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  • Cash Cards For Syrian Refugees

    November 20, 2016 |

    BBC |

    Podcast |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: Lebanon, Beqaa Valley

    In a creative twist, Syrian refugees are being given cash cards to spend as they wish rather than being given food boxes or in-kind donations. Agencies and refugees themselves say that it gives them dignity and choice, which are important in the survival process. It was also much more efficient and cheaper to distribute money than buying food. This podcast cites a study done to prove its efficacy, talks to a couple refugee families, and notes that results could vary from country to country.

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  • Victims of violence finding new hope in hospitals

    November 19, 2016 |

    Detroit Free Press |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

    Across the country, hospitals are embracing intensive intervention programs to help victims of violence — including those who have criminal histories — after they have been brought in for treatment of injuries. Such programs can help prevent retaliation, reduce the chance a patient will be violently injured again, and put people on track for success.

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  • Between Opportunity and Frustration As a Refugee In Uganda

    November 16, 2016 |

    Vice |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Uganda, Kampala

    Uganda's open policy allows refugees to start a new life – and even a new business. But not all of them thrive due to governmental restrictions and limited cash flow.

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  • In Bid to Build Trust, New York City Adds Victims' Allies in All Precincts

    October 26, 2016 |

    The New York Times |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Victims of crime suffer a myriad of issues and there haven't been systems in place to support them. 'Safe Horizon' has developed a program to put advocates in each precinct in New York to work with the victims and help provide services.

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  • Health officials are trying to curtail violence by treating trauma, but the people who need help most are not seeking it

    July 16, 2016 |

    The Baltimore Sun |

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    Response Location: United States, Baltimore, Maryland

    Baltimore and other cities saw an increase in violence and individuals repeatedly ending up in the hospital with serious injuries, which mass jailing did not solve, leading to the creation of Shock Trauma's Violence Intervention program. This program's specialist-Ross assesses and tries to convince victims of violence to enter the program which helps them deal with their past trauma in order not to retaliate and instigate more violence, for those who engage in the program it is quite successful.

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  • Pathways to Peace: In Philadelphia, a dealer becomes a healer

    June 07, 2016 |

    Cleveland.com (The Plain Dealer) |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Healing Hurt People (HHP), the program that helped save his life, now employs men like Jermaine McCorey - men who used to be a part of a violent life on the streets of Philadelphia - to reach out to boys and young men in the emergency department and help get them through empathy and personalized support. HHP's goal is to help young people recognize the role trauma has played in shaping their lives, to respect and honor their experience and to help them avoid fueling the cycle of violence.

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  • Pathways to Peace: Philadelphia's Healing Hurt People helps violence victims recover

    June 07, 2016 |

    Cleveland.com (The Plain Dealer) |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    The Healing Hurt People program, or HHP, is an ER-based violence intervention program that works on the public health-based notion that violence - like other diseases that spread - can be prevented. It targets services to those at highest risk, patients like those in Philadelphia, who are being treated for violent injuries in the city's emergency rooms. Unlike other programs, it recognizes and attempts to heal the underlying emotional trauma that results from, and often predates, violent injury.

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  • Pathways to Peace: Healing Hurt People's small victories in Philly may translate to Cleveland

    June 07, 2016 |

    Cleveland.com (The Plain Dealer) |

    Multi-Media |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Victims of violence that end up in the emergency room can return within two years with more injuries because of retaliation efforts. Philadelphia’s Healing Hurt People is a hospital-based violence intervention program that assists individuals who need medical care and mental health services. The hospital and social work collaboration helps reduce emergency room costs.

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  • Drones Marshaled to Drop Lifesaving Supplies Over Rwandan Terrain

    April 04, 2016 |

    The New York Times |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Half Moon Bay, California

    Zipline, a start-up based in California, raised $18 million and partnered with the small African country to shuttle packages of blood and emergency medicine.

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  • New Haven police's approach aids children of violence

    February 27, 2016 |

    Corpus Christi Caller Times |

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    Response Location: United States, New Haven, Connecticut

    Partnering cops and clinicians has led to a cultural change in New Haven's police department. Their definition of a victim extends past the person with physical injuries in order to help children from violence-stricken households, a more comprehensive approach.

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