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  • Cash-assistance programs are spreading in New York. The jury's out on what's a winning formula.

    A cash assistance program by the Child Center of NY provides low-income residents with $200 monthly grants to use as they wish. The only stipulation is that they meet with the cohort of others in the program every month, too.

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  • Project provides sustainable income to mothers of disabled children in Armenia

    A social enterprise in Armenia employs single mothers of children with disabilities so they can work from home and receive a sustainable income. The company, Ardook Household Assistant, offers washing, drying, and ironing services for clothes and linens.

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  • Could This Mobile, Solar-Powered Livestock Barn Reshape the Corn Belt?

    Farmers in Iowa created mobile barns and use a stock cropping method of raising livestock between rows of cash crops on a yearly rotation. This new equipment and growing method reduce water pollution and improve soil health because the animals leave behind just enough nutrients to fertilize the crops the following season.

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  • A Lingít culture and language program for Juneau students is expanding to middle school

    Students at Harborview Elementary in Juneau, Alaska, have the Lingít language and culture integrated into their classes through things like singing and dancing. The effort helps them learn about their cultural heritage, clans, and family history.

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  • L.A.'s Uber-For-Buses Comes Right To Your Door

    Los Angeles’ Metro Micro pilot program is making public transit more desirable with a $1 shuttle service similar to other app-based rideshare services. The shuttles are 10-seater vans that pick passengers up and drop them off anywhere within their designated zones.

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  • Healthy soil can be a climate change solution

    Regenerative agriculture is slowly spreading across the farming world as a way to improve soil health and combat climate change. The practice is made up of several different methods, like cover cropping and planting a wide range of crops, that make the soil better at capturing carbon while producing quality foods without fertilizers.

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  • Justice for Free: How Nigerian Lawyers Are Using Tech to Address Societal Injustice

    Headfort, a nonprofit in Nigeria, is helping residents serving jail time while awaiting trial who cannot afford lawyers by representing them in court for free. The organization tries to be as accessible as possible by searching for people in need, being active on social media, and communicating through a smartphone app for legal advice.

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  • Bronx Residents Got Rid of Their Gas Stoves. Their Air Quality Improved.

    A pilot program in New York City improved public housing residents’ air quality by swapping their gas stoves with electric induction stoves.

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  • In California, women learn how to protect their ancestral lands with fire

    The WTREX program runs prescribed burn camps to provide hands-on training for Indigenous women. This training allows them to reclaim parts of their culture and bring cultural burns back to their land in a safe learning environment.

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  • Austin Eats: Community Takes Action to End 'Food Apartheid' There

    Over 20 organizations in the Austin neighborhood of Chicago work together under the name Austin Eats to improve healthy food access with food pantries, community gardens, and grocery stores.

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