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  • The ‘win-win-win' Tompkins could use to help jailed veterans

    June 30, 2015 |

    The Ithaca Voice |

    Multi-Media |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Buffalo, New York

    Over 220 Veterans Treatment Courts have been created across the United States, each of which helps provide services like rehabilitation and support groups instead of jail time to veterans. Courts in Ithaca, New York are thinking about implementing such programs and are looking to places like Buffalo, which has seen a decreased recidivism rate to just five percent.

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  • How football moved the goalposts for girls in rural India

    June 29, 2015 |

    The Guardian |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: India, Jharkhand

    Girls in India are sometimes forced into the prospects of child marriage, prostitution, or slave labor; alternatively, families often teach girls to be wives and mothers. To empower girls to make their own choices, Yuwa, an NGO based in India, introduces girls to sports for social development. Yuwa also promotes educational workshops for girls, where girls can discuss women’s rights and their thoughts about their own bodies.

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  • How Australians survived a 13-year drought by going low-tech

    June 23, 2015 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: Australia, Melbourne

    In the face of a prolonged drought, residents of Melbourne, Australia, cut water consumption in half by capturing rainwater and using efficient toilets and washing machines.

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  • Texas study may aid juvenile justice reforms

    June 22, 2015 |

    Dallas Morning News |

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    Response Location: United States, Dallas, Texas

    An in-depth study of Texas youth crime records helped them find a path forward on juvenile criminal justice reform, but they still struggle with limited resources and a culture stuck on incarceration.

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  • The Case Against Isolating English Learners

    June 22, 2015 |

    Voice of San Diego |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, San Diego, California

    School districts across the country struggle with helping their “English-learner” students learn English and academic content at the same time. Kearny High School in San Diego does not isolate these special students, instead using the school-within-a-school model to help place their non-English speakers in content areas that interest them. This model has shown to put the English learners at Kearny in the top API scores in the San Diego district.

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  • City program gives job opportunities to those needing a second chance

    June 18, 2015 |

    The Boston Globe |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: United States, Boston, Massachusetts

    Operation Exit, a program in Boston, offers vocational training to ex-offenders and people with a high risk of offending, giving them the motivation and tools to better their situation.

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  • Building for the Future, in California's Famously Failed City

    June 14, 2015 |

    The Atlantic |

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    Response Location: United States, San Bernardino, California

    In a city with a long-struggling school system, a nonprofit trade program is helping unemployed adults find work in the high-tech manufacturing field. Technical Employment Training in San Bernardino ensures participants gain nationally recognized credentials, get on-the-job-training, and have placement options with local employers.

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  • Teaching women to fight today could stop rapes tomorrow

    June 11, 2015 |

    Quartz |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Miami, Florida

    “Empowerment self-defense” teaches women how to defend themselves against sexual assault, psychological awareness, and how to be verbally assertive. A study showed that women who took empowerment self defense classes saw a “46% reduction in completed rape and a 63% reduction in attempted sexual assault.”

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  • College Rape Prevention Program Proves a Rare Success

    June 10, 2015 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Canada, Calgary, Alberta

    Sexual violence is a serious hazard on college campuses - by some estimates, one in five female students are raped, and women tend to be at the greatest risk during their first year on campus. But a program that trained first-year female college students at various Canadian colleges to avoid rape substantially lowered their risk of being sexually assaulted, a rare success against a problem that has been resistant to many prevention efforts.

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  • Life on Parole

    June 08, 2015 |

    PBS Frontline |

    Broadcast TV Programs |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Connecticut

    Connecticut is attempting to reduce prison recidivism by changing parole practices. Changes to the system are allowing parole officers to foster relationships with parolees and counsel them as people, not as cases.

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