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  • Can't Pay Your Rent? ‘Lawtech' Is Here to Help.

    September 18, 2020 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    Soon after the federal government imposed a second moratorium on evictions, SixFifty, a tech firm, released Hello Landlord, a mobile app for tenants to generate a legally compliant form letter invoking the law with their landlords to block a threatened eviction. In the first nine days after its release, the app was used by more than 200 people. The free service is an example of what's called lawtech: technology giving access to legal information to individuals and small businesses. Hello Landlord asks 19 questions that serve to automate what a tenant's lawyer might do – if only the tenant could afford one.

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  • Teen-run project provides virtual activities, tutoring for kids during the pandemic

    September 18, 2020 |

    KXAN-TV |

    Broadcast TV News |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, Texas

    Two teens from Los Angeles created a tutoring program to help supplement education during the pandemic, called the “Covid NineTeen Project.” The project is entirely teen run, from the creators to the mentors. More than 250 tutors provide service to more than 800 elementary schools across 11 countries. “If we were able to achieve this as teenagers in our community, this is something that you can set up on the local level in your community, as well."

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  • Public Health Workers Stand Behind Contact Tracing

    September 18, 2020 |

    QNotes Carolinas |

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    Response Location: United States, North Carolina

    The Carolina Community Tracing Collaborative (CCTC) is the first statewide coordinated care network that contact traces new COVID-19 cases and electronically connects people to community resources. Investigators interview newly diagnosed patients, provide information about appropriately isolating, and identify people who were potentially exposed, all of whom are also contacted and connected to resources. Information is entered into a secure online system at each stage and individuals are followed up with. It is not clear that CCTC has successfully tracked the origins of many widespread COVID-19 infections.

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  • No WiFi at home? One Virginia school district has a creative solution for students

    September 18, 2020 |

    WAVY-TV |

    Broadcast TV News |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Suffolk, Virginia

    A school district in Virginia has implemented a two-prong solution to provide internet access to rural students during the pandemic. The indoor solution allows students to make appointments to be inside the school to access the internet. The outside solution, equipping three schools in the district with equipment to boost their Wi-Fi signals, allowing students who can’t make indoor appointments a way to access the Wi-Fi. “We just took advantage of something that was already happening in the district."

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  • Rural school district creates free internet service to keep students connected

    September 18, 2020 |

    KXAN-TV |

    Broadcast TV News |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Lockhart, Texas

    At least 40 percent, or 2,000, students from Lockhart ISD didn’t have access to reliable internet. To address the issue, the school district built seven towers. They also installed antennas on individual homes so they can receive the signals from the towers. As a result, 1,300 students got connected. “This is about equity,” Estrada said. “Every one of our Lockhart Lions needs to have access to the opportunities they deserve to grow and truly thrive.”

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  • Learning pods can make educational inequities worse. Here's a better way to create one

    September 18, 2020 |

    KXAN-TV |

    Broadcast TV News |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Austin, Texas

    As a result of the pandemic, some families find themselves turning to learning pods, a sort of alternative school where students can be looked over and mentored while they attend remote classes. Working parents find themselves turning to pods as a solution. At their worse, they can exacerbate social inequities. Affluent families can pay for expensive pods with private tutors. In Austin, one pod is trying to be more accessible. “Some of them pay me, and some of them we’re more on a work-trade,” Perkins said. “We all help each other.”

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  • Mail-ballot security in Montana: Verification, tracking, secrecy and counting

    September 17, 2020 |

    Missoula Current |

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    Response Location: United States, Montana

    The majority of Montana voters have voted by mail for the past several elections without issues. Officials use several precautions that have successfully prevented fraud in the state. Each voter receives a postage-paid envelope with a unique bar code, and the ballot is placed in a “secrecy envelope” that is returned in the larger envelope, which is signed by the voter. Officials, who are trained in signature-matching, check each envelope and if there is a problem with the signature they reach out to voters, who are given a chance to fix the problem. Because of this, less than 1% of all ballots are rejected.

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  • Com uso de aplicativo e posto de saúde, aldeia indígena no Xingu registra zero mortes por covid-19

    September 17, 2020 |

    El País |

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    Response Location: Brazil, Mato Grosso

    Indígenas da aldeia Ipatse adaptaram um aplicativo para rastrear casos suspeitos de Covid-19, inauguraram a própria unidade de saúde com cilindros de oxigênio e contrataram médico e enfermeira com dinheiro de doações. Até setembro de 2020, quando a reportagem foi publicada, não havia nenhum óbito causado pela Covid-19.

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  • La Fundación Sunnyside ayuda a familias de sus estudiantes a pagar la renta y cubrir gastos en la pandemia

    September 17, 2020 |

    La Estrella de Tucsón |

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    Response Location: United States, Tucson, Arizona

    La Fundacion Sunnyside, una organizacion sin fines de lucro, ha logrado recaudar recursos para ayudar a las familias de estudiantes del distrito escolar con necesidad economica durante la pandemia. Los servicios incluyen asistencia monetaria para pagar recibos de luz, agua, gas, necesidades basicas y pagos de vivienda. La fundacion ha logrado distribuir casi $22,000 entre 27 familias.

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  • Pa. Supreme Court halts Philly criminal trials streamed on YouTube over possible harassment

    September 17, 2020 |

    The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia Media Network) |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia criminal trials were broadcast live on a public YouTube channel to provide for public access to the courts during the pandemic shutdown, but the practice was halted over a complaint by prosecutors that this means of public access created opportunities for harassment and intimidation of victims, witnesses, and defendants. Responding to an emergency petition by the Philadelphia district attorney, the state Supreme Court halted the YouTube broadcasts. Prosecutors said they will explore alternatives including private Zoom calls and closed-circuit feeds.

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