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  • A New Way to Improve College Enrollment

    November 14, 2015 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Long Beach, California

    A unique educational collaboration in Long Beach, Calif., raises college admissions and graduation rates for underprivileged students by connecting high schools with community colleges. The process starts by awarding high school graduates with a tuitition-free year at any Long Beach City College, as well as admission into California State University - Long Beach, if they meet the minimum requirements.

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  • 'Housing First' Is Helping Female Vets Stabilize

    November 11, 2015 |

    Women's eNews |

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    Response Location: United States, Sacramento, California

    The VA has shifted its approach to ending homelessness among veterans. Now, a place to live--more than drug treatment or mental health counseling--is considered the starting point for helping a soldier who is struggling to cope with life after discharge.

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  • Participants Claim This Program Boosts Them out of Poverty. Should Other Cities Implement It?

    October 09, 2015 |

    NationSwell |

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    Response Location: United States, Memphis, Tennessee

    Family Rewards is a three-year program in Memphis, which aims to stop inter-generational poverty cycles. The program gives low income families funds that are conditional on bettering the next generation.

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  • For Students With a Mission, a Little Capital Goes a Long Way

    September 11, 2015 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Cambridge, Massachusetts

    At a time when university students lack opportunities and financial help to test their innovative business ideas, the Resolution Project supports higher education students who have ideas for socially responsible businesses and charities. Resolution offers small awards to start businesses as well as mentor opportunities that enable networking and business collaboration with experts.

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  • What can we learn from a town that beat poverty

    January 05, 2015 |

    Deseret News |

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    Response Location: Canada, Dauphin, Manitoba

    In a pilot program in a Canadian city, the working poor were given monthly cash supplements to their income. The recipients did not stop working and were able to access opportunities to make a better living long term.

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  • These Cities are Trading in Cigarette Butts for Cash

    December 10, 2014 |

    NationSwell |

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    Response Location: United States, New Orleans, Louisiana

    Most cities may have enacted smoking laws to curb people from lighting up in public, but cigarette butts continue to blanket streets, parks and beaches. Salem, Mass., and New Orleans are two such communities that have partnered with TerraCycle, a New Jersey-based company that pays by the pound for cigarette waste.

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  • An L.A. Story: Unions Show Signs of Life

    November 06, 2014 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    The minimum wage issue has been debated endlessly, with arguments both for and against its effectiveness. An increase, tested in some states and enacted in others, immeasurably betters the quality of life for low-income families.

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  • ‘A National Admissions Office' for Low-Income Strivers

    September 16, 2014 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Palo Alto, California

    Attending college is not always a given option for gifted teenagers from less-than-wealthy backgrounds. National organization QuestBridge creates a way for low-income and minority high-achieving students to go to their dream colleges free of cost.

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  • Did this city bring down its murder rate by paying people not to kill?

    June 01, 2014 |

    Mother Jones |

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    Response Location: United States, Richmond, California

    Since Richmond, California’s Office of Neighborhood Safety began paying stipends to its “fellows” – the dozens of young men it works with at any given time who are deemed to be at high risk of gun-violence involvement – nearly all of its subjects have survived. Other evidence of its success is anecdotal or merely suggestive of an effect on the city’s violence. While the police chief warily credits it for being a positive force, others in the community are skeptical, if not outright antagonistic.

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  • Brazil's poverty solution? Give money to women

    April 14, 2014 |

    Deseret News |

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    Response Location: Brazil, São Paulo

    In Brazil a conditional cash-transfer program is alleviating poverty, empowering women, and changing gender roles by giving families, especially mothers, money for sending kids to school and to regular doctor's visits.

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