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  • Nonprofits join forces to provide ‘one-stop shop' for youth seeking housing, medical services

    October 09, 2019 |

    Philadelphia Gay News |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    In Philadelphia, an HIV-prevention group has partnered with another youth-focused social services organization to connect patients experiencing homeless or housing insecurity with appropriate resources. By offering wellness and housing services in one location, the partnership is making accessing help a lot easier for the vulnerable populations they serve.

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  • California community colleges work to solve housing for foster youths

    September 12, 2019 |

    EdSource |

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    Response Location: United States, California

    Several programs have cropped up throughout California to help former foster youth navigate what has been identified as the biggest challenge of aging out of the foster case system -- housing. NextUp and other initiatives at community colleges provide counseling and financial support to students who lack a built-in support network.

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  • Youth Villages Founder Patrick Lawler On Its Origin And Impact

    August 06, 2019 |

    Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB) |

    Radio |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Oregon

    Youth Villages, a nonprofit started in Tennessee over 30 years ago has helped improve the lives of children who face difficulties in their homes while saving money on the child welfare system. Instead of immediately removing children from their problematic homes, Youth Villages works on building relationships with the parents and providing in-home support services to both the parents and the children to ensure that they have a successful future. Additionally, the organization supports foster kids who age out of the system, and has managed to place many children back with their families securely.

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  • Counselors engage new parents before vaccine hesitancy hardens

    August 05, 2019 |

    STAT |

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    Response Location: Canada, Sherbrooke, Quebec

    In a handful of hospitals throughout Canada, vaccination counselors are helping to relieve new parents' trepidation toward infant and child vaccinations. By engaging in a "motivational interview" immediately before the child is born rather than waiting until the two-year check-up, doctors are finding that parents are increasingly willing to go through with the vaccinations as opposed to those who did not have an in-person conversation.

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  • Sacramento's Plan To Keep Black Children Alive Is Working — And LA Is Watching

    July 29, 2019 |

    LAist |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    Local officials in Los Angeles County are focusing efforts on leveling the playing field when it comes to health outcomes for infants across races. Although efforts are underway, there are several key takeaways that have worked in Sacramento – such as data analyzation, local community involvement, and culturally sensitive initiatives – that Los Angeles County could model.

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  • Sacramento Drop In Black Child Deaths Holds Lessons for LA

    July 29, 2019 |

    Southern California Public Radio (KPCC) |

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    Response Location: United States, Sacramento, California

    After launching an initiative aimed at reducing Black infant deaths, Sacramento County's success is now a model for other areas of California looking to make similar changes. Local officials joined with other community advocates and experts to analyze 20 years of data that showed specific disparities. They then created resources to addressing specific issues and empower residents in seven targeted neighborhoods throughout the county.

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  • How Southern Communities Tackle Summertime Food Scarcity

    July 17, 2019 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Mississippi

    Communities are creating networks to fill in food security gaps for children. In cities like Jackson, Mississippi, and Atlanta, Georgia, community groups, churches, and nonprofits are working to provide summer meals to children who rely on lunch programs during the school year. Closed schools create a barrier to resources for many families that depend on them. Organizations like Feeding America and the Georgia Nutritional Services draw from USDA Summer Food Service Program funding to address the shortfall in summertime support.

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  • Hunger takes no summer break: When school's out, the challenge is how to feed more kids

    July 10, 2019 |

    NBC News |

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    Response Location: United States, East Orange, New Jersey

    Mobile delivery increases the accessibility of summer meal programs for children who rely on food assistance during the school year. Across the country, multiple initiatives by local governments, schools, nonprofits, and faith-based organizations are working to extend participation in summer meal programs. Many of these programs receive support from the USDA, but additional grants have allowed organizations to extend their range of delivery, as have partnerships with food trucks and transportation services.

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  • Graduating from college still a struggle for many California foster youth

    July 01, 2019 |

    San Jose Mercury News |

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    Response Location: United States, California

    To address the difficulties foster youth face when trying to complete a college program, California has implemented a series of support mechanisms designed to increase the chances of graduation. From extending the cutoff age to receive services to 21 to priority registration for classes, studies are already showing success from these changes.

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  • Homes to Heal Trafficked Children

    June 19, 2019 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Miami, Florida

    Miami is home to a special type of child welfare program called CHANCE (Citrus Helping Adolescents Negatively Impacted by Commercial Exploitation) that is designed specifically for youth in foster care that have been trafficked. CHANCE has an intensive curriculum that educates foster parents and clinicians about child sex trafficking and child trauma, and families are only allowed to take in one child at a time so that they are prepared for the child's unique health needs. Studies done on the program have found that the youth have significant improvement in many emotional and mental categories.

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