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  • Tracking The Air We Breathe

    January 19, 2018 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    Response Location: United States, Louisville, Kentucky

    While asthma has a large impact—including being the most common reason for school absence—data on the disease can be difficult to collect. An app called Propeller has been developed which tracks medication use among people with asthma and analyzes usage against 30 different environmental factors that can impact air quality and respitory health.

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  • Friends of the Children

    December 07, 2017 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    Response Location: United States, Portland, Oregon

    The organization, Friends of the Children, is dedicated to breaking the cycle of poverty by giving at-risk children adult mentors to help guide them. The program results in kids who avoid teen pregnancy, graduate from high school, and don't end up in the criminal justice system.

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  • A Smarter Smart City

    November 07, 2017 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia is one of the poorest cities. Its poverty is a huge concern and feeds into many of the negative aspects of the city. The city is now looking to Smart Cities technology such as smart streetlights, to provide information to various government sectors, which helps them implement new strategies to tackle this problem.

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  • Code for Cancer

    October 25, 2017 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Launched in September 2017, Cognoma is a database of information regarding the genetic makeup of cancerous tumors developed in collaboration between University of Pennsylvania researchers and Philadelphia’s tech community. Looking for a way to help their community and convinced of the value of the project, people donated their time and coding talents and built the database piece by piece. The database—as well as the programming behind it—are publicly available for researchers to utilize and adapt to other ends.

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  • "Stop the Bleeding"

    October 18, 2017 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Far too many students in Philadelphia are not successfully completing their university degrees. A new program at Community College of Philadelphia involves high school freshman taking the equivalent of two years of college courses to obtain an associate's degree, while also obtaining their high school diploma. The hope is that this will encourage students to go on to complete their university degree.

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  • Infant Caregiver Project May Be Even Better Than Pre-K

    May 27, 2016 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    Response Location: United States, Delaware

    Mary Dozier's Infant Caregiver Project helps shape young brains for success from their earliest days, well before they enter pre-K, by teaching parents how to form secure bonds with their children.

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  • Loans for Low-Income Homeowners: Darrell Clarke's Plan for Philly

    May 18, 2016 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

    Detroit offers a model for providing residents with no-interest loans to perform upkeep on their houses, thereby working to stimulate the local construction economy and improve quality of life.

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  • YouthBuild Philly Offers Local Dropouts a Second Chance

    May 11, 2016 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    YouthBuild focuses on a tough demographic: 18- to 21-year-old drop-outs who are eligible for neither regular high school nor adult education. The program mixes classroom learning and vocational education, qualifying them for entry-level jobs or college.

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  • Covenant House Rescues Hundreds of Runaway Teens, Turns Away More

    April 18, 2016 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Covenant House is Philadelphia's only shelter for older adolescents who have run away, been victims of abuse, been sex trafficked or abandoned.

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  • Why Philadelphia Should Lower the Voting Age to 16

    March 22, 2016 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    Response Location: United States, Takoma Park, Maryland

    In Takoma Park, Maryland, the voting age for local elections is 16. Lowering the age has increased turnout among youth—and studies show that the sooner people start to vote, the more likely they are to be lifetime voters.

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