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  • NYC's summer work program for youth called a success, with 100K jobs filled

    August 17, 2022 |

    Chalkbeat |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    New York City’s Summer Youth Employment Program helps 14-to-24-year-olds find paid jobs through summer contracts with community organizations, and the city picks up the cost of their paychecks.

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  • Coombs camps show kids where to go

    August 17, 2022 |

    Jackson Hole News & Guide |

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    Response Location: United States, Jackson Hole, Wyoming

    The nonprofit Coombs Outdoors runs summer and winter camps for youth to experience and learn about the outdoors. The camps are in high demand because of the affordable price made possible by donor subsidies.

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  • Small-scale forest landowners gain foothold in U.S. carbon markets

    August 09, 2022 |

    Thomson Reuters Foundation |

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    Response Location: United States, New Hampshire

    The voluntary carbon market allows small-scale landowners to receive credits for reducing climate-changing emissions, which they can sell to corporations to offset their emissions. The carbon market has provided small landowners with other options to make money besides logging.

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  • A new way to pay for college

    August 05, 2022 |

    NPR |

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    Response Location: United States

    Income share agreements provide students a new way to pay for college. They receive the money they need by agreeing to give the school a percentage of their future earnings for a set number of years after graduation.

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  • Sale of Carbon Curbing Mangrove Loss Along Kenyan Coast

    July 22, 2022 |

    Science Africa |

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    Response Location: Kenya

    The Vanga Blue Forest group manages mangrove regrowth to conserve the plants, prevent deforestation, and sell carbon credits. These credits are purchased by individuals or companies to offset their carbon emissions by supporting a project limiting or eliminating emissions elsewhere.

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  • This deposit-free apartment plan could be life-changing for Philly renters

    July 18, 2022 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Rhino is a startup that partners with property owners to offer renters the option of paying the company a monthly fee instead of an upfront deposit. In exchange, Rhino insures the apartment against wear and tear damages. There is no approval process, Rhino covers anyone that a property owner approves to rent, but the renter’s employment status and credit score determine their monthly premium, which can be as little as $5 for a monthly rent of $1,000.

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  • Hawaii's System Of Public Funding For Elections Doesn't Work

    July 10, 2022 |

    Honolulu Civil Beat |

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    Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

    Seattle’s Democracy Voucher is an effective, yet underutilized, way to publicly fund political campaigns. The city sends four $25 vouchers to each registered voter, who chooses which candidates they want to receive their vouchers, and the city transfers the funds directly to the campaigns. Since the program started the number of donors increased and many candidates who successfully defeated incumbents had benefited from the program.

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  • The new labor market: No bachelor's required?

    July 08, 2022 |

    The Hechinger Report |

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    Response Location: United States

    Employers across the United States are dropping the bachelor’s degree requirement from job listings, but workers need an alternative way to build necessary skills. The nonprofit Social Finance helps workers take time for skills training with financial aid for things like child care, rent, and transportation.

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  • With Branded Pothole Repairs, Private Companies Make Their Mark on Johannesburg's Roads

    June 23, 2022 |

    Next City |

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    Response Location: South Africa, Johannesburg

    Two insurance companies, Discovery and Dialdirect, implemented a smartphone app for drivers to report potholes in their city. The companies then fill the potholes and brand them with their logos.

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  • Wrongful Convictions Lawyers Cash In by Targeting Insurers

    June 21, 2022 |

    Bloomberg |

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    Response Location: United States, Idaho Falls, Idaho

    The lawyers at Lathrop GPM created a strategy to settle civil rights claims by encouraging municipalities to use insurance money to pay settlements. The strategy helps inmates alleging bodily injury and wrongful conviction to recieve payouts and be absolved of their crimes without using taxpayer dollars.

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