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  • Dallas PD Expands Controversial, Though Successful, Mental Health Response Program

    October 06, 2021 |

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    Response Location: United States, Dallas, Texas

    Dallas' Rapid Integrated Group Healthcare Team dispatches clinicians and social workers with police to 911 calls for mental health crises. Within two days, the team follows up to make sure people received the services they need. In its first three years, the area of the city using the program saw 60% fewer arrests and 20% fewer emergency-room visits among people in mental health crises. Critics argue that the presence of police can needlessly escalate such crises, but the city is sticking with the co-responder model and spending millions to expand the program.

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  • Lauko klasės, atskirti mokinių srautai ir testavimas – Vilniaus mokykla išmoko pandemijos pamokas

    October 05, 2021 |

    Lithuanian Radio and Television (LRT) |

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    Response Location: Lithuania, Vilnius

    Per COVID-19 pandemiją privati Demokratinė mokykla viena pirmųjų Lietuvoje sugrąžino vaikus į klases ir sugebėjo užtikrinti itin mažą sergamumą. Mokyklos bendruomenei tai pavyko perkeliant dalį ugdymo į lauko klases, reguliuojant vaikų srautus ir plačiai taikant testavimą. Ar gali Demokratinės mokyklos pandemijos valdymo strategija būti pritaikyta ir kitose Lietuvos mokyklose?

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  • Why bother? Greater Cleveland's youth rise to the task of local civic engagement

    October 05, 2021 |

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    Response Location: United States, Cleveland, Ohio

    Cleveland high school students created votecle.com, a website that centralizes information about local elections. A political alignment survey on the site assesses users’ opinions on important political issues to match them with local candidates. The group focuses outreach on drop-off voters, people who reliably vote in national elections but not local ones. These voters tend to be younger, on average, and cite a lack of information about local candidates and issues as the main reason for not voting. After creating the website, the group got a grant from Cleveland Votes to continue engaging young voters.

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  • Tucson police chief says mental health workers in 911 center would ensure callers get the right response

    October 05, 2021 |

    Arizona Daily Star |

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    Response Location: United States, Mesa, Arizona

    In 2019, Mesa police began diverting calls about suicide threats to a crisis line, where trained mental health professionals could provide counseling or dispatch a mobile crisis unit. Then they placed mental health professionals side by side with police dispatchers to triage 911 calls on the spot. Police now handle many fewer suicide-related crises, saving the city money and giving people more appropriate care. In Tucson, a mobile crisis team operates more independently from police. After two social workers were abducted at gunpoint by a man in crisis, the police chief argued to adopt the Mesa model.

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  • Red Flag Laws Are Saving Lives. They Could Save More.

    October 05, 2021 |

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    Response Location: United States

    Nineteen states and the District of Columbia have enacted red-flag laws, most of them since the 2018 Parkland, Fla., school shooting. The laws, also called extreme risk protection order laws, allow law enforcement officials or family members to petition courts to confiscate guns from people deemed a danger to themselves or others. Use of the laws has grown and advocates say they have saved lives. But the growth has been slow, largely because of widespread ignorance of the laws among the public and even police. Some states have begun to fund education and training campaigns to rectify that.

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  • As eviction crisis looms, this Detroit group is clamoring for tenants to organize

    October 05, 2021 |

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    Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

    Detroit Eviction Defense is fighting evictions and helps tenants and homeowners remain housed. The grassroots organization is dealing with an increasing number of eviction notices.

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  • Jharkhand's solar pump scheme aims to improve lives of farmers by increasing irrigation potential

    October 04, 2021 |

    Mongabay |

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    Response Location: India, Jharkhand

    In India, small farmers face limited access to irrigation. However, a state-run program, which gives them access to solar powered pumps, is alleviating their problems. Not only is it better for their crops, increasing their income, but it's also better for the environment. The solar-powered pumps provide a clean energy option, rather than relying on diesel-powered pumps.

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  • Austin wants to be a model of modern policing, but the future remains unclear

    October 04, 2021 |

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    Response Location: United States, Austin, Texas

    After years of inaction on police reform measures, Austin city leaders raced to restructure and cut resources from the city's police department after the 2020 nationwide social justice protests followed close on the heels of another in a series of controversial police shootings in Austin. By freezing hiring of new officers and shifting $140 million to other agencies, the city was among the biggest cities making the earliest, boldest moves to reform policing. A year later, a severe shortage of patrol officers and rising violence has sparked a new round of debate about where the city goes from here.

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  • In Big Sky, New Affordable Housing Program Pays Property Owners to Rent to Locals

    October 04, 2021 |

    Jackson Hole Community Radio (KHOL) |

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    Response Location: United States, Big Sky, Montana

    A local initiative in this Montana town is attempting to alleviate the housing and labor shortages. Homeowners are given a financial incentive to rent to locals who work in the area. The Big Sky Community Housing Trust helps homeowners find renters and identify an appropriate price point for their unit. For a two-year commitment of renting to a local worker, homeowners receive $14,500.

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  • Is Denver's Psilocybin Decriminalization Having An Impact?

    October 04, 2021 |

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    Response Location: United States, Denver, Colorado

    Since Denver voters approved the decriminalization of the natural psychedelic drug psilocybin, the small number of arrests grew even smaller and one supporter of the policy sees growing interest in the therapeutic use of the drug. Even though supporters admit the policy has not made a big impact, it has influenced other cities and states to move in the same direction. Denver's policy was at the vanguard of what appears to be a pro-psychedlic movement in both legal and health policy.

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