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Redefining Success

Emily Dugdale

May 10, 2018 |

Honolulu Civil Beat |

Radio |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Hawaii

While Hawaii's Kamalani Academy tries to improve the school experience for and academic achievements of immigrant students from the Marshall Islands, it is looking to an unlikely place for inspiration: Springdale, Arkansas.

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A New Approach To Incarceration In The U.S.: Responsibility

Cristina Quinn

April 29, 2018 |

NPR |

Multi-Media |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Billerica, Massachusetts

To stop recidivism, the Middlesex House of Correction and Jail is replicating life on the outside for inmates while they are still in prison. Designed for 18 to 24-year-olds, the program removes some aspects of prison life, such as constant surveillance and locked doors, and supports participants as they manage increasing responsibilities and obligations.

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Police in Illinois Are Helping Substance Abusers Get Into Rehab Instead of Arresting Them

Bill Myers

April 18, 2018 |

Juvenile Justice Information Exchange |

Text |

Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, Dixon, Illinois

Dixon is the second police department in the United States to stop jailing drug addicts and start helping them check into rehab centers instead. “We’re changing the way law enforcement views addiction — to see it as a disease, not a crime,” says Police Detective Jeff Ragan. At least 267 people have gone through the Safe Passage program so far, some multiple times, but the program seems to be working. Residential burglaries, retail thefts, and drug arrests have dropped.

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Reach Up: how a Jamaican early childhood intervention swept the world

Thomas Graham

April 12, 2018 |

Apolitical |

Text |

1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Jamaica, Kingston

Play encourages early childhood development. Reach Up sends doctors and nurses to show mothers in poverty, who are often overburdened in trying to lessen other disadvantages for their children, how to play with their children. The success of this Reach Up has led many countries to scale the program, bringing its own unique challenges.

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Life After ‘The Life': Putting Families Back Together After Children are Trafficked

Sara Tiano

April 11, 2018 |

The Chronicle of Social Change |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Davis, California

A class designed by UC Davis researchers is helping parents of sex-trafficked kids and teens learn the skills necessary for successful reunification. The first class of its kind, it focuses on educating parents through trauma and giving them the tools they need to help both themselves and their children.

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Men half as likely to assault partners after parenting course, study finds

Edward Siddons

April 06, 2018 |

Apolitical |

Text |

Under 800 Words

Response Location: Rwanda

MenCare is a 15-class course in Rwanda that teaches men about fatherhood, caregiving, and gender roles. A study that evaluated the course found that men who participated in the program were half as likely to use violence against women.

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Children's Cabinet

Roxanne Patel Shepelavy

March 19, 2018 |

The Philadelphia Citizen |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Somerville, Massachusetts

In Somerville, MA, businesses, nonprofits, government officials, and schools take a collaborative and holistic approach to improving children's lives. “Thinking about city budget, priorities, decision-making through the lens of kids ensures good outcomes for everybody,” a director of the initiative notes. Could Philadelphia benefit from breaking down silos and following Somerville's innovative lead?

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How states can help children return to repaired families

Sarah Garrecht Gassen

March 16, 2018 |

Arizona Daily Star |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Tucson, Arizona

When it occurs, the reunification of families who have undergone a child protective services mandated process is cause for celebration. At least, that's what organizers of "reunification day" argue in Michigan, a state where the courts have played a significant role in encouraging education and reunification when possible. Through a bipartisan effort, Michigan now offers comprehensive services that help families remain together and improve quality of life.

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Three years in, an ambitious experiment to improve the odds for kids at one elementary school is scaling back

Ann Schimke

March 08, 2018 |

Chalkbeat |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Colorado

A Colorado nonprofit takes a "place-based" approach to improving student outcomes. By offering wraparound social and educational services, Blocks of Hope aims "to flood a carefully defined geographic area with services in the hopes of touching a critical mass of residents, usually around 60 percent." On its third anniversary, the trumpeted program has started to lose steam, running up against the realities of a gentrifying neighborhood and funding shortages.

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Less trauma, disruption when relatives get support to raise kids

Emily Bregel

March 08, 2018 |

Arizona Daily Star |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Tucson, Arizona

For many children who would otherwise be placed in foster care, staying with relatives is a better option. However, kinship foster families do not always qualify for the same financial assistance as traditional foster homes. Pittsburgh-based non-profit A Second Chance helps get kinship foster families licensed and financially prepared to care for children.

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