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  • Volunteers of America offers youth offenders second chances and more: Pathways to Peace

    Olivera Perkins

    June 09, 2016 |

    Cleveland.com (The Plain Dealer) |

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    Response Location: United States, Cleveland, Ohio

    The Volunteers of America's Face Forward 2 program offers a second chance to youth offenders by focusing on education and employment. Destyni Iverson believes the program potentially changed the trajectory of life. She said she felt hopeless when she enrolled, and was on the verge of becoming a high school dropout. Now she is enrolled as a nursing student at Cuyahoga Community College and believes she has a bright future.

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  • Pathways to Peace: Healing Hurt People's small victories in Philly may translate to Cleveland

    Brie Zeltner

    June 07, 2016 |

    Cleveland.com (The Plain Dealer) |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Victims of violence that end up in the emergency room can return within two years with more injuries because of retaliation efforts. Philadelphia’s Healing Hurt People is a hospital-based violence intervention program that assists individuals who need medical care and mental health services. The hospital and social work collaboration helps reduce emergency room costs.

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  • Welcome to Welfare Utopia

    Alana Semuels

    May 31, 2016 |

    The Atlantic |

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    Response Location: United States, Salem, Oregon

    States deal with poverty and employment differently, depending on their state legislature and, historically, their racial composition. Oregon is a predominantly white state with some of the most generous welfare and employment programs available in the union. Giving states the option of flexibility with their anti-poverty programs can cause some to reduce their safety nets, but Oregon serves as a model for bipartisan cooperation on generous welfare and employment reforms.

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  • Youth Violence Solution? Authorities Should Stop Ignoring Activists

    Linn Washington Jr.

    April 14, 2016 |

    ThisCantBeHappening.net |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia and London are cities with high poverty rates and city violence and both see employment as the critical tool needed to counter violence among youth and young adults living in low-income communities.

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  • Here's More Proof That Giving Housing To Vets Prevents Homelessness

    Eleanor Goldberg

    December 11, 2015 |

    The Huffington Post |

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    Response Location: United States, Virginia

    Homelessness is rampant, and cities often struggle with creative ways to eliminate the problem. Numerous studies and pilot programs have concluded that simply giving housing to homeless people is a cost-effective and surefire way to keep them off of the streets.

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  • November in Germany

    Tomáš Lindner

    November 23, 2015 |

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    Response Location: Germany, Stuttgart

    Germany admitted around 1 million refugees in 2015. Different parts of the country have experienced success and failure. In Fischen, housing refugees is still a challenge, but business mentors have found a success in training refugees how to do jobs. The city of Stuttgart ran into a crisis housing refugees. However 3,000 volunteers are helping to control the situation. In the east, Halle housed refugees in the center part of its city, inside a “deluxe hotel.” The refugees are susceptible to hateful rhetoric, but there are demonstrators on both sides of the debate.

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  • Listopad v Německu

    Tomáš Lindner

    November 21, 2015 |

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    Response Location: Germany, Stuttgart

    Do Německa přicházejí každým dnem tisíce uprchlíků. Jen v roce 2015 jich země přijala zhruba milion. Tato situace přináší do různých oblastí Německa nové výzvy, kterým musí místní čelit. Ve městě Stuttgard zase s integrací uprchlíků, kteří nemají kde bydlet, pomáhají 3 tisíce dobrovolníků. Východoněmecké město Halle krizi s ubytováním imigrantů vyřešilo tak, že jim vyhradilo celý hotel v centru města. To vadí části místních, podle kterých jde o „příliš luxusní“ bydlení. Panuje zde často vyhrocená debata.

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  • A Card That Gives Migrant Workers a Name

    Ankita Rao

    September 18, 2015 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: India, Ahmedabad, Gujarat

    In India, corruption in the distribution of government ID cards leaves the poorest without legal identity or protection. A non-profit group is creating and distributing unofficial ID cards and legal aid for day workers in major cities in India.

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  • Watch Out for Refugees

    Tomáš Lindner

    June 21, 2015 |

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    Response Location: Germany, Geisenhausen, Bavaria

    Bavaria has integrated thousands of refugees into the public sphere by helping them learn German, find housing, and maintain employment through apprenticeship programs and other volunteer-run organizations in the community. Now, with Bavaria as an unlikely example, the Czech Republic looks to these program models in the wake of its own refugee crisis.

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  • Pozor, uprchlíci

    Tomáš Lindner

    June 21, 2015 |

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    Response Location: Germany, Geisenhausen, Bavaria

    Česko odmítá uprchlické kvóty. Místní politici říkají, že společnost není na příchod a integraci utečenců připravená. Budují v lidech strach z toho, že migrace rozvátí zemi. Zcela odlišný obraz uprchlické krize nabízí sousední Bavorsko. Tato spolková země integrovala tisíce uprchlíků, kterým pomohla naučit se německy, najít si bydlení i najít a udržet si zaměstnání. Využívají k tomu dobrovolníky, kteří téměř po celém Bavorsku organizují vzdělávací a volnočasové aktivity.

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