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AWS announces the 10 startups selected for the 2022 AWS Healthcare Accelerator focused on health equity

AWS Public Sector Blog

This year’s cohort brought forward innovative ideas that will improve access to care, provide actionable health equity data, expand access to medical transport, and help people without a home reach housing and health goals. Through their solution, they connect those without a physical home to healthcare and community supports.

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Community safety partnership for MacArthur Park in Los Angeles?

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Some time ago, I learned about how the LA Police Department in association with the Housing Authority, created what they called a community safety partnership, to put officers full time in high crime housing projects. Parks conservancies as more engaged parks managers. Engaging the community in positive activities is crucial.

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Honoring the Americans With Disabilities Act

GovLoop

The unprecedented law, enacted in 1990, affirmed the rights of the disabled, making public spaces, places of employment and transportation less discriminatory. That March, for example, more than 1,000 people marched from the White House to the U.S. It became known as “the Capitol Crawl.”

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Second Chance Re-Entry Program

The Whistle Post

Job search help is offered through a recruitment agency, Engage Staffing. Immediately following prison release, participants gain access to a support team, networking groups, peer mentoring, substance abuse treatment, or emotional wellness programming, financial and legal counseling, transportation, childcare, and housing assistance.

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7 Major Transformations to Solve Urban Inequality

The City Fix

The house has a toilet and electricity, but the costs for both. Owusu lives with his wife and four children in the Tantra Hills neighborhood of Accra, Ghana, where he shares his residence with five other tenants and their families. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

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Engaging the Public on Climate Action

Barrett & Greene

By Chris Adams, CEO of , Balancing Act , a creator of simulation-based online engagement tools. ? ?. ? The last few years have illustrated, on issues ranging from mask policies to housing, the power of a small number of energized but vocal participants to sway policy. Four Paths To Change. ?.

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UC Davis, VALID AI and Google Cloud collaborate to overcome SDOH Challenges with generative AI

Google Public Sector

The initial use cases in the challenge are designed to have a meaningful impact on patient outcomes and include: Transportation : Patients lacking reliable and convenient transportation often skip or delay medical appointments. Health systems can leverage SDOH to identify patients with limited or no transportation options (e.g.,

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