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  • Record Heat Waves And Droughts Can't Dry Up This Native Garden In Phoenix

    October 10, 2022 |

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    Response Location: United States, Phoenix, Arizona

    To tend their urban garden in extreme heat, the healthcare clinic Native Health of Phoenix partners with two nonprofits, Keep Phoenix Beautiful and the Salt River Project, to use flood irrigation techniques built on Huhugam agricultural practices and canals. Every other week during the hottest months 1,600 gallons of water flow through the garden and drain out.

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  • Hurricane Ian Destroyed Their Homes. Algorithms Sent Them Money

    October 10, 2022 |

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    Response Location: United States, Florida

    A partnership between GiveDirectly and Google.org used artificial intelligence to identify Florida neighborhoods most in need of disaster relief after Hurricane Ian. It then sent them a smart phone notification to accept $700 cash assistance with no strings attached.

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  • How one small fire district doubled its staff amid critical first responder shortage

    October 10, 2022 |

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    Response Location: United States, Salem, Oregon

    To combat severe first responder shortages, fire departments in Oregon received state funding for a paid apprentice program in which recruits receive a livable wage while training to make the career a more attractive option.

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  • Effort aims to streamline services for Tucson crime survivors

    October 09, 2022 |

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    Response Location: United States, Richmond, California

    One-stop hubs that include multiple services and resources for survivors of family and interpersonal violence, like the one in Richmond, California, simplify the process for survivors and keep them from having to tell their stories over and over again.

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  • Southwest Florida works around Hurricane Ian ahead of November election

    October 07, 2022 |

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    Response Location: United States, Florida

    When Hurricane Michael hit the Florida Panhandle weeks before a general election in 2018, then-Gov. Rick Scott issued an executive order allowing counties to expand early voting and shift polling locations, with some opting for consolidated "voting supercenters." Though turnout in affected counties dropped by 7 percent, statewide turnout increased and election workers reported that some voters were even more motivated to get to the polls because of the disaster.

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  • UWindsor undergrad cuts research costs with DIY erosion sensors

    October 06, 2022 |

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    Response Location: Canada, Windsor, Ontario

    A student at Canada’s University of Windsor is creating DIY transducers, which are devices that measure wave pressure, to help researchers track shoreline erosion from water vessels in a larger area than they could afford to study otherwise.

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  • Community Schools Offer More Than Just Teaching

    October 06, 2022 |

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    Response Location: United States, Hartford, Connecticut

    Michael D. Fox elementary school is a community school, a school that coordinates with nonprofits, businesses, and other organizations to offer on-site services for families, such as a food and clothes pantry, a physician assistant, and a dental hygienist.

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  • New data shows success of Durham's guaranteed income program

    October 06, 2022 |

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    Response Location: United States, Durham, North Carolina

    Step Up Durham’s Guaranteed Basic Income Program gives 109 people who were formerly incarcerated $600 a month, no questions asked. The purpose of the monthly payments is to help people who may need extra assistance to meet their basic needs.

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  • With Recycled Wastes, This Non-profit organization is Reducing Drop-outs in Ogun

    October 06, 2022 |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Ogun State

    Securecycle is a nonprofit working to reduce the number of young students not attending school in Ogun State, Nigeria. The organization collects old jeans to turn into bags and finds students who are, or will likely, drop out of school to teach them bag production and give them a scholarship to finish primary school.

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  • Where will new teachers come from? Community colleges offer a path.

    October 06, 2022 |

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    Response Location: United States, Washington

    Teaching programs at community colleges allow people to earn teaching degrees at their convenience, around their schedule, and for cheaper than university programs. These programs are helping to reduce the teacher shortage in the states they are available.

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