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How VA-trained psychiatrists are bringing their skills to civilians with PTSD

Caroline Covington

November 28, 2018 |

Marketplace |

Radio |

Under 3 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Austin, Texas

PTSD impacts more people than just veterans, but not many services are set up for civilians to seek treatment. To widen the scope of treatment, some academic institutions and psychologists that have been trained to work with veterans are taking the lessons they've been taught and applying them to treating those with complex PTSD.

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On college campuses, planning for a post-Millennial future

Noble Ingram

November 28, 2018 |

The Christian Science Monitor |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Baltimore, Maryland

The University of Maryland - Baltimore County is known for its higher number of masters and doctoral graduates of color, and for having the greatest number of black graduates with a combined MD-PhD in the country. The school has made a concerted effort to acknowledge the changing demographics of college students and is leading university-specific efforts to promote and support diversity.

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One Of America's Poorest Cities Has A Radical Plan To Remake Itself

Jordan Heller

November 27, 2018 |

The Huffington Post |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Cleveland, Ohio

Evergreen Cooperative in Cleveland is on a path to make wealth and business ownership more accessible. They operate several cooperative businesses: a laundry and a solar panel firm among them, all of which choose to welcome most applicants for employee-ownership, regardless of income or wealth or if they have spent time in prison. The model hopes to grow through the city with the rise of patient capital and growing support of the cooperative movement.

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Beating violence with education: How Education City in Dantewada is showing the way

Revathi Siva Kumar

November 26, 2018 |

Citizen Matters |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: India, Dantewada, Chhattisgarh

In 2011, authorities in Education City set about to combat the Naxal violence by offering education to children who have lost one or both parents to the violence. Today Education City houses 18 institutions and enrolls 5,500 students over 170 acres. In 2013 they managed to bring down the dropout rate from 50% to 13%, and the success of the school has spread excitement and inspiration throughout the city and especially in the children.

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How Temporary Tiny Homes Could Solve Dutch Cities' Housing Crises

Feargus O'Sullivan

November 26, 2018 |

Bloomberg CityLab |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: Netherlands, Rotterdam

While more permanent housing is built to meet demand in the Netherlands, the stopgap answer is to build “tiny homes.” Completely built in a factory, these tiny homes still provide all basic housing amenities. They will be laid out in clusters of four and in larger communities to overcome what some worry will be isolating for many people who have nowhere else to turn. As an interim solution, these tiny homes are perfect-but they aren’t built to last, so the goal is to get residents into more permanent housing.

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PTO Fundraising Benefits Schools With Rich Families the Most. In Some Districts, Parents Are Sharing the Wealth.

Karen Weese

November 26, 2018 |

Slate |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States

School districts in Chicago and Portland have developed systems to ensure parent fundraising dollars are more evenly distributed among affluent schools with strong PTA infrastructure and schools where a majority of the population qualifies for reduced price lunch.

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Care package: the French postal workers helping lonely older people

Angelique Chrisafis

November 23, 2018 |

The Guardian |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: France

France's postal office is combatting declining letter-writing by using their services to tackle another problem: the increasing number of elderly people living alone. With the new service "Watch Over my Parents," postal workers in rural France check in on the elderly and provide some company while delivering the mail - so far, the system serves 6,000 people, with an average age of 82 and a minimum cost of €20 per month.

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Cellphones made it harder for Denver's 911 call takers to track people down. Finally, that's starting to change.

Jesse Paul

November 23, 2018 |

The Colorado Sun |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Denver, Colorado

The same technology that helps companies like Uber find their customers is now available to public safety agencies to ensure accurate location detection from cell phone calls. Denver is among the first cities to implement the updated technology and since the city launched it in mid-2018, it has delivered an accuracy percentage in the 90s, which means first responders don't waste precious time trying to find someone in crisis. The key is for cell phone users to have updated operating systems.

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These Performers Literally Play for Their Lives

Phillip Pantuso

November 23, 2018 |

Yes! Magazine |

Multi-Media |

1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Kingston, New York

For musicians and artists who don’t have traditional access to healthcare, one music festival has them covered. O+ (“O Positive”) is a music festival in Kingston, NY that invites musicians and artists from around the United States to perform, and in exchange they get free access to health care services. Doctors, dentists, and other providers are recruited as volunteers. At the 2018 festival, over 173 musicians and artists made 465 clinic visits.

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A roadside hotel in Eagle is being transformed into affordable homes — and other housing-strapped resort communities are watching

Jason Blevins

November 22, 2018 |

The Colorado Sun |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Eagle, Colorado

As tourists increasingly visit mountainous resort towns and home prices rise to accommodate these visitors, it’s hard to live on a budget, especially as a young person. One family of developer is addressing this issue. Rather than build new housing, they’re renovating a hotel into small apartment geared toward millennials. It’s dorm-style, with many communal spaces inside and places within walking distance. This could be a new model adopted in resort towns across the American West.

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