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  • LADWP Training Program Provides Power — and Good Jobs — to the People

    Larry Buhl

    April 29, 2022 |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    The Utility Pre-Craft Trainee program provides a pathway to upward mobility within the Los Angeles Department of Water and power. The program provides training and experience for skilled jobs and enables participants to achieve economic mobility. 

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  • Electric Bus Makers Pave the Way to Union Jobs for Disadvantaged Workers

    Larry Buhl

    April 27, 2022 |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    An electric bus manufacturer, Proterra, is providing training and jobs - especially for people from populations that typically have a harder time getting hired. The program was made possible through a Community Benefit Agreement (CBA) between Proterra and a local union. 

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  • To Treat Chronic Ailments, Fix Diet First

    Larry Buhl

    October 22, 2019 |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    California's version of Medicaid, called Medi-Cal, has launched a pilot that provides strict nutrition guidelines for individuals with a chronic illness, as a way to help keep them from having to visit the hospital. For many patients, a change in diet can help with inflammation and reduce painful or uncomfortable symptoms of their diseases. A study of the pilot program showed drastic decreases in medical costs for these patients, as well as in inpatient and emergency room visits.

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  • Helping the Homeless to Make Their Medical Preferences Known

    Larry Buhl

    March 19, 2019 |

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    Response Location: United States, Venice, California

    When people experiencing homelessness are admitted to a hospital, they don't always have advance care directives in place which takes ownership away from them as far as dictating their treatment, who to contact and what to do with their organs should they die. The St. Robert’s Center in Venice, California is working to change this, however, by bringing the necessary paperwork to those that may need it most.

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  • Medi-Cal Home-Delivers a New Prescription: Healthy Meals

    Larry Buhl

    September 25, 2018 |

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    Response Location: United States, California

    California's Medically Tailored Meals pilot program may convince insurers to include nutrition as part of overall health care. The program delivers tailored meals to congestive heart failure patients who have among the highest rates of hospital readmission. Three quarters of them stayed out of the hospital for the program's first 30 days.

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