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  • How Louisiana cities are using the CARES Act to save small businesses, keep people in homes

    Christiaan Mader

    May 19, 2020 |

    The Current (Louisiana) |

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    Response Location: United States, Louisiana

    The Cares Act is a federal program providing $46.6 million dollars of emergency aid which cities in Louisiana are spending on a combination of a mortgage and rent relief or on the needs of small businesses. For most cities throughout the state, the first priority is keeping residents in their homes as the stay on evictions approaches, at which point landlords will expect rent as well as backpay. Louisiana faces the triple threat of a pandemic, the economic fallout from it, and a series of tornados. Keeping people in their homes has been the foremost priority to stop the spread of the virus.

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  • Sending Support: Battling Isolation, Seniors Find Comfort in Pen Pals

    Kate Elizabeth Queram

    May 18, 2020 |

    Route Fifty |

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    Response Location: United States, Unity, New Hampshire

    To help keep morale high and reduce the feeling of loneliness in senior centers during the coronavirus pandemic, pen-pal programs have taken shape throughout the United States. The idea started at a center in New Hampshire but has quickly spread across the nation with other senior centers now starting their own letter-writing exchanges to better connect their residents with the community at large.

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  • Louisiana cities are doing what they can to both save small businesses and keep people in their homes

    Christiaan Mader

    May 18, 2020 |

    The Current (Louisiana) |

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    Response Location: United States, Lafayette, Louisiana

    Several large cities in Lousiana used federal funds for small businesses and housing. Cities like Monroe, Shreveport, Baton Rouge, and New Orleans balanced the needs of small businesses with the needs of families who were provided rent and mortgage assistance. Fayette, however, is opting to focus almost entirely on small businesses. Most cities are prioritizing the need to keep residents in their homes to stop the spread of coronavirus.

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  • Quarantine campuses: With dorms shut and class online, students DIY college life

    Laura Pappano

    May 18, 2020 |

    The Hechinger Report |

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    Response Location: United States

    Colleges across the nation suspended in-person classes due to the coronavirus, but it also meant suspending campus life—a classic staple of the American college experience. Students innovated by creating their own version of dorm life and activities by setting up "satellite dorms,” either close to campus or places they could quarantine and study together, and staying in contact through various different social apps. But the biggest lesson for students and faculty was “The powerful role incidental and impromptu interactions play in the college experience—and how hard it is to replace them.”

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  • The Mask Project offers jobs to unemployed and masks to Arizona's hardest-hit communities

    Jacob Wirtschafter

    May 18, 2020 |

    Religion News Service |

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    Response Location: United States, Phoenix, Arizona

    An interfaith partnership between religions institutions and communities in Arizona has helped provide mask-making jobs to those who have lost their sources of income during the coronavirus pandemic. Participants include many from Latino and Native American communities who have been particularly impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. The project is not only providing enough of an income for these community members to support their families, but it also is working to keep the local communities safe by distributing the masks to those who need them.

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  • More Productive from Home: Governments Learn to Love Remote Work

    Alan Greenblatt

    May 18, 2020 |

    Governing |

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    Response Location: United States

    Many local government employees have shifted to remote work as a response to the Covid-19 pandemic. Despite previous resistance to remote work, employers are finding that workers are more efficient at home and even working longer hours. Managers needed to develop new measures of productivity for remote work. While there may not be a widespread or permanent shift to remote work, some of the adaptations might persist and the success of the quick response will make it easier for governments to alter their operations for social distancing moving forward.

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  • Coronavirus : le Sénégal se mobilise pour protéger les personnes atteintes du sida

    Théa Ollivier

    May 17, 2020 |

    Le Monde |

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    Response Location: Senegal, Dakar

    Comment des structures de santé au Sénégal ont pris des mesures pour assurer la continuité des soins des personnes atteinted du sida, mais également le dépistage du VIH et le soutien psychologique aux malades.

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  • Armas de Costa Rica ante el coronavirus: confinamiento oportuno, disciplina ciudadana y Ebáis

    Ángela Ávalos

    May 17, 2020 |

    La Nación (Costa Rica) |

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    Response Location: Costa Rica

    Costa Rica ha demostrado un manejo ejemplar de la pandemia: menos de 900 casos, más del 65% se recuperaron y solo 10 fallecieron (1,1%). Un sistema de salud centralizado y universal, más de 1,000 clínicas satélites coordinadas dentro del sistema de salud, las acciones tempranas y la disciplina de los habitantes han sido clave. Este reportaje incluye todas las medidas y las explica.

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  • Regresa la Bundesliga: ¿cómo se juega al fútbol en tiempos de coronavirus?

    Emlyn Begley

    May 17, 2020 |

    BBC |

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    Response Location: Germany

    El fútbol de élite alemán volvió a la acción el 16 de mayo. Es el primer país en reiniciar los deportes de élite en el hemisferio occidental, y la NBA, la MLB y más ligas deportivas profesionales de todo el mundo están estudiando sus 50 páginas de "protocolo de coronavirus". Este artículo explica cómo funciona.

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  • The doctor is online: Telehealth may become big part of new normal

    Katie Jickling

    May 17, 2020 |

    VT Digger |

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    Response Location: United States, Burlington, Vermont

    The move to telemedicine was made necessary due to the coronavirus outbreak, but in Vermont, many health clinics are planning to continue incorporating the practice even after the pandemic dissipates. Although there are limitations to telehealth such as connectivity issues, many health care providers in the state are reporting that the elimination of barriers for their patients are still significant successes.

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