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  • Homeless Between the Stacks

    June 28, 2017 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    A nonprofit called Breaking Ground has paired up with the Brooklyn Public Library to provide social and administrative services to New York’s homeless population. This unique partnership works collaboratively to build engagement, trust and a housing action plan for homeless people; while the librarians help patrons gather practical housing resources and sift through complex bureaucratic matters, social workers build positive community rapport, and provide more holistic, psychosocial assistance with individual cases.

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  • The Tiny-House Village That Started a Movement

    June 28, 2017 |

    KCTS-PBS |

    Multi-Media |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Olympia, Washington

    The economic growth along the West coast has been huge, but the population increase has also increased housing costs, pushing thousands onto the streets. In response, the non-profit Panza has developed a novel approach to sheltering the homeless. With an affordable land lease from the county, and financial support from the state and local community organizations, Panza has created a "tiny-house village" that has offered space, safety and support for individuals to overcome their financial hardships and find jobs and housing on their own.

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  • Smarter Design for Skid Row

    June 28, 2017 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    Mitigating homelessness on Los Angeles' infamous "Skid Row" comprises myriad obstacles. But a collaboration between city officials, a USC architecture class project, and the Skid Row Housing Trust has responded with a multi-pronged solution in "pod-style" housing units. They have composed a cost-effective pre-fab design technology that eases their transportation, on-site construction and visual imposition on a neighborhood, while the pods' zoning classification as "congregant housing" minimizes the risk for local opposition to homeless support services on claims of structural or aesthetic noncompliance.

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  • To Reduce Shootings, Hospitals Vow to Treat the Wounds Doctors Can't Fix

    May 01, 2017 |

    The Trace |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Cleveland, Ohio

    Gunshot victims are often treated at hospitals only to be sent back into the community, where 1/3 will end up back in the hospital again. With a new emphasis on prevention and addressing the underlying issues, Ohio is now using federal assistance to create a Trauma Recovery Network that helps with crisis intervention, counseling, and even providing safe emergency housing for gunshot victims.

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  • Mansfield in need of a 'food systems intervention'

    April 21, 2017 |

    Richland Source |

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    Response Location: United States, Mansfield, Ohio

    Community leaders are working together to address the issue of food insecurity in Mansfield, caused not just by lack of access to grocery stores and fresh food sources, but also often by unemployment, high housing costs, low wages, poverty, and health care costs. The North End Local Foods Initiative is installing food gardens in these communities, creating access to fresh produce, to educational opportunities, recreational activity and more.

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  • Study: Ending Homelessness for 4 Saves Thousands

    April 13, 2017 |

    Coloradoan |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Fort Collins, Colorado

    A study on four homeless individuals showed that they cost thousands of dollars, plus hours of city officials' time. Outreach Fort Collins aims to decrease these numbers by recognizing the importance of relationships and checking in on homeless individuals as a neighborhood resource for people to turn to if there is a concern (rather than calling the police).

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  • Postmen Delivering Kindness to the Elderly

    April 11, 2017 |

    BBC |

    Radio |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United Kingdom, St. Helier, Bailiwick of Jersey

    On the island of Jersey, postal workers don’t just deliver the mail: they also check up on elderly people during their routes. With a quick face-to-face chat, they check that they’ve taken their medication and if there’s anything else they need. The project has caught the attention of post offices (and health professionals) around the world as an approach against the social care crisis for a rapidly-aging population.

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  • Legislators seek to make food donations easier and safer

    March 30, 2017 |

    The Press of Atlantic City |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Atlantic City, New Jersey

    New Jersey legislators are introducing a series of actions that can help drastically reduce food waste and ensure more food is provided to those going hungry. The varied measures include provisions for farms where post-harvest produce is collected and donated, as well as clarifications on food labeling to help prevent confusion about expiry dates.

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  • How Utah Keeps the American Dream Alive

    March 28, 2017 |

    Bloomberg |

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    Response Location: United States, Salt Lake City, Utah

    In many parts of the United States, people struggle with economic mobility and achieving the American Dream. Salt Lake City’s rate of economic mobility is at the highest in the country. An investigative journalist explores the Mormon-influenced structure of charitable giving and various social factors that have created this socio-economic anomaly, and discovers that compassionate conservatism and some government welfare programs have contributed to the state being a unique case.

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  • School Lunch Share Tables Fight Food Waste and Hunger

    March 27, 2017 |

    Civil Eats |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Fayetteville, Arkansas

    Leftover food from publicly-funded school meals is not simply an issue of wasted tax dollars and environmental concern, it is a detrimental misallocation of much needed food for many students who still go hungry in schools across the country each day. The Share Tables program is helping to more equitably distribute food by providing a space where unopened items from one student's lunch may be deposited on a designated table (or tub, or shelf) for hungry peers to take - not only reducing food waste and child hunger, but helping students develop empathy and healthier eating habits.

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