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  • Georgia voters sign up in record numbers following change to automatic registration in 2016

    June 08, 2023 |

    Georgia Recorder |

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    Response Location: United States, Georgia

    After Georgia implemented an automatic voter registration system that’s integrated with driver’s license applications, the percentage of state residents registered to vote increased from 78 percent to 98 percent over four years. Election officials are also automatically updated when a voter changes residences, streamlining the process for updating voter records.

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  • School clinics can improve students' worsening mental health. So why aren't there more?

    June 08, 2023 |

    Chalkbeat National |

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    Response Location: United States

    School-based health centers provide free services including flu shots, physicals, contraceptive care and reproductive education, talk therapy and behavioral health care to students. Research has found that these school-based clinics boost vaccination rates, reduce hospital visits, lower rates of teen pregnancy and depression and improve grades and attendance levels, all while reducing disparities and making healthcare more accessible.

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  • Learning to live with — and love — bears and eagles in Colombia's cloud forest

    June 08, 2023 |

    Mongabay |

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    Response Location: Colombia

    A group of conservationists created Techo de Agua to engage communities in Colombia with conservation efforts for endangered species like the black-and-chestnut speckled eagles and spectacled bears. The nonprofit educates locals about the importance of these animals and reduces human-wildlife conflict with individualized solutions.

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  • Could access to child care be the key to helping parents clear arrest warrants?

    June 08, 2023 |

    The 19th |

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    Response Location: United States, Pontiac, Michigan

    Lawyers, clerks, and judges are voluntarily hosting warrant clinics around the United States to help people address active warrants for their arrest — typically small traffic violations and misdemeanors. The clinics offer childcare, too, which is a common barrier for parents looking to address warrants.

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  • Oregon community colleges see success in revamp of remedial education

    June 07, 2023 |

    Oregon Live |

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    Response Location: United States, Salem, Oregon

    Nine Oregon community colleges offer “corequisite” courses that allow students to get help and review past material alongside required math courses rather than being routed into a remedial option that can slow progress toward their degree. So far, 68 percent of corequisite students have passed their college math coursework, as compared to 65 percent of students who took math classes without the corequisite add-on.

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  • Slovenia : where mental illness is a crime

    June 07, 2023 |

    Ereb |

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    Response Location: Slovenia

    Several projects are currently working toward full deinstitutionalization by transferring residents of institutional care facilities to community-based homes. In these community homes, residents will be taught the necessary skills to help them reintegrate into society and live independently despite the challenges they may face, whether that be mental health disorders or developmental disabilities. So far, 171 people have been moved out of institutions to group homes.

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  • Klean Kensington pays teens to clean and green their own blocks

    June 07, 2023 |

    Kensington Voice |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Klean Kensington pays teenagers $15 an hour to clean lots in the Philadephia neighborhood and prevents them from turning to dealing drugs to make money.

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  • ‘Tufunguke' an initiative creating safe space for conversations around mental health

    June 07, 2023 |

    Health Business |

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    Response Location: Kenya

    The Tufunguke initiative works to raise awareness, educate and provide a community for those experiencing mental health issues. Tufunguke creates a safe space both online through social media platforms and in person through events for people to come together to discuss mental health and get connected with care resources Tufunguke reaches about 100,000 people a month through its many social media accounts.

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  • NM has 7th-best enrollment in $30 per-month internet subsidy

    June 06, 2023 |

    Southern New Mexico Journalism Collaborative |

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    Response Location: United States

    The federal Affordable Connectivity Program helps people pay for high-speed internet access to address the digital divide, and New Mexico is outpacing the national average of participants with educational outreach meetings and advertisements.

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  • Manifestação em Madri denuncia racismo contra brasileiros na Espanha

    June 06, 2023 |

    Ecoa UOL |

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    Response Location: Spain, Madrid

    Na Espanha, brasileiros formam rede de apoio contra racismo. Fazem manifestações e ações para enaltecer a cultura afrobrasileira.

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