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  • How Colorado's rural education network went from teaching home economics to fighting the opioid epidemic

    Monte Whaley

    August 07, 2019 |

    The Colorado Sun |

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    Response Location: United States, Fort Collins, Colorado

    Rural parts of America are often lacking in resources such as addiction treatment centers, but a project known as Strengthening Families is working to connect families in these areas with people that can help. In Colorado, extension agents – people who are well-respected and well-known within the areas – meet with community members on a regular basis to provide information about healthy lifestyles.

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  • App that works as panic button helped save Grand Junction teen from alleged kidnapping

    Monte Whaley

    December 08, 2018 |

    The Denver Post |

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    Response Location: United States, Grand Junction, Colorado

    In Colorado an alleged kidnapping was thwarted thanks to an app that acted as a panic button on a teen's cell phone, alerting police to his exact location. It's one of several apps taking hold across the country, including in schools where they are a tool to alert responders to mass shootings, and provide key information for police, such as the layout of a school. Panic button apps have been installed on phones in some school districts in New York, South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia and California.

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  • Colorado anti-bullying program, fueled by pot tax dollars, considered one of the best in the country

    Monte Whaley

    November 17, 2018 |

    The Denver Post |

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    Response Location: United States, Colorado

    In Colorado voters approved spending money from marijuana tax sales on education. As much as $2 million is distributed to Colorado schools to spend on evidence-based anti-bullying programs. “Usually it means getting students, teachers and parents and the community involved.” The effort is working, “the percentage of students that reported being bullied dropped from 59 percent to 25 percent last school year, and the state was ranked third in the country for best bullying practices.

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