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What can we learn from a town that beat poverty

Lane Anderson

January 05, 2015 |

Deseret News |

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800-1500 Words

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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Social Programs That Work

Ron Haskins

December 31, 2014 |

The New York Times |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Washington, District of Columbia

Some social welfare programs may receive funding but have no evidence of success. By insisting that funds go primarily to programs with rigorous evidence of success, the federal government can make non-partisan decisions that will increase the effectiveness and efficiency of social programs and decrease spending waste. Obama administration evaluated programs based upon their successes and these programs are highlighted.

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Big Ideas in Social Change, 2014

Tina Rosenberg

December 11, 2014 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United States, Charleston, South Carolina

A overview of 2014's Fixes columns - connecting the dots between 60 or so ways that people are trying to change the world.

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How One California City Began Bringing Its Murder Rate Down—Without Cops

Heather Tirado Gilligan

November 12, 2014 |

The Nation (New York) |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Richmond, California

Richmond, California's Office of Neighborhood Safety responded to alarmingly high gun violence levels with an outreach approach to young men at high risk of getting shot or of shooting others. Instead of a heavy-handed enforcement strategy, the office intervenes in likely retaliatory violence and enrolls men as fellows in a year-long program offering counseling, education, job training, and a $500 monthly stipend for fellows on the right track. In the programs first three years, gun homicides dropped and 65 of 68 fellows survived.

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A decade of homelessness: Thousands in S.F. remain in crisis

Heather Knight

June 27, 2014 |

San Francisco Chronicle |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

Between 2004 and 2014, San Francisco’s mayor attempted to rid the city of chronic homelessness with a ten-year plan. Despite dramatic successes in moving thousands of homeless from the streets, the homeless population numbers remain the same and chronic homelessness may never be eradicated. In reexamining the problems from the ten-year plan, the current administration has new ideas to decrease their number of homeless.

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A Case Study in Lifting College Attendance

David Leonhardt

June 10, 2014 |

The New York Times |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Wilmington, Delaware

Delaware has been working to make sure that all college-ready graduates, regardless of socioeconomic status, make it to college. With financial reasons standing in the way of many qualified students, the state has worked on multiple levels to make this a possibility.

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One Hospital Tells Bronx's Sick: You Call Us, We'll Call You

Amanda Aronczyk

June 03, 2014 |

WNYC |

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5-15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, New York, New York

Hospitals in New York improve healthcare quality and reduce medical costs by staying in frequent contact with patients requiring frequent or long-term care. Montefiore's Accountable Care Organization pulls in care providers from across the medical and social spectrum to improve patient health while curbing expenses.

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Brazil's poverty solution? Give money to women

Lane Anderson

April 14, 2014 |

Deseret News |

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Under 800 Words

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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Brazil's Government Gives Money to Women Because 'They're More Reliable'

Olga Khazan

April 08, 2014 |

The Atlantic |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: Brazil, São Paulo

In Brazil, a decade-long conditional cash transfer program called Bolsa Familia is helping families get out of poverty -- and helping empower women in the process. Although the central premise of the program - that women are more reliable than men when spending money meant for their children - has been criticized, there is some evidence that the cash transfers are helping women be more independent and boosting their social status.

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For Striving Students, a Connection to Money

Tina Rosenberg

March 26, 2014 |

The New York Times |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, New York, New York

Government benefits to aid the poor are frequently left unclaimed, leaving children hungry, young people unable to finish school, and opportunities for stable housing and preventative health care unused. New York City-based program Single Stop connects people to benefits for which they may be eligible. Importantly, Single Stop has served community colleges where disadvantaged students can use the assistance to help get through school.

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