ooo, I love homemaking channels. Will def add this to my list, thanks!
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Houston Has Housed 25,000 Homeless People With Apartment of Their Own
" This method has critics, but it’s paying off. Local news reporting on the turnaround claim that the vast majority of homeless Houstonites housed this way have remained in their house for longer than 2 years. From 2007 to 2020, a national survey recorded a 31.6% drop in homelessness Statewide, largely driven by Houston’s successes, especially considering the rise in homelessness in Austin."
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I didn’t know Houston was so populous! And that’s awesome that housing first practices have some great news to hopefully spur other cities towards it. 
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the sweetest chimp
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Giving Cash and Therapy to Men Engaged in Crime – And 10 Years Later a Surprise Success
" It’s called STYL: Sustainable Transformation of Youth in Liberia. […] For 15 years, through trial and error, Borh and colleagues had adapted it to address aggression and crime—and toward adopting a mainstream social identity.
“He and his organization, NEPI, recruited the most dangerous men in the city. People who led lives of violence.”
“They met in abandoned buildings, in groups of maybe 20, for a couple of hours a day. Johnson trained some counselors, and they eked out a living on the program.” […] Partly, they would learn and practice behavior changes, like managing anger and difficult social interactions. But they were also trying on and practicing a new identity. “NEPI encouraged them to stop dressing and acting tough. Get a haircut. Look like the 99% of Liberians who were respectable. […] “Things looked really good. So I recruit my coauthors to help run a large-scale study. We scaled up, raised a million dollars, and ran a huge randomized controlled trial with 999 of the toughest men in Monrovia.”
They followed up one month and one year later and found an impressive impact had endured.
50% overcame their destructive behaviors
Crime, violence, and antisocial behaviors were slashed by about 50% among those who received the CBT and the cash. Receiving the therapy alone seemed to fade a little in its impact over time.
Most of the evidence pointed to the economic assistance as being a big key to helping the men entrench their behavior changes, and avoid a return to crime.
Would any impacts last?
“I was pessimistic, said Chris. “We surveyed experts in advance. Almost all expected CBT Only or Cash Only to have no effect whatsoever after 10 years. For Therapy plus Cash, one-third of the experts predicted no effect at all. 2/3 predicted steeply diminished impacts.”
“But we saw HUGE sustained impacts. Crime & violence still down by about 50% from CBT+Cash." "
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I have another one! My husband just forwarded me an email from his company. They are not only continuing coverage of reproductive healthcare, but in states where abortion or other procedures are no longer legal the company will provide the employee with unquestioned paid time off, and cover all transportation costs, and cover lodging for the employee for the duration of their stay. I hope more companies do this!
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I’m hoping companies do this and the states that are trying to ban travelling for an abortion try going after one of them rather than a poor woman on her own–funding that legal battle (as stupid as someone having to fight at all is) would actually be a good use of someone like Bezos’ cash
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They’re talking to attorneys about how to write it into part of their compensation plan or something, so it’s air tight and that doesn’t happen. I’m optimistic about it! 
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The new series Snowflake Mountain is actually a really sweet watch. Recommend!
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That was one of the coolest things I’ve ever seen
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The glow up on this one is serious!!
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