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Mental Health & Addiction

Campus religious groups step into a new realm: mental health counseling

By Olivia Sanchez, The Hechinger Report
Dec. 26, 2022

Religious groups on college campuses that have long counseled students grappling with issues of faith or spirituality are now adding mental health clinicians in campus religious hubs, and training religious leaders to know when to refer students to psychological care.

Stanford University
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From Other Nonprofit Media

One farmer set off a solar energy boom in rural Minnesota; 10 years later, here’s how it worked out

By Dan Gearino, Inside Climate News
Dec. 23, 2022

Local concerns about solar’s impact on property values, the environment and health so far have been unfounded, but residents are still divided on whether the panels are ideal neighbors, or eyesores.

Ed Eichten stands next to a solar array on his farm near Center City.
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From Other Nonprofit Media

Rural universities, already few and far between, are being stripped of majors

By Jon Marcus, Hechinger Report
Dec. 23, 2022
With budgets and enrollment crashing, some schools cut humanities in favor of ‘workforce needs.’
Emporia, Kansas, was once a busy railroad and cattle hub. Many residents today work in the beef-packing or pet food plants or the commercial bakery.
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From Other Nonprofit Media

Finally, something lawmakers can (mostly) agree on: state symbols

By Elaine S. Povich, Stateline
Dec. 23, 2022

There are at least four states considering new or replacement symbols in their upcoming sessions, including the blueberry muffin bill in New Jersey. The blueberry muffin already is the state muffin of Minnesota, and the apple muffin is the state muffin of New York, while the corn muffin reigns in Massachusetts.

Blueberry muffins
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From Other Nonprofit Media

10 years after Sandy Hook, Moms Demand Action volunteers are turning activism into political power

By Mel Leonor Barclay, The 19th
Dec. 21, 2022

Almost 300 Moms Demand Action volunteers ran for office this year. More than half will bring their gun control demands to the halls of power as elected officials.

Erin Maye Quade
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From Other Nonprofit Media

The system feds rely on to stop repeat health fraud is broken

By Sarah Jane Tribble and Lauren Weber, Kaiser Health News
Dec. 20, 2022

One common maneuver to avoid detection is to use the names of “family members or close associates as ‘fronts’ to create new sham” businesses, said Lori Swanson, who served as Minnesota attorney general from 2007 to 2019.

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From Other Nonprofit Media

Pandemic-era pods live on to help school districts recover from ‘learning loss’

By Nancy Walser, The Hechinger Report
Dec. 19, 2022

With federal stimulus dollars flowing and pressure building to accelerate student learning post-pandemic, some public school districts like are trying new ways of pairing small groups of students with supportive adults.

Pod leaders Gus Rodriguez, left, and Will Navarro, right, meet with their students in the “living room” of the McKenna Center
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From Other Nonprofit Media

‘It’s your job to be you’: American Girl book promotes inclusion but faces right-wing backlash

By Jennifer Gerson, The 19th
Dec. 16, 2022

The attacks on a body image book speak to the heightened state of anti-LGBTQ+ hate and the unique cultural position that the American Girl brand holds.

American Girl dolls
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From Other Nonprofit Media

How Medicare Advantage plans dodged auditors and overcharged taxpayers by millions

By Fred Schulte and Holly K. Hacker, Kaiser Health News
Dec. 16, 2022

A review of 90 government audits, released exclusively to KHN in response to a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit, reveals that health insurers that issue Medicare Advantage plans have repeatedly tried to sidestep regulations requiring them to document medical conditions the government paid them to treat.

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From Other Nonprofit Media

Flu, RSV and COVID are wreaking havoc — but teachers don’t feel like they can stay home when they’re sick

By Shefali Luthra, The 19th
Dec. 14, 2022

Even with paid sick leave, teachers — especially in elementary schools — say staying home creates “more work.”

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From Other Nonprofit Media

St. Paul schools track learning recovery spending and adjust programs on the fly

By Beth Hawkins, The 74
Dec. 13, 2022

With $300 million in pandemic funds, 50 recovery strategies and two years to tweak plans, St. Paul Public Schools officials vow to gather data, evaluate and pivot in real time.

student reading
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From Other Nonprofit Media

New study: Spending more time in a child care center does not lead to problem behavior for kids

By Jackie Mader, the Hechinger Report
Dec. 8, 2022
Studies from five countries counter some previous research on child care and behavior.
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From Other Nonprofit Media

Advocates say clinicians can help stem addiction in rural Midwest by prescribing medications

By Tony Leys
Dec. 2, 2022

Unlike methadone, the traditional medication to wean people off heroin or other opioids, buprenorphine can be prescribed at primary care clinics and dispensed at neighborhood pharmacies.

Bonnie Purk, left, meeting with nurse practitioner Andrea Storjohann
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From Other Nonprofit Media

Why states’ use of opioid settlement funds could look different from tobacco case

By Aneri Pattani
Nov. 30, 2022

Is the massive tranche of money a target for elected officials to use for politically infused projects that will do little to offer restitution or help those harmed?

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From Other Nonprofit Media

The path to a career could start in middle school

By Kelly Field, the Hechinger Report
Nov. 23, 2022
A growing number of school districts are starting career education early, with the goal of widening kids’ horizons, not boxing them in.
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From Other Nonprofit Media

Stopping the churn: Why some states want to guarantee Medicaid coverage from birth to age 6

By Phil Galewitz, Kaiser Health News
Nov. 22, 2022

Spurred by pandemic-era lessons, several states are rethinking their enrollment policies for the youngest Medicaid members. Oregon is leading the way after getting federal approval to implement a new continuous-enrollment policy.

newborn baby
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Education

One state mandates teaching climate change in almost all subjects – even PE

By Caroline Preston, the Hechinger Report
Nov. 22, 2022

New Jersey’s teachers are now required to teach climate change beginning in kindergarten, and across most subjects, including art, social studies, world languages and PE. Supporters hope the lessons will spread.

Suzanne Horsley, a wellness teacher at Toll Gate Grammar School
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Midwest river towns seek answers after 3M factory taints water with PFAS

By: Bennet Goldstein / Wisconsin Watch and Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco / WNIJ-Northern Public Radio
Nov. 18, 2022
Local officials want to reassure residents about their drinking water, even amid questions about health risks and who will pay to clean up the contamination.
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From Other Nonprofit Media

Many schools are buying on-demand tutoring but a study finds that few students are using it

By: Jill Barshay, the Hechinger Report
Nov. 18, 2022
Companies market 24/7 online tutoring services as “high-dosage” tutoring but researchers warn that these products don’t have an evidence base behind them.
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From Other Nonprofit Media

Her child was stillborn at 39 weeks. She blames a system that doesn’t always listen to mothers.

by Duaa Eldeib, ProPublica
Nov. 16, 2022

Every year more than 20,000 pregnancies in the U.S. result in a stillbirth, but not all of these tragedies were inevitable. As many as one in four stillbirths are potentially preventable.

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