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  • Job center inside House of Corrections gives inmates new opportunities

    June 05, 2016 |

    Milwaukee Journal Sentinel |

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    Response Location: United States, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

    Job training is an invaluable resource to prisoners who may not have any other resources for such a thing. A new job center, established with a $500,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Labor, aims to assist 1,000 Milwaukee County offenders over two years.

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  • Giving Homeless People Homes In SF Saved City 56% In Costs Over 4 Years

    June 03, 2016 |

    The Huffington Post |

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    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    In San Francisco, empirical evidence emerges that providing housing to the homeless reduces the overall cost to the average taxpayer, in large part by reducing homeless populations' dependence on other city services and improving their health by offering shelter.

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  • How a Police Detective Helps Inmates Prepare to Live on the Outside

    June 02, 2016 |

    The Marshall Project |

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    Response Location: United States, Gig Harbor, Washington

    In the United States, the incarcerated feel like they have no voices and their mistakes that led them to jail go unacknowledged. A documentary film spotlights the IF Project, a writing program that encourages female inmates and recently released felons to write down what they would have done to change the path they went on. With police and teachers as mentors, the convicted have support transitioning into society and can reflect on what they can do to change their lives for the better.

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  • Legal Aid With a Digital Twist

    June 01, 2016 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Software and apps are helping millions of Americans trying to solve civil problems on their own.

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  • What role did trauma-informed care play in alleged juvenile prison abuse?

    May 31, 2016 |

    Wisconsin Watch |

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    Response Location: United States, Wisconsin

    To reduce violence and aggreesion trauma-informed care become the new standard in Wisconsin for juvenile corrections. However, at the two highlighted facillities there has been greater violence and an investigation of abuse, but supporters still contend that when trauma-informed care is implemented correctly it is successful.

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  • Building Family Assets

    May 26, 2016 |

    PBS |

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    Response Location: United States, New Mexico

    To improve financial literacy and knowledge around child development, Prosperity Works – a program in New Mexico – is offering classes focused on these issues to parents. This program offers the foundational education necessary to open a bank account and use Individual Development Accounts to save funds for housing or educational needs.

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  • Juvy Intervention Programs Losing Federal Funds

    May 25, 2016 |

    Jackson Free Press |

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    Response Location: United States, Jackson, Mississippi

    Adolescent Opportunity Programs (AOPs) are a pre-intervention method for curtailing juvenile delinquency that have proven vital in the Mississippi state's criminal-justice system - they have the power to prevent young people from entering the system in the first place and save taxpayer costs in the long-term. But federal funding is threatening to run out.

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  • A day in trauma-informed court: Parents work to regain custody of their kids

    May 22, 2016 |

    Wisconsin Watch |

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    Response Location: United States, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

    In a regular court it is very difficult for a person with a history of drug abuse to regain custody of their children. The state of Wisconsin is promoting trauma-informed drug courts which offer participants the chance to get their children back if they pass a strict rehab program.

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  • We expel preschool kids three times as often as K-12 students. Here's how to change that.

    May 21, 2016 |

    The Seattle Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

    A national study revealed that expulsion rates of preschool students - especially Black males - were startlingly high, especially compared to any other K-12 grade. The pattern was also shown to create a vicious cycle, exacerbating the likelihood of suspension in later grades. But a remedy was already in place in Connecticut, where a mental-health professional was kept on-hand to provide behavior coaching for teachers, drastically reducing expulsion rates. Seattle looks to replicate their model.

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  • Paying kids not to kill

    May 20, 2016 |

    CNN |

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    Response Location: United States, Richmond, California

    When faced with a violent crime epidemic, the city of Richmond in the Bay Area of California, implemented a program that incentivized youth to step away from the violence. Offering a monthly stipend, intense mentorship by reformed prisoners and travel opportunities, the program has been called a success after the rates of homicides dropped dramatically in the first year.

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