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  • It takes a community to educate a child at Lynn Middle School

    December 18, 2018 |

    New Mexico In Depth |

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    Response Location: United States, New Mexico

    At Lynn Middle School in New Mexico, local partners have joined together to bring social services, such as wi-fi, clothes, food, and health clinics, to students and their families on the school's campus. Advocates argue that these extra services offered are not in fact "extras" but instead essential components to a quality education.

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  • Set It and Forget It: How Better Contraception Could Be a Key to Reducing Poverty

    December 18, 2018 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Delaware

    Delaware has a new statewide program to ask women of childbearing age if they are planning on getting pregnant in the next year during a primary care visit and to discuss birth control options if the answer is no. The goal of these discussions is to decrease the amount of unintended pregnancies and as a result increase women’s body autonomy and decrease medical spending.

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  • The Electric Forest Acid Testers

    December 17, 2018 |

    Pacific Standard |

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    Response Location: United States, Alabama

    The Bunk Police sell kits that test the content of drugs—such as LSD and MDA—providing an effective way for people to ensure they are not taking potentially harmful synthetics. While studies show that these kits provide useful harm reduction, there are often difficult legal hurdles to the distribution of these kits online and in person.

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  • This Detroit public school is attempting to beat tough odds

    December 17, 2018 |

    NBC News |

    Broadcast TV News |

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    Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

    An elementary school in Detroit works to give low-income students the resources and education they need to be successful. From supplying children with uniforms and breakfast to cleaning the school to provide a better work environment, teachers and staff address the underlying affects of poverty in the classroom.

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  • The Houses That Help Keep HIV at Bay

    December 15, 2018 |

    NationSwell |

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    Response Location: United States, New Orleans, Louisiana

    The Belle Reve House in Louisiana houses and treats low-income and homeless people living with AIDS. The house offers wraparound services and works to keep the virus at almost undetectable levels. Residents are less likely to spread the virus when living at Belle Reve, which is crucial in New Orleans, where the transmission rate is among the highest in the country.

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  • Inclusion health: an Irish answer to the homelessness crisis

    December 14, 2018 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: Ireland, Dublin

    In Dublin, the concept of "inclusion health" is helping to prevent the constant cycling of homeless people from the hospital and the streets and making sure that vulnerable populations receive the attention they need to stay healthy. The program aims to address the social and health inequities that leave people sick while also ensuring coordinated care so no one falls through the crack of the system.

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  • To Treat Babies for Drug Withdrawal, Help Their Mothers, Too

    December 12, 2018 |

    Undark |

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    Response Location: United States, Santa Cruz, California

    Realizing there was no protocol in place to help pregnant women addicted to drugs or babies born to a mother with an addiction problem, a team of doctors in Santa Cruz created one. From using morphine to treat withdrawal in infants to visiting with mothers before, during and after pregnancy, the varied approaches are showing signs of success through shorter hospital stays, fewer return visits and less reports of child abuse.

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  • Sleepless No More In Seattle — Later School Start Time Pays Off For Teens

    December 12, 2018 |

    NPR |

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    Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

    Sleep deprivation is an issue that plagues many people today, but is especially detrimental to the health of children that are still in school. Recognizing this, Seattle middle and high schools have shifted the start time for school and are already reporting higher attendance and improved grades.

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  • We spent a year reporting on teen anxiety. Here's what we learned — and why you're part of the solution

    December 12, 2018 |

    Deseret News |

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    Response Location: United States, Utah

    Rates of mental health issues including anxiety and depression are on the rise across the nation, inspiring families, schools and communities to take action. In Utah, some schools are implementing meditation methodology while other clinics are teaching tools for coping.

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  • Why more states are giving juvenile offenders a second chance

    December 10, 2018 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: United States

    Many states are rolling back the punitive measures against youth who committed crimes that began in the 1980s and 1990s. After the Supreme Court ruled that mandatory life sentences for juveniles are unconstitutional, states are shifting their attention from incarceration to community based care and prison alternatives. Missouri, which has led the country in “community based alternatives” for youth, has one of the lowest recidivism rates in the country.

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