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  • States Ply COVID Unvaccinated with Cash, Beer, Scholarships

    June 04, 2021 |

    Stateline |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Ohio

    States and businesses across the country are offering incentives, from entry into million-dollar lotteries, college scholarships, and gift cards to fulfilling fantasies like driving around Alabama’s Talladega Superspeedway. Ohio was one of the first states to announce a vaccine lottery in which any adult resident that got vaccinated was entered into one of five weekly drawings to win $1 million. Ohio’s Vax-a-Million drawings were paid for with CARES Act relief money appropriated by Congress. Vaccination rates increased by 28% in the first week after the lottery was announced in Ohio.

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  • Community Ambassadors Are the Link to Toronto's Unvaccinated Populations

    June 04, 2021 |

    The Local |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Canada, Toronto, Ontario

    Toronto’s Vaccine Engagement Teams Grant has awarded $5.5 million to community organizations in 140 neighborhoods to hire and train local ambassadors for vaccine outreach. Because the ambassadors share a lived experience with the communities, they can effectively identify the barriers people face. The on-the-ground effort includes sharing information, advocating for community needs, and helping people access services. The outreach focuses on people often overlooked by government services, such as unhoused people and people who do not speak English or have precarious immigration status.

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  • A business without bosses

    June 03, 2021 |

    The Real News Network |

    Video |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    ChiFresh Chicago is owned and run by formerly incarcerated women of color. The business' five owner-workers responded to the pandemic's effect on food insecurity, in neighborhoods that already had high rates of that problem, by providing healthy, culturally appropriate meals to the communities hardest hit. In the longer term, ChiFresh's goal is supporting the community's food sovereignty while managing their own livelihood on their own terms.

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  • Both lost jobs. She got paid. He waits. Where they live may be the reason why.

    June 01, 2021 |

    WTVR-TV |

    Broadcast TV News |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, South Carolina

    Four years before the pandemic caused unemployment compensation claims to spike, South Carolina took advantage of a federal grant to modernize its claims processing systems. That upgrade saved thousands of hours of time once claims rose sharply, which meant that people making legitimate claims got paid relatively quickly. That stands in contrast with the Virginia Employment Commission's huge backlog, which must be run through a decades-old system. The state was finally upgrading its systems when the pandemic put that work on hold, leaving some laid-off people in financial limbo for several months.

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  • The 40-Year-Old System: How an upgrade could help the VEC solve payment problems

    June 01, 2021 |

    WTVR-TV |

    Broadcast TV News |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, South Carolina

    If Virginia taxpayers who lost their jobs in the pandemic want to understand why their unemployment insurance payments lagged for months and why they couldn't get the Virginia Employment Commission on the phone, they could look to South Carolina. In 2017 that state took advantage of a grant to upgrade its computer systems. It was able to process payments much more quickly, needed many fewer call-center staff, and could help South Carolinians take advantage of enhanced pandemic benefits much sooner. Virginia has struggled to upgrade is decades-old systems, which were overwhelmed with calls and claims.

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  • Covid-19 : comment retrouver l'odorat après avoir contracté la maladie ?

    June 01, 2021 |

    Franceinfo |

    Video |

    Under 3 Minutes

    Response Location: France

    Grâce à ce protocole de rééducation olfactives mis en place à Nice, 8 patients victimes du Covid sur 10 retrouvent l'odorat. Une rééducation qui passe par des rendez-vous avec un ORL mais aussi de l'orthophonie et des thérapies de groupe.

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  • The forgotten worker

    June 01, 2021 |

    The Real News Network |

    Video |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Homecare aides traditionally receive low wages in an industry with high turnover and great stress during the pandemic. Women of color typically care for their companies' elderly or disabled clients. Cooperative Homecare Associates started in 1985 as a worker-owned cooperative, to be run democratically. It is now the nation's largest co-op, with 2,000 employees, half of them owners. During the pandemic, it partnered with other co-op homecare companies to line up personal protective equipment supplies, one example of how it prioritizes worker safety and satisfaction over profit.

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  • Some U.S. states have higher vaccination rates inside prisons than outside.

    June 01, 2021 |

    The New York Times |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: United States, California

    Three state prison systems have vaccinated incarcerated people at far greater rates than in the general public thanks in part to educational meetings with experts that helped overcome natural distrust. In California and North Dakota, town-hall-type meetings gave incarcerated people opportunities to ask questions about safety. Kansas prisons gave incarcerated people priority in the vaccination program, and provided them and their families with information. Other possible factors increasing compliance included peer pressure and the ease of getting vaccinated within the prisons.

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  • Black Women Come Up Short On Funds And Food In COVID-19 Pandemic

    June 01, 2021 |

    Fierce for Black Women |

    Multi-Media |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    Village Minds was started by Natia Simone as a Facebook page to connect people in need of food and assistance, due to COVID-19 and grocery store closures after the protests following the murder of George Floyd. However, a broader issue of food insecurity led her to expand into a formal organization that has made more than 3,650 grocery deliveries. A partnership with a local produce store helps fill bags with fresh food and a food pantry provides other staples. With the help of friends and family, Simone uses a rented U-Haul to deliver the groceries to seniors throughout Chicago.

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  • Free Wi-Fi, e-magazines, dial-a-story: Kansas City libraries' popular pandemic services

    June 01, 2021 |

    The Kansas City Beacon |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Kansas City, Missouri

    Digital library services in Kansas City were ramped up to serve patrons even as doors closed to visitors during the pandemic. Wi-Fi Hotspots were made available for downloading books, virtual story times for children were offered, and in addition to digital programs, services like dial-a-story were also offered over the phone for families without adequate internet service.

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