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Three federal agencies just released the first-ever guide helping cities fight homelessness by prioritizing addiction recovery. The toolkit gives communities proven strategies to connect people with treatment first, then stable housing.
New research from the University of Pennsylvania shows that federal cooling assistance programs can prevent heat-related deaths and hospitalizations in vulnerable communities. The findings come as extreme heat threatens to increase cardiovascular deaths by up to 233% by 2065.
Thanks to a federal program change, schools, hospitals, and charities can finally afford clean energy projects that were once out of reach. The Direct Pay program turns tax credits into actual money these organizations can use.