency models that burn less wood and emit less smoke. The aim is to reduce air pollution and its public health and climate impacts.

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The Value of Mental Health

Adela Svadba

November 28, 2024 |

Transitions Online |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: Czech Republic

The Zruc Mental Health Team for Children and Young People provides free mental health care to youth in schools in the Czech Republic's Kutna Hora district. These teams of traveling psychologists are making mental health care more accessible by meeting students where they are and are helping to reverse the standard method of labeling children with mental health issues as “problematic,” instead ensuring they get the care they need.

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