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  • Wichita's homeless providers navigate congregate living in age of social distancing

    June 09, 2021 |

    The Wichita Eagle |

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    Response Location: United States, Wichita, Kansas

    Wichita secured $850,376 of federal grant money through the CARES Act, which it is distributing to homeless shelters and other organizations that work with people experiencing homelessness to slow the spread of COVID-19. Local providers connect with each other to share their best practices for stopping the virus, including taking temperatures, mandatory hand-washing, and mask wearing, and making sure that beds meet social distancing guidelines. None of their clients in homeless shelters have tested positive so far.

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  • Recovered Covid Patients Send Their Leftover Meds to Those in Need

    June 08, 2021 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: India, Mumbai

    Volunteers with India’s Meds For More initiative (MFM) collect leftover unused medications from recovered Covid-19 patients by canvassing their apartment buildings, offices, student clubs, schools, and other locations. Once collected, MFM distributes them to NGOs licensed to work in the health sector, who transport the medicines to marginalized communities in urban and rural areas. Medical professionals sort and pack the medicines and give them to local hospitals and health care centers, who distribute them to patients. The success of the program has inspired similar initiatives in several other cities.

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  • The Shot And A Shave: Inside A COVID-19 Vaccination Clinic At A Nashua Barbershop

    June 08, 2021 |

    New Hampshire Public Radio |

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    Response Location: United States, Nashua, New Hampshire

    Community health workers are engaging small business owners to host local COVID-19 vaccination clinics. These smaller clinics, like La Fama 2 Barbershop, are effective because of the strength of interpersonal relationships. At the barber shop, the atmosphere is relaxed and the owner knows the needs of his customers. To make the information and vaccines accessible to the local Latino community, the clinic held Saturday afternoon hours and community health workers were present with information in Portuguese and Spanish. It helps for friends and families to get vaccinated together, among people they trust.

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  • Some Minnesota school districts made changes to grading systems during pandemic to help protect GPAs, they may not go back

    June 06, 2021 |

    The Bemidji Pioneer |

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    Response Location: United States, St. Paul, Minnesota

    In St. Paul, Minnesota, the St. Paul school district switched from a letter grade structure to a pass/fail system. A trend that was seen across other districts in the states. The move came after the pandemic resulted in an increase in students failing classes across the district and was part of a “do no harm” philosophy. Data shows the change helped some students and some said they felt more supported. The move is part of a larger effort the district is trying to prevent students from failing like credit recovery.

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  • How Philadelphia escaped disaster in the face of a dozen shuttered maternity wards

    June 04, 2021 |

    WHYY |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    A large number of hospital closures pushed the remaining obstetrics chiefs to work together to maintain safe and accessible maternity care, especially for low-income and English as a second language community members. The consortium shared best practices and established easily transferrable common electronic medical records. Hospitals triaged patients by needs and transferred them if needed, rather than prioritizing income generation and competition. Doctors practiced a “laborist” model where they were assigned to be on the labor and delivery floor rather than follow a particular caseload of patients.

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  • Mobile food pantry helping Hoosiers in need

    June 04, 2021 |

    WRTV-TV |

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    Response Location: United States, Indianapolis, Indiana

    A mobile food pantry is helping to increase food availability for those in the Indianapolis community. A 28-seat passenger bus was converted by Pro-Act Indy and turned into a food pantry, which takes the food to those who need it most, but who may not have the means to get to food banks.

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  • Community Ambassadors Are the Link to Toronto's Unvaccinated Populations

    June 04, 2021 |

    The Local |

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    Response Location: Canada, Toronto, Ontario

    Toronto’s Vaccine Engagement Teams Grant has awarded $5.5 million to community organizations in 140 neighborhoods to hire and train local ambassadors for vaccine outreach. Because the ambassadors share a lived experience with the communities, they can effectively identify the barriers people face. The on-the-ground effort includes sharing information, advocating for community needs, and helping people access services. The outreach focuses on people often overlooked by government services, such as unhoused people and people who do not speak English or have precarious immigration status.

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  • The Group Turning Religious Leaders into LGBTQ Rights Crusaders

    May 31, 2021 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: Kenya, Mombasa

    Persons Marginalized and Aggrieved in Kenya works with religious leaders over the course of many years to build empathy and understanding towards the LGBTQ community. Faith leaders are often not immediately aware of the goal, but PEMA’s continuous and carefully orchestrated engagement allows them to gradually build relationships, hear personal stories from real people, and learn to preach tolerance. PEMA has worked with 619 religious leaders, 246 of which are currently active, and runs a Training of Trainers program where “converted” religious leaders train their colleagues to increase LGBTQ acceptance.

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  • N.C. has vaccinated over 13,000 farmworkers. Advocates are making it happen.

    May 28, 2021 |

    Southerly |

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    Response Location: United States, North Carolina

    Because of coordinated partnerships between local governments, state health departments, and nonprofit groups, more and more farmworkers are receiving COVID-19 vaccinations. Through the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services Farmworker Health program and its partners, nearly 14,000 doses were administered to the farmworker community over two months. Advocates also have to dispel rumors and myths about the vaccines, but they are working to combat that misinformation and make it easier for them to get vaccinated.

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  • How Pennsylvania reached 70% vaccination goal quicker than most

    May 27, 2021 |

    WTVR-TV |

    Broadcast TV News |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Pennsylvania

    Pennsylvania at first lagged in its push to vaccinate its residents. But the state vaulted ahead in the race to vaccinate, collaborating with vaccine providers and the medical community to make vaccines easy to receive as demand waned. Tactics included opening clinics at schools, shopping centers, and other accessible places, and a series of Facebook Live events called "Vax Facts" to answer the questions of people hesitant to get vaccinated.

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