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  • The Blight-Fighting Solution for Saving 40,000 Detroiters From Eviction

    November 09, 2015 |

    Next City |

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    Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

    Loveland Technologies is finding creative uses for data that will help protect people’s properties and disseminate better information about local tax and foreclosure policies. Funded by angel investors as well as nonprofit organizations, Loveland Technologies has already succeeded with clever campaigns to educate the public. It also initiated Motor City Mapping to create an information-sharing space for residents, service providers, and local governments.

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  • In 5 Minutes, He Lets the Blind See

    November 07, 2015 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Nepal, Hetauda, Central Region

    In the past, people in poor countries who became blind due to cataracts often had no hope of improvement because of the high costs of treatment. Nepalese ophthalmologist, Sanduk Ruit, perfected a cheap and effective cataract removal technique which allows his patients to see again.

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  • Lessons learned about lead poisoning brought home

    October 25, 2015 |

    Cleveland.com (The Plain Dealer) |

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    Response Location: United States, Cleveland, Ohio

    Lead poisoning is not purely a problem of the poor - it can affect any child living in an older home, or playing on contaminated soil. New solutions journalism efforts aim to increase transparency about the risks and to help parents decide whether their children should be tested.

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  • Study: New Haven's Project Longevity shows positive results

    October 24, 2015 |

    New Haven Register |

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    Response Location: United States, New Haven, Connecticut

    Project Longevity, a program aimed at reducing violence by gang and group members, has had a positive impact in reducing shootings and homicides in New Haven, according to a study by Yale University sociologists.

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  • This Solution To Poverty In Slums Needs To Be Rapidly Replicated

    October 21, 2015 |

    Forbes |

    Multi-Media |

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    Response Location: South Africa, Port Elizabeth

    In South Africa, the extreme gap between rich and poor is the root cause of cyclical poverty, and those living in slums face particularly high barriers to education, healthcare, and quality of life. The Ubuntu Education Fund is using a comprehensive approach that includes sustainable investment in community leadership and infrastructure, a cradle-to-career household stability service, and a dexterous, community oriented approach to helping break the cycle of poverty.

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  • Stopping Absenteeism at the Age of 5

    October 16, 2015 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, New Britain, Connecticut

    Missing days at school, even when excusable, starts children on a pattern of falling behind. A new U.S. department of education initiative has districts tracking all absences, even in kindergarten, to identify and help kids with chronic absenteeism sooner.

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  • Participants Claim This Program Boosts Them out of Poverty. Should Other Cities Implement It?

    October 09, 2015 |

    NationSwell |

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    Response Location: United States, Memphis, Tennessee

    Family Rewards is a three-year program in Memphis, which aims to stop inter-generational poverty cycles. The program gives low income families funds that are conditional on bettering the next generation.

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  • Reducing emergency room use by targeting 'super utilizers'

    September 29, 2015 |

    The Baltimore Sun |

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    Response Location: United States, Baltimore, Maryland

    Residents who use a disproportionate amount of health care, or super utilizers, are a high cost for the system. A hospital in Baltimore is following the example of other hospitals and focusing on the underlying problems of super utilizers to reduce emergencies and save costs.

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  • Who Is Revolutionizing School Lunch?

    September 24, 2015 |

    Bright Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    The United States has rising childhood obesity and schools deal with kids who are picky. Through innovative school gardens and kid taste testing food, entrepreneurs across the nation are getting children to eat vegetables at school and love it.

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  • Cristo Rey high schools breed academic maturity by sending students into the workforce

    September 24, 2015 |

    Deseret News |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    Kids from low income families miss out on college prep conversations at home. A high school work study program in Chicago is helping these students succeed in college by connecting them with white collar professional mentors and experiences.

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