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  • Hefty cigarette taxes cut smoking big-time. But there's a downside for children

    September 20, 2023 |

    Los Angeles Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    First 5 — a group of public agencies created by California’s Proposition 10 tobacco tax — provide funding for preschools, homeless family housing, pediatric dental and mental health care and infant-mother home visits to help parents in need. Home visit groups funded by First 5, like Welcome Baby, serve more than 15,000 families a year and provide necessary supplies like cribs and car seats as well as check-ins for child development.

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  • The Guaranteed Income Program That's Helping Black Moms – and Trying to Change the World

    September 20, 2023 |

    The Story Exchange |

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    Response Location: United States, Jackson, Mississippi

    In Jackson, Mississippi, the nonprofit-run Magnolia Mother’s Trust is a guaranteed income program providing a no-strings-attached monthly stipend of $1,000 to Black mothers living in affordable housing to help them combat poverty.

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  • Everyone dies. End-of-life doulas can help us process it

    August 26, 2023 |

    Sentinel Source (The Keene Sentinel) |

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    Response Location: United States, Monadnock Region, New Hampshire

    End-of-life doulas, or death doulas, are non-medical aides that help guide people through the process of dying. Death doulas provide various forms of support to dying people and their families like death planning and listening to grieving loved ones. The National End-of-Life Doula Alliance currently has more than 1,500 members worldwide, a 300-person increase from 2019 when the nonprofit was formed.

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  • Chicago gave 20 schools more funding to become community hubs. Can the city scale up the model?

    July 31, 2023 |

    Chalkbeat |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    Chicago’s Sustainable Community Schools initiative provides additional funding to high-poverty campuses to support after-school and summer programs, improve parent and student engagement, and provide better access to social support. National studies show that the model can help improve attendance, academic performance, and students’ sense of belonging, though some Chicago schools have struggled to work effectively with nonprofit partners.

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  • A Closely Knitted Community Creating Safe Space for Deaf Persons in Lagos

    July 18, 2023 |

    BONews |

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    Response Location: Nigeria

    One Nigerian religious center offers a safe space where the hearing impaired can use sign language to communicate and build community. The Christian Mission for the Deaf Church’s members feel empowered through dance, music, and worship, while children of deaf adults build skills and friendship.

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  • When cerebral palsy is not a death sentence

    June 26, 2023 |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Umuahia, Abia

    The Straight Child Foundation works to increase the quality of care provided to children with cerebral palsy and their families. The Foundation has provided physiotherapy and speech therapy to about 35 children with CP and has provided 20 wheelchairs specifically designed for those with CP. The Foundation also hosts yearly camps where CP patients can connect and interact with healthcare workers and other people with CP.

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  • Mr. Dad's Father's Club Aims to Build Up Chicago's Youth

    June 22, 2023 |

    The Trace |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    Mr. Dad’s Father’s Club mentors local youth to nurture their social and emotional well-being, making them better equipped to handle the world around them. The Club also provides mentorships for fathers, helping them learn how to be more present in their children’s lives as research indicates the presence of positive role models can make youth more resilient when exposed to violent or negative environments. There are currently over 150 fathers who volunteer for events with the Club.

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  • In Minneapolis, three-fourths of kids with elevated levels of lead are children of color. These workers are trying to do something about that.

    June 13, 2023 |

    Sahan Journal |

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    Response Location: United States, Minneapolis, Minnesota

    The Minneapolis City Health Department Health Homes team does community outreach in the neighborhoods with the highest elevated lead levels. Team members visit homes to inform parents about the dangers of lead, direct them to helpful resources, and test kids’ lead levels to help prevent long-term effects. If a house is deemed at risk of lead exposure, the team will inspect it and provide recommendations on how to eliminate the risk.

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  • Protecting children and healing families, one Native auntie at a time

    May 24, 2023 |

    The Imprint |

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    Response Location: Luiseño, United States, San Diego, California

    My Two Aunties assists Indigenous families to help keep children out of foster care. The group provides parenting support and education, seeks to build relationships between families and their culture and also works to repair intergenerational trauma that can lead to creating an unsafe environment for children. In 2022, the program served 97 families and held 411 parenting classes and interest in the program is continuously growing.

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  • Un programa que ayuda a padres latinos a navegar el sistema educativo de Arizona como líderes y defensores de sus hijos

    May 19, 2023 |

    Arizona Luminaria |

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    Response Location: United States, Arizona

    Padres están recibiendo atención y apoyo especializados gracias al “Parent Educator Academy,” un programa de All In Education, que ayuda a los padres latinos en Arizona a navegar por un sistema educativo complejo y defender a sus hijos en la escuela. El programa se encuentra ahora en su quinta cohorte y ha atendido a padres de más de 30 escuelas en tres condados.

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