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  • How do you solve the toughest cases of homelessness?

    July 18, 2019 |

    KCRW |

    Podcast |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Santa Monica, California

    To combat homelessness, an interdisciplinary group known as the “homeless multidisciplinary street team” is focusing efforts on housing those that call 911 more often than others. Taking lessons from a similar model that failed in Los Angeles, the program so far is showing promising results, both in housing this most vulnerable population as well as in reducing costs for the city.

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  • Preventing Gun Violence with Nicole Hockley of Sandy Hook Promise

    July 18, 2019 |

    Unleashing Social Change |

    Podcast |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Newtown, Connecticut

    The non-profit, Sandy Hook Promise, equips schools and youth with knowledge and tools to prevent gun violence. Founded after the Newtown shooting, the organization couldn’t make headway through policy and legislature, so they turned to people. The founders spent time analyzing how social change happens and took a strategic, generational approach to shifting the culture of gun violence. With much success, they now face the challenge of scaling to a national level.

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  • Feeling Lonely? Perhaps You'd Like to Talk to Some Strangers

    July 18, 2019 |

    The New York Times |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    Feeling isolated often leads to increased feelings of loneliness, but is also a reason why new meet-ups such as Tea With Strangers are becoming widely used as a solution. Based on the idea that strangers can become more like neighbors, these gatherings promote conversation and connection with the goal of reducing isolation.

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  • Home on the range? Private buyers restore U.S. grassland to cowboy consternation

    July 18, 2019 |

    place |

    Multi-Media |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Bozeman, Montana

    The American Prairie Reserve (APR)has diverged from government funding and instead created a free-market system to preserve prairie land across Northeastern Montana. Some ranchers in the state oppose the allowance of wild bison and other animals to wander fence-free, but others sell their land to the APR to maintain a diverse ecosystem on the plains.

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  • A Diverse Network of ‘Place Leaders' Activates Public Spaces in Boston

    July 17, 2019 |

    Next City |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Boston, Massachusetts

    In Boston, many groups are working to public spaces, large and small, as they face upheaval and change in the face of rapid development. In one example, the Asian Community Development Corporation creates projects for new residents get involved in community, and the nearby Roxbury Cultural District sources local artists for public art projects.

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  • Your Local Library May Have A New Offering In Stock: A Resident Social Worker

    July 17, 2019 |

    NPR |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Long Branch, New Jersey

    Libraries across the United States are expanding what they offer to not just include books, but also a host of social and human services. From stocking an anti-overdose drug to offering mental health services and legal support, libraries are preparing to serve anyone that may walk through the door.

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  • Rural Hospitals Find Ways to Survive, Expand

    July 17, 2019 |

    U.S. News & World Report |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Alabama

    Close collaboration between stakeholders in a community allows rural health centers to remain in operation. With the failure of many rural hospitals across the United States, medical providers, nonprofit organizations, and even city governments are coming together to invest and save institutions crucial to their communities. From placing faltering hospitals under municipal control, to expanding services through nonprofit donations, many rural communities are finding solutions that fit.

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  • San Francisco Financial Justice Project Enacts Landmark Reforms

    July 17, 2019 |

    Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    In San Francisco, the first Financial Justice Project is working with the city to eliminate fines and fees that hold back people experiencing poverty and financial instability and also cost the city more than they can recover. So far, the innovative program has made all phone calls from jail free, cleared outstanding holds on driver's licenses for missing a traffic court date, announced the elimination of all library fines, and more - and cities across the country are taking not and exploring similar changes.

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  • Finding refuge in north Flint: This sanctuary for women is building futures by mending spirits

    July 17, 2019 |

    Flintside |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Flint, Michigan

    In Flint, Michigan, the N.E.W. in St. Luke’s N.E.W. Life Center provides education, employment training, and emotional support to women and some men who live in the "throw away zone," a term coined to describe the impoverished areas of Flint’s north and east sides and beyond the city limits into Beecher.

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  • How Southern Communities Tackle Summertime Food Scarcity

    July 17, 2019 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Mississippi

    Communities are creating networks to fill in food security gaps for children. In cities like Jackson, Mississippi, and Atlanta, Georgia, community groups, churches, and nonprofits are working to provide summer meals to children who rely on lunch programs during the school year. Closed schools create a barrier to resources for many families that depend on them. Organizations like Feeding America and the Georgia Nutritional Services draw from USDA Summer Food Service Program funding to address the shortfall in summertime support.

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