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Bringing a Veterans Treatment Court to Sedgwick County

Carly Willis

May 10, 2021 |

KSNW-TV |

Broadcast TV News |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Wichita, Kansas

Kansas' only veterans treatment court started small, but it has proved the concept to Sedgwick County officials who want to copy its success. Veterans courts provide treatment in lieu of conviction and punishment for veterans charged generally with non-violent, less-serious offenses. The costs are much lower than for incarceration, with greater benefits to the defendants. National statistics show a 14% recidivism rate, much lower than for the criminal justice system overall. In Johnson County, 41 veterans have gone through the 18-month program; none have reoffended.

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What to Do With Piles of Plastic Waste?

Breanna Draxler, Tonderayi Mukeredzi, Madalitso Wills Kateta, Natasha Chassagne

May 10, 2021 |

Yes! Magazine |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: Malawi, Lilongwe

From collecting plastic to transforming it into infrastructure, communities all over the world are implementing solutions to tackle the growing amount of plastic waste. In Malawi, women are separating garbage from plastic and creating new products like fire briquettes, doormats, and organic compost that they can sell to others. A town in Tasmania turned their plastic waste into a road made of recycled asphalt that is expected to last 15 percent longer than regular asphalt. And Zimbabwe is employing youth to recycle plastic into eco-friendly construction materials.

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Sun Peaks' potential journey to economic sustainability

Joel Barde

May 10, 2021 |

Sun Peaks Independent News |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Canada, Whistler, British Columbia

Whistler, Canada, has taken specific steps to work towards economic sustainability. Those measures include affordable housing for workers, a year-round tourism model, and amenities that contribute to a high quality of life for residents. Whistler has created a model that Sun Peaks, British Columbia, could benefit from implementing as well.

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Program in Oregon provides blueprint for San Diego mental health services

Jared Aarons

May 10, 2021 |

KGTV-TV |

Broadcast TV News |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: United States, San Diego, California

As San Diego County ramps up its CAHOOTS copycat – a mental health crisis response that sends specialists other than police to non-violent calls, similar to the long-running exemplar in Eugene, Oregon – it's beginning to see positive results: 34 calls since January, with only one needing police. But it probably needs to change how people can ask for its help. The San Diego Mobile Crisis Response Team has a phone number separate from the 911 system. Eugene's police chief says calls to 911 in Eugene offer help from police, fire, or CAHOOTS, a persistent and explicit reminder to the public of the alternative.

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Meet Ontario's small-town vaccine hunter

Nick Dunne

May 10, 2021 |

TVO |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Canada, Foleyet, Ontario

A nursing station in Foleyet, Ontario has remodeled its annual flu outreach as part of a campaign to help those who have had trouble scheduling their Covid vaccination appointments. Similar efforts are underway in other remote and rural parts of Ontario, which has helped most of these areas remain on par with the larger region's vaccination rate.

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Would better policing reduce gun violence in Philly like it has in Camden?

Roxanne Patel Shepelavy

May 10, 2021 |

The Philadelphia Citizen |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Camden, New Jersey

For a city like Philadelphia, with rising violence and a lack of community trust in the police, Camden and Newark serve as examples of the positive changes that come about when outside forces impose the kinds of reforms that the community seeks. After significant makeovers, both cities' police departments have earned greater trust by being more effective and less brutal. Crime is down and police use less force, including not a single police shooting in Newark in 2020. The lesson in both cities: community involvement in crime reduction is key, but better policing also must be a part of the response.

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Local School Lunch Program Expands To Continue Feeding Children During Pandemic

Iris Hersey

May 10, 2021 |

Grady Newsource |

Video |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Georgia

Georgia schools provided lunches for students participating in virtual learning through curbside pickup or delivered food to their homes with school buses during the pandemic.

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Failure to Thrive: NYC's $100 Million ‘Diversion Centers' for Mentally Ill Sit Empty or Barely Used

Greg B. Smith, Reuven Blau

May 09, 2021 |

The City |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, New York, New York

Despite committing hundreds of millions of dollars to programs that make New York City's emergency response to mental health crises less punitive, a pattern of over-promising and under-delivering, plus pandemic snarls, kept the programs from getting off to an effective start. Two "diversion centers" where police could bring people in crisis, as alternatives to jail or hospital emergency rooms, either sit empty or have served only a tiny number of people. A program to send counselors with police on calls never got off the ground. In its place is a non-policing team that is having trouble recruiting EMTs.

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Free beer offer results in more vaccinations than all Erie County first-dose clinics last week

Sandra Tan

May 08, 2021 |

The Buffalo News |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Buffalo, New York

In Erie County, New York, residents are receiving a free drink along with their Covid vaccine as part of a program that aims to encourage those who have been on the fence about getting vaccinated. Although it is not believed that the incentive will attract enough people for the community to reach herd immunity, it has attracted significantly more young adults than the first-shot clinics have so far.

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Amid pandemic, uninsured patients benefiting from emergence of telemedicine

Nate Morabito

May 08, 2021 |

WCNC-TV |

Broadcast TV News |

Under 3 Minutes

Response Location: United States, North Carolina

As COVID-19 forced some low cost and free clinics to use telemedicine to treat patients it became clear that it was an efficient and convenient way to reduce unnecessary trips to the emergency room and meet the immediate health needs of people with chronic health problems. The clinics can treat more patients and no-show rates decline substantially. While internet and smartphone access are long-term barriers that need to be overcome, 46 charitable clinics across the state are using telemedicine platforms to deliver care to uninsured patients.

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