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  • Income Before: $18,000. After: $85,000. Does Tiny Nonprofit Hold a Key to the Middle Class?

    March 15, 2019 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    A nonprofit in Queens trains low-income New Yorkers to work in successful tech companies. The program, which focuses on training folks without four-year degrees to provide access to higher wages, places graduates in the software engineering industry's top companies, like JP Morgan Chase and GrubHub.

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  • Could Designing a Better Bus Lane Be Done With a Simple Can of Paint?

    March 09, 2019 |

    Pacific Standard |

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    Response Location: United States, Everett, Massachusetts

    The implementation of "tactical transit lanes," or bus-only lanes, has allowed for decreased commute times for both buses and drivers in cities across the country. Many cities, like Everett, Massachusetts, choose to conduct a rough pilot of the TTLs, relying on community feedback and commute statistics to guide more permanent plans.

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  • New Independence Street Crimes Unit already making an impact

    March 07, 2019 |

    KSHB-TV |

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    Response Location: United States, Independence, Missouri

    In Independence, Missouri, the police department has developed the Street Crimes Unit devoted entirely to addressing crime in the city. Taking a proactive, data-driven approach, law enforcement has been able to devote more time and resources to closing criminal investigations.

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  • ‘Scrap it, start fresh, and think:' What Milwaukee can learn from New York City on housing young offenders

    March 06, 2019 |

    Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service |

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    Response Location: United States, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

    As Wisconsin’s Milwaukee County seeks to transform how it handles young offenders, it looks to New York City as a model for change. In New York, the city has shifted its focus from large, state-run facilities to community-based programs and secured, residential homes. Milwaukee County weighs the lessons learned from this initiative and seeks to re-evaluate the services and long-term effects of its criminal justice programming.

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  • Denver Health's ‘Treatment On Demand' Wants To Fast Track Addiction Help In The ER

    March 06, 2019 |

    Colorado Public Radio |

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    Response Location: United States, Denver, Colorado

    Nationwide, the United States is seeing a widespread addiction to opioid use. To combat addiction in Denver, Colorado the city is piloting a program that administers buprenorphine to combat addiction in conjunction with biopsychosocial assessments conducted by therapists.

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  • Trash talking goes high-tech in San Francisco

    March 04, 2019 |

    San Francisco Chronicle |

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    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    In San Francisco, a debate over trash cans has led to the installation of 1,000 high-tech sensors from a Danish company that will increase efficiency of trash collection and minimize spilled waste. It will also save the government thousands of dollars compared to the expensive Bigbelly trash cans that are more willing to break. After a successful testing program last year, the city knows this switch will improve sanitation, costs, and time.

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  • Schools in Impoverished, Isolated Brownsville, Texas, Are Thriving: Here's Why

    March 04, 2019 |

    The 74 |

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    Response Location: United States, Brownsville, Texas

    In 2013 and 2016, Brownsville, Texas was ranked the poorest city in the U.S. That hasn't stopped students in the border district from outperforming their wealthier Texan peers. Leaders credit data-based interventions, effective principals, family engagement, and effective use of state and federal dollars for the district's remarkable success. "People love silver-bullet stories," Seth Rau, government and community relations coordinator for San Antonio's Independent School District, said. "It's not a turnaround story. It's a story of continuous improvement."

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  • Cautiously Optimistic

    March 01, 2019 |

    Chattanooga Times Free Press |

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    Response Location: United States

    Small and large cities around the United States have their own ways of deterring gun violence, from heavier police presences, to community engagement efforts, to public health approaches. An ongoing and similar challenge for these cities is pinpointing where the most effective change is coming from. In cities like Chattanooga, Savannah, and Philadelphia, each one has seen some impact from their work, but without ongoing evaluations, proving and thus sustaining the successful programming is challenging.

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  • 'Nobody was born bad'

    March 01, 2019 |

    Chattanooga Times Free Press |

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    Response Location: United States, Chattanooga, Tennessee

    Chattanooga’s Violence Reduction Initiatives used a focused deterrence strategy to reduce crime. The initiative has led to a decrease in gang-involved homicides and shootings, working with individuals on probation to provide them with the social services they need to stop them from re-entering a life of crime. A core part of this method is to show communities that they’re not forgotten and that they’re cared for, and yet securing funding and consistent support for such programming has been challenging.

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  • Local nonprofit fosters West End growth

    February 28, 2019 |

    The Watch |

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    Response Location: United States, Nucla, Colorado

    With the help of the nonprofit West End Economic Development Corporation (WEEDC), communities in Southwest Colorado use creative financing and collective action to rebuild their economies after the downfall of the coal mining industry. One town, Nucla, invested in a coworking space, business classes. and other tools to help community members start and maintain small businesses.

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