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  • Reducing Poverty—Together

    June 11, 2019 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    Response Location: Canada, Waterloo, Ontario

    Canada has used a comprehensive approach to lift more than 200,000 families out of poverty in a span of seven years. While the approach has had obvious success, scaling it to other countries presents its own challenges, although some in the United States are ready to give the initiatives a try.

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  • A path to success

    May 30, 2019 |

    Boulder Weekly |

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    Response Location: United States, Boulder, Colorado

    In Colorado, the Department of Corrections and the Department of Health Care Policy and Financing have partnered to help former incarcerated individuals obtain Medicaid upon re-entry. The partnership allows for data sharing between the two departments to make sure people are leaving correctional facilities with health care in hand, and trains parole officers to help them enroll and use the benefits.

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  • New Orleans Uses Tech to Consolidate 911 and 311 Systems

    May 17, 2019 |

    Government Technology |

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    Response Location: United States, New Orleans, Louisiana

    Low-code applications assist in modernizing governmental software systems. A development platform that allows people who have little coding experience to easily digitize processes has allowed New Orleans and the Orleans Parish Communication District to streamline their 911 and 311 services, allowing citizens to track information and engage with government agencies more transparently.

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  • Baby Steps Toward Guaranteed Incomes and Racial Justice

    May 08, 2019 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Jackson, Mississippi

    A pilot program in Jackson, Mississippi is providing a cohort of 20 single black mothers with a guaranteed income of $1000 a month as part of their "radical resident-driven approach." While the experiment is still in the middle stages, it is already changing the lives of the women involved - and setting the stage for a national debate on guaranteed income policies.

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  • Restoring Prisoners' Access to Education Reduces Recidivism

    April 16, 2019 |

    Pacific Standard |

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    Response Location: United States, Hawaii

    A piece of bipartisan legislation was introduced to the United States’ Senate in February 2018 that would give individuals in incarceration access to Pell Grants, thus increasing their college education opportunities. While the bill was not enacted, it is part of an ongoing process of reinstating access to Pell Grants for prisoners from the Obama administration, who gave limited access in its Second Chance program. This bill speaks to the largely bipartisan cultural shift that embraces the need to invest in correctional education in order to prevent recidivism.

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  • Winning the War on Poverty

    April 04, 2019 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Canada

    Canada's poverty level has decreased by at least 20% between 2015 and 2017, helped in part due to a new methodology in solving poverty. Rather than disincentivizing collaboration, advocates got together to create community wide structures that studied the root causes of poverty in their regions and then came up with solutions in partnership with people in poverty, business, non-profits, and the government; what began with six cities now encompasses 344 towns. Of the changes that have come from this, some notable issues include raising the minimum wage and expanding the national child benefit.

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  • Clues for fixing King County's child care woes may be found in British Columbia

    March 30, 2019 |

    Bellevue Reporter |

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    Response Location: Canada, British Columbia

    Making child care an electoral priority in British Columbia helped decrease the burden of costs for working parents. Childcare advocates directed the government’s attention to providing quality, affordable childcare services to working class families—at just $10 per day. Studies find that investment in child development can offer a six to one return on each dollar spent.

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  • With no upfront costs, this innovative financing tool makes energy efficiency affordable to all

    February 26, 2019 |

    Ensia |

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    Response Location: United States, Aulander, North Carolina

    North Carolina’s Roanoke Electric Cooperative is helping members bring down energy costs. Because the energy costs in this area is due to a lack of energy efficiency, the cooperative offers tariffed on-billing to help homes offset expenses like insulation and new heat pumps. The tariffed on-billing uses federal loans to pay for said expenses, and then the customer pays the tariff charge in their bill – which ends up being lower because of the energy efficient upgrades.

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  • Why Food Could Be the Best Medicine of All

    February 23, 2019 |

    Time Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Pennsylvania

    Bringing nutrition and diet under the purview of a patient’s medical care helps reduce lifetime healthcare risks and costs. The Fresh Food Farmacy, part of the Geisinger Health System in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, helps provide patients who are food-insecure with access to healthy foods alongside healthcare support and sessions with nutritionists. By discussing diet in terms of doses and investing in preventative care, the program aims to help patients understand food as part of their overall wellbeing.

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  • How the Robin Hood Foundation is fighting a hunger emergency in New York caused by the shutdown

    February 22, 2019 |

    FastCompany |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    In response to the government shutdown in December 2018, the Robin Hood Foundation pieced together a food-aid puzzle to provide food for low-income families that weren't receiving their monthly SNAP benefits. By re-stocking food pantries around the city, donating to food delivery services, and working to extend food-aid protections, the organization helped keep thousands across the city fed during the shutdown.

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