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  • These Colorado programs are helping beginning farmers overcome huge challenges

    Moe Clark

    September 26, 2022 |

    The Colorado Sun |

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    Response Location: United States, Denver, Colorado

    The National Young Farmers Coalition works to remove barriers for the next generation of farmers by providing training and educational opportunities and increased access to necessary resources like land and water. The organization also strives to provide more farm training programs to underrepresented groups like indigenous people, women, immigrants, and people of color.

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  • A push to change Colorado's prison culture and perceptions — one art piece at a time

    Moe Clark

    August 23, 2021 |

    Colorado Newsline |

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    Response Location: United States, Colorado

    The Prison Arts Initiative program, jointly run by the Colorado prison system and University of Denver, puts personal expression through visual and performing arts at the heart of the prisons' mission to become less punitive and more rehabilitative. With exhibits like "Chained Voices," featuring paintings by incarcerated people, the program aims to give hope to people by making them feel seen and valued as fully human. Formerly incarcerated artists say they valued not only the personal growth they experienced, but also the knowledge that their art could change public perceptions of the people in prison.

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  • Key to disrupting Denver's homeless-to-jail pipeline? Permanent supportive housing, study finds.

    Moe Clark

    July 16, 2021 |

    Colorado Newsline |

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    Response Location: United States, Denver, Colorado

    Providing permanent housing with a menu of health and social services saved the city of Denver millions of dollars and stabilized the lives of hundreds of people. A three-year controlled experiment provided various services, including substance use and mental health treatment, to 724 people who had cycled in and out of jail and the streets. The half who were provided housing in addition to the services enjoyed far fewer arrests and emergency room visits. Most stayed in their provided housing and took greater advantage of routine health care. Social impact bonds financed the upfront costs.

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  • Colorado's Second Chance Center is redefining what success looks like after incarceration

    Moe Clark

    June 04, 2021 |

    Colorado Newsline |

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    Response Location: United States, Aurora, Colorado

    At the Second Chance Center, people emerging from prison get the necessities to survive, like housing, clothing, and food. But they also get deeper learning about how to repair their lives, thanks to an inclusive and empowering message from the staff, most of whom are formerly incarcerated. "They need to be seen," says one counselor. More than 7,000 have gone through the program, which boasts recidivism rates far lower than the state average. Now it's opened in downtown Denver to serve people coming out of the city and county jails.

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  • How an emergency food network grew out of the coronavirus crisis to deliver 90,000 free meals to Coloradans

    Moe Clark

    April 27, 2020 |

    The Colorado Sun |

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    Response Location: United States, Denver, Colorado

    To provide community support during the coronavirus pandemic, several businesses and organizations in Denver joined together to create the Denver Metro Emergency Food Network. Using donations, the newly founded nonprofit prepares and delivers free meals "to hungry and homebound Coloradans."

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  • Asylum-seekers find compassion, resources at "House of Peace" once released from Aurora immigration center

    Moe Clark

    December 12, 2019 |

    The Colorado Sun |

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    Response Location: United States, Denver, Colorado

    When asylum seekers are released from the Aurora, Colorado immigration center, many seek help and community from the nonprofit organization, Casa de Paz. Based in Denver, the nonprofit offers these individuals and any visiting family members a place to stay and helps connect them with community resources.

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