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  • When parents of people with disabilities reach the breaking point

    October 05, 2016 |

    Daily Herald |

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    Response Location: United States, Lisle, Illinois

    Part 1 of the Caregivers Crisis series: As parents of adults with disabilities face their own struggles with aging, health, and mobility they often find themselves at the frayed end of their resources. The Parent Support Project brings these parents together to provide counseling, information on resources, financial counseling, moral support, and renewed energy to keep moving forward with their lives.

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  • Replacing Military-Style Detention

    October 05, 2016 |

    Jackson Free Press |

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    Response Location: United States, Jackson, Mississippi

    Mississippians who receive earned probation for crimes that do not carry a death sentence or involve deadly weapons will now have access to high-school equivalency education, alcohol and drug counseling, re-entry and employment services—and perhaps, most importantly, "Thinking for a Change," an evidence-based cognitive behavioral-therapy program.

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  • Feeling smart: At Taos High, emotions are their own intelligence

    October 03, 2016 |

    The Taos News |

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    Response Location: United States, New Mexico

    Taos High School has recently lost a couple of students and a recent graduate, all of whom committed suicide. The school has developed an Emotional Intelligence Retreat for its ninth graders as an opportunity to form deeper connections and build their own emotional understanding, in order to help them cope with hardships.

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  • Welfare and the Underappreciated Value of Long-Term Thinking

    October 01, 2016 |

    Governing |

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    Response Location: United States, St. Paul, Minnesota

    Different states have demanded welfare recipients to work and report their logged hours to a welfare counselor, but this practice can make welfare recipients feel more like a statistic than real people. Ramsey County, Minnesota, has addressed a new way of offering job assistance—by developing skills for job retention, further education, and work planning with the counselors.

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  • With obesity on the rise, NH seniors turn to activity — and technology

    September 29, 2016 |

    New Hampshire Union Leader |

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    Response Location: United States, New Hampshire

    Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center geriatrician Dr. John Batsis has obtained a $796,500 grant to develop a home-based system of helping obese seniors lose weight, build muscle, and improve their strength using technology, video conferencing and personal coaching.

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  • Insight: Inside Brazil's battle to save the Amazon with satellites and strike forces

    September 28, 2016 |

    Reuters |

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    Response Location: Brazil, Brasilia

    13 years ago, Brazil didn't have satellite data or heat mapping to track illegal logging. Neither did they have weapon wielding agents working to stop ecological crime. These tools, in addition to the help of indigenous Brazilians is making the goal of ending Amazon deforestation by 2030 seem more and more likely.

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  • In Arkansas, schools are supposed to teach in English. Here's how one district gets around it.

    September 28, 2016 |

    Public Radio International (PRI) |

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    Response Location: United States, Springdale, Arkansas

    In Springdale, students who speak Marshallese have a hard time performing at school due to their lack of English language comprehension. “Community liaisons” between the children, their parents, and the school became essential in ensuring that there is effective communication between all parties.

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  • How Dress for Success Has Outfitted Women for Two Decades

    September 27, 2016 |

    Racked |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Business clothes are expensive, and this can often be a barrier to low-income professionals. Dress for Success in New York City is a non-profit that collects second-hand business clothing and has high-end stylists on hand to help with fashion choices for clients. The clothes not only help low-income clients get better jobs, but also help improve self-esteem and confidence.

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  • Oregon Detective Pioneers New Sexual Assault Reporting Program

    September 22, 2016 |

    NPR |

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    Response Location: United States, Ashland, Oregon

    In Ashland, Oregon, the police department has launched a program that better serves sexual assault survivors by putting them at the center. The program, called You Have Options, considers the challenges that survivors face and works to help them through the reporting process, including letting them report anonymously. In its first year, You Have Options saw a 106% increase in sexual assault reporting and departments across the United States are now seeking to implement it.

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  • How the Chicanas of Eastside Mujeres Network Are Fighting to End Violence Against Women

    September 21, 2016 |

    LA Weekly |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    The recent revival of feminism, in tandem with increased awareness about violence and sexual abuse, and combined with the power of social media to organize activist groups, is helping various advocacy groups address the serious issues faced by women and minorities, specifically Latina women, in the Los Angeles area. Organizations from anti-gentrification cycling groups to rape crisis hotline dispatchers are combining resources to combat violence against women, provide more comprehensive legal and human services, help victims get a new start, and change the culture of abuse for good.

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