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  • In Connecticut, Saving Lives Comes With an Unexpected Perk: Saving Money

    Chris Peak

    September 15, 2017 |

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    Response Location: United States, Connecticut

    Unlike other states, Connecticut is running their own medicaid program. The state is reducing costs by reaching out to people before they get severely sick. They’re using their extensive medicaid data, looking for people who face a greater risk of getting a disease, reaching out to them, and connecting them with preventative care. “The state’s per-patient spending on Medicaid dropped by an average of 5.7 percent each year between 2010 and 2014.”

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  • Baltimore Explores a Bold Solution to Fight Heroin Addiction

    Chris Peak

    September 01, 2016 |

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    Response Location: United States, Baltimore, Maryland

    There exists an antidote, naloxone, to opioid drug overdoses but only doctors have naloxone and drug addicts overdose in the street. In Baltimore, where more people die of drug overdoses than there are people murdered, a doctor at the George Washington University Hospital created a blanket subscription for naloxone so that anyone could buy the drug and save lives.

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  • If Universities Made This Course a Pre-Requisite, Campuses Would Be Safer for Female Students

    Chris Peak

    June 07, 2016 |

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    Response Location: United States, Palo Alto, California

    Rapes at college campuses occur at significant rates, and many proposed fixes are not working. Campus self-defense classes could potentially help women, such as at Stanford where Daly Montgomery (a student) created a self-defense class called "Protecting Your Bubble" to teach women how to defend themselves, hear from victims, and learn that it is ok to take action to protect yourself.

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  • Would Your Opinions of Criminals Change if One Cooked and Served You Dinner?

    Chris Peak

    April 14, 2016 |

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    Response Location: United States, Texas

    There is a high rate of recidivism for juvenile offenders, Chad Houser started Cafe Momentum with the aims to help these individuals develop a new life. The food is made by young offenders who go through a year long internship at the cafe in order to develop their culinary skills.

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  • Former Prisoners Find Redemption Running a Prosperous Business in San Francisco's Public Housing

    Chris Peak

    March 31, 2016 |

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    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    Facing job discrimination after years in and out of prison, a San Francisco man founded a company that employs public housing residents, regardless of their parole status, to sort trash from recyclables and compostable items. It's saving the housing complexes money, diverting trash from the waste stream and providing meaningful employment for those who often can't get jobs in the formal economy.

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  • Can a College That's Notorious for Sexual Assault Reform Itself?

    Chris Peak

    March 24, 2016 |

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    Response Location: United States, Charlottesville, Virginia

    At the University of Virginia, the all-male peer education group One in Four works to create new standards surrounding sexual violence against women.

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  • This Is How You End the Foster Care to Prison Pipeline

    Chris Peak

    March 16, 2016 |

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    Response Location: United States, Oakland, California

    Oakland's First Place for Youth provides housing for recently emancipated foster children, giving them the boost they need to avoid the foster care-to-prison pipeline.

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  • Removing Children from Abusive Situations at Home Isn't Always the Answer. This Is

    Chris Peak

    November 25, 2015 |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    During the early 1990s, New York City had a sky-high number of kids in foster care. Now, it's safely keeping them with their families, placing them in foster care only when necessary.

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  • The Remarkable Story of the County That Has Done the Most to Reduce Income Inequality in America

    Chris Peak

    November 20, 2015 |

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    Response Location: United States, Zionsville, Indiana

    Indiana officials didn't set out to close the wealth gap. But that's exactly what happened in Boone County, as the middle class moved in to both posh and poor neighborhoods amidst a changing tax regime.

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  • The Future of Housing Is Now. What Sustainable Homes Look Like

    Chris Peak

    November 02, 2015 |

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    Response Location: United States, Urbana, Illinois

    Passive houses can generate more energy than they consume but are expensive to build. Non-profits across the nation are getting low income families into these types of renewable homes with state subsidies and volunteer work.

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