These proposals were submitted through competitions run by Lever for Change. Through this Solutions Bank, they are now openly available to the field at large to facilitate learning, research, collaboration, and funding.
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Addiction services
Arizona State University Foundation
Culturally-appropriate and effective substance abuse prevention for all youth
Guatemala, Kenya, Mexico, United States, Uruguay, Brazil, Nicaragua, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania
Democracy
The Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute
Democracy Revitalization Project
United States
Information and media literacy
International Research and Exchanges Board, Inc.
Fake News Disrupted: Youth, Schools, and Multi-Media
Indonesia, Jordan, Tunisia, Ukraine, United States, Kenya
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Homeless services
Community Solutions International, Inc.
Homelessness at the Tipping Point
United States
Housing development
Chicanos Por La Causa, Inc
Humanitarian Housing for America's Future with Refugees and Asylum Seekers
United States
Highly Ranked
Equal opportunity in education
Communities In Schools Inc
Improving Conditions for Learning: Student Success in Every Community
United States
Mental health care
Ohio State University
MindSTRONG-STRONGChoices: Evidence-based Solutions to Save a Generation of Youth
United States
Climate change
Arizona State University Foundation for A New American University
Navigating Resilience in the Pacific
Fiji, Micronesia, Samoa, United States, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Tonga
Economic development
University of North Georgia Research Foundation
Population Aging - Shift the paradigm from Burden to Benefit
Ireland, United States, Canada, United Kingdom
Elementary education
Playworks Education Energized
Preparing our country's children to become inclusive leaders through play
United States
Civic participation
Cortico Corporation
Revitalizing Democracy through Constructive Community Conversation: The Local Voices Network
United States
Food security
Thunderbird School of Global Management an ASU Knowledge Enterprise
Strengthening food security backed by the power of smart data
Kenya, United States, Botswana, Brazil, Ghana, India, Uganda
Sustainable development
International Center for Appropriate and Sustainable Technology (ICAST)
The Futures Project: Solving Climate, Housing and Workforce Challenges
United States
STEM education
Girl Scouts of the USA
The Girl Scout STEM Pledge: 2.5 Million Girls by 2025
United States