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Big omission in blog series on advance hospital/health and wellness planning, public health planning: addiction services

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

From the first article: Alcohol killed 1,547 people statewide in 2022 — fewer than the 1,799 who died of overdoses. This table from the first article lists the leading causes of death in Colorado as of 2022. But it's a major oversight in a city like DC, where addiction is high, for example 461 opioid-related overdose deaths in 2022.

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Thinking bigger about what’s possible and customer-driven innovation: re:Invent 2022 public sector leadership session with Max Peterson recap

AWS Public Sector Blog

On Tuesday, November 29 at re:Invent 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada, Max Peterson, vice president of Amazon Web Services (AWS) worldwide public sector, spoke about how the transformative power of the cloud is enabling organizations to move with speed and agility while making sure mission-critical workloads stay secure and protected.

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Deloitte’s Smart Factory Believers Program empowers next-generation STEM learning at District of Columbia Public Schools with support from AWS

AWS Public Sector Blog

million positions unfilled between 2018 and 2028—it is clear that there is a growing talent gap in critical STEM-focused areas. Schools selected for the program receive STEM robotics kits, a standards-based math and science curriculum developed by NMSI, and full-cycle teacher training and coaching. “As

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AWS announces the 2023 AWS IMAGINE Grant funding cycle for nonprofits

AWS Public Sector Blog

I encourage any nonprofit considering applying to the grant to use it as an opportunity to define and scope how the cloud can help achieve their mission, regardless of the outcome,” said Chris Ford, chief executive officer (CEO) of Stop Soldier Suicide , a winner of the 2022 AWS IMAGINE Grant awards.

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Revisiting the Community Land Trust: An Academic Literature Review

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

Over 225 CLTs have developed since their inception in the 1960s (Grounded Solutions Network 2021), and fifteen states have some version of a positive law supporting CLT formation and affirming CLT legality in their state (Decker 2018). 3 (2018): 489-530. 1 (2018): 103-123. How are CLTs different from other affordability tools?

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Small college economic issues threaten their ability to function as a community asset

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

The key is to constantly be focused and planning and forward looking. -- " HBCUs and the city: Relocating Cheyney University to Philadelphia? ," 2021 -- " Howard University announces wide ranging building program ," 2022 (Note, not saying HU is forward thinking. They've had a lot of problems)

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How Gaggle’s ReachOut program uses AWS to ease the K12 mental health crisis

AWS Public Sector Blog

In fact, in 2018, suicide was the second leading cause of death in children and adolescents. In the summer of 2022, the agency reported a 50 percent increase in visits to the emergency room for suicide attempts by girls aged 12–17. Then COVID-19 struck.