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Young Atlantans Get a Jump-Start to Tech Jobs

Cassandra Maddox

August 11, 2016 |

Next City |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Atlanta, Georgia

A successful entrepreneur in Atlanta created a training program for high school graduates between 18-24 to encourage coding proficiency and professional development. The year-long program, called Code Start, gives each student a living stipend, facilitates meetings between students and tech companies, and offers classes on Java and other programs.

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New Jersey coalition could carry health care fix for New Mexico

Cody Hooks

August 04, 2016 |

The Taos News |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Camden, New Jersey

Improving health care with the patient’s goals in mind requires in-person consultations and a system that efficiently collects data from the patient’s medical history and treatment. The Camden Coalition Health Information provides a network of electronic medical records for each patient with data contributed from hospitals and labs. The Exchange also uses “health care hotspotting” to connect patients with services that have had success and offers in-person conversations to chart their progress.

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Two unsexy solutions to help Larimer County's homeless

Sarah Jane Kyle

August 03, 2016 |

Coloradoan |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Fort Collins, Colorado

Two Northern Colorado counties and Fort Collins, especially, face high levels of homelessness, many of whom are veterans, though it's not for a lack of organizations; rather, a lack of coordination among veterans' service groups, state and federal welfare departments, and homelessness-prevention groups has stymied effective solutions to decreasing the homeless population. Yet a state-supported group, Homeward 2020, has implemented both a data management system and housing placement accountability program among the various homeless service providers, and with its low-cost model of boosting collaboration showing success in Weld and Larimer counties, it is now preparing to move to other regions across the state.

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Putting Low-Wage Workers' Rights, Legal Help On Your Smartphone's Homescreen

Johnny Magdaleno

August 01, 2016 |

Next City |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Oakland, California

Low wage workers are very likely to have their rights violated. To support them in an accessible and efficient way WorkersReport was created as an app to help workers report and track violations as well as get in touch with the right support.

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How 3D printing can save lives

Poppy McPherson

July 14, 2016 |

The New Humanitarian (formerly IRIN) |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Cambodia, Phnom Penh

Due to the inaccessibility of inactive munitions to provide hands-on de-activation experience to security experts, training individuals is difficult. Inactive munitions cannot be shipped to other countries, thus other methods have been explored. A military disposal technician, Allen Tan, created a 3D printing technology that can now create replicas of multiple bomb models. Plans can now be transmitted online and printed in 3D anywhere in the world for study.

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Blockchain: the answer to life, the universe and everything?

Alex Hern

July 07, 2016 |

The Guardian |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United Kingdom, London

The technology world, plagued by a lack of privacy and security, is looking for solutions. To increase trustworthiness of computers, transactions, and pretty much anything online, blockchain is being used all around the world. While blockchain was first used by the cryptocurrency Bitcoin, it is now being used in such diverse ways as to track business products, trade in the stock market, and support musical collaboration. Blockchain's applications are continuing to grow and spread.

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A Brooklyn Museum App Encourages Visitors to Ask Questions

Seph Rodney

July 06, 2016 |

Hyperallergic |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, New York, New York

Visitors to the Brooklyn Museum can now use the Ask App, a messaging service that provides a way to ask questions and get recommendations about museum holdings in real time from art historians on staff.

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Finland is really good at stopping bullying. Here's how they're doing it.

James Gaines

July 01, 2016 |

Upworthy |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: Finland

Finland is tackling bullying with a national prevention program known as KiVa. In addition to classroom lessons and other resources, the program uses computer games to teach kids what they can do if they see bullying in progress.

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#SeaHomeless: Finding affordable, innovative ways to harness technology to combat homelessness

Lisa Stiffler

June 29, 2016 |

GeekWire |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

The homeless population in Seattle is in a crisis of high proportions, with people facing a myriad of challenges. Different organizations have started to better integrate technology such as social media in addressing some of these issues, transitioning away from the paper-heavy systems may hold them back from maximum efficiency in their mission and leveraging digital tools to better reach those in need.

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In Alameda County, A Big Data Effort To Prevent Frequent ER Visits

Jenny Gold

June 22, 2016 |

Kaiser Health News |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

ER staff often have no idea they are sharing patients with other hospitals just a mile away. So they treat those patients completely independently, often repeating tests unnecessarily, assigning them multiple case managers when only one is needed and offering contradictory advice. In Alameda County, hospitals are now sharing patient records of “super-users” to save money and avoid duplicating medical treatment.

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