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Prison system works to combat health care coverage gap by enrolling people in Medicaid before release

Rachel Crumpler

February 13, 2024 |

North Carolina Health News |

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Response Location: United States, North Carolina

With the new statewide Medicaid expansion, the Department of Adult Correction is working to ensure fewer people reenter society after incarceration and enter a healthcare coverage gap by helping people apply for Medicaid before release. With the Medicaid expansion, 80% of the 15,000 people released from prison each year are now eligible for coverage, and prison staff submit about 100 Medicaid applications each week.

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Inside the fight to add gender-affirming care to university health insurance plans

Phoebe Fuller

November 30, 2023 |

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Response Location: Canada, British Columbia

Insurance provider GreenShield, in collaboration with university insurance broker Studentcare, provides lifetime coverage of up to $10,000 for gender-affirming care procedures not covered by provincial health insurance. This insurance benefit provides care to more than 200,000 university students across 20 participating schools in the country.

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Disability-Inclusive Healthcare Services for PWDs in Southern Nigeria

Usman Aliyu

August 16, 2023 |

BONews |

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Response Location: Nigeria

Hundreds of thousands of Nigerians with disabilities or limited access to affordable medical care have been enrolled in a new health insurance program that helps alleviate the financial burden of health services. Funding for the insurance program is split between federal and state governments, and while the quality of services can be inconsistent, proactive government outreach has boosted enrollment numbers.

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Larchmere Homes: 30 new affordable lease-purchase homes near completion

Lee Chilcote

July 11, 2023 |

The Land |

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Response Location: United States, Cleveland, Ohio

The CHN Housing Partners’ lease-purchase program builds affordable homes for low-income individuals to rent. Residents live and pay rent in the homes for 15 years while taking homeownership and financial counseling courses to equip them with the knowledge and skills necessary to become homeowners. Over the past 30 years, CHN has built more than 1,700 lease-purchase homes and more than 1,600 of them have been sold to owner-occupants.

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Bangladesh tests climate finance for disaster-hit communities

Tahmid Zami

May 30, 2023 |

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Response Location: Bangladesh

Several organizations provide financial support like green bonds and insurance to farmers in Bangladesh to help protect them from crop loss caused by climate change disasters.

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Cities reviving downtowns by converting offices to housing

Mae Anderson Ashraf Khalil Michael Casey

April 24, 2023 |

The Philadelphia Tribune |

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Response Location: United States, Manhattan, New York

Across the country, cities are pursuing office-to-housing conversions after the pandemic decimated downtown business districts. A percentage of these new apartments are required to be offered at affordable, below-market rates and some cities are also offering tax breaks for developers to incentivize these conversions.

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Rice Insurance helping Rwandan Farmers Overcome Climate-Induced Losses

Jeanne d’Arc Munezero

April 15, 2023 |

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Response Location: Rwanda

Rwanda’s National Agriculture Insurance Scheme helps farmers access financial protection for their crops to provide income security in the face of climate change events that can ruin harvests.

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Livestock insurance Keeping Livestock Farmers Afloat in Rwanda after Rift Valley Fever

Francine Andrew

November 25, 2022 |

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Response Location: Rwanda, Eastern Province

Rwanda has a unique program that allows farmers to insure their livestock, such as dairy cows, productive pork, and chickens, against Rift Valley Fever. When animals die of the disease, farmers are compensated at a rate of 5.5 percent of the animal's value.

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Banking on wheels: PNC to bring mobile services to underserved D-FW communities

Colbie Edmonds

July 21, 2022 |

Dallas Morning News |

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Response Location: United States, Dallas, Texas

PNC Bank is bringing a mobile branch to communities that don’t have sufficient access to banking. The RV-like unit is outfitted to be a functional banking service and was custom-built for this initiative. Services can be provided in English and Spanish and the goal of the mobile unit is to empower and educate users about what banking resources are available to them.

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Pitching in on rescues

Mike De Socio

August 14, 2021 |

Adirondack Explorer |

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Response Location: United States, New Hampshire

Several years ago, the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department created a form of insurance as a way to raise money for search and rescue operations for people hiking in the mountains. These voluntary insurance cards cost $25 per person and protect them from covering the costs of their rescues. In 2020, the state sold 7,752 cards, which generated over $200,000 of income for rescue missions. While the revenue can be inconsistent year to year, the cards can usually cover their costs.

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