Identifying Local Opportunities

1. Shortage of psychiatrists: 'It's getting worse'; by Alexia Alejalde-Ruiz

http://bi.galegroup.com/essentials/article/GALE|A532556691/62c0c6928055a36a4bc77474b21eb3d8?u=gain40375

Mila Grossman is a medical student that encounters a new mom with postpartum depression which leads Grossman to pursue a career in psychiatry. The article talks about the massive shortage of psychiatrists, especially in rural and poorer urban areas, with the increase in patients that are seeking these doctors for care. Hospitals and clinics in low-income areas struggle to afford to hire psychiatrists as most of them prefer to work in areas that offer higher pay or research centers that can afford to pay them.

There is a shortage of psychiatrists that can't cater to the increasing demand of people seeking out mental health care due to awareness, diminished stigma, and a worsening opioid crisis.

The 'who' of this problem is the hospitals and clinics in rural and low-income areas and the patients that live in these areas that are seeking medical treatment from psychiatrists.

2.  Children should not be in adult prisons

http://bi.galegroup.com/essentials/article/GALE|A532404466/25ffffaaf096d39e73a82af80cfc592c?u=gain40375

The article talks about the 'institutionalizing' of children in the juvenile corrections system that commit a crime at a young age that creates a snowball effect once they are processed. The facilities they are put in are inhumane and encouraged by correctional officers to commit violent acts while inside the facilities. It is worse when the children are directly filed in adult prisons after committing a crime as they aren't fit for dealing with children inside the facility. These kids are destined to fail as the programs provided insufficient for the adults and it is even worse for the children that are put through the system. The article states that the children need to be taken care of so they can become contributing members to society instead of being set up to fail for the rest of their lives.

Children shouldn't be directly filed to adult prisons by the justice system where they are destined to fail due to the lack of preparation dealing with children in the system.

The children suffer from the problem tremendously because they will only see a life of being institutionalized like zoo animals. Families are also the 'who' has the problem because they will have to deal with how the justice system destroys the lives of their children.

3. Body cameras tell truth, right? By Andrew Pantazi

http://bi.galegroup.com/essentials/article/GALE|A532088955/1e07bcdd0c1a0f4d59d0954e38da894f?u=gain40375

The story talks about the controversy of the police using body cameras because the footage can be misleading to the public eye, possibly leading to wrongful convictions. The story says that body cam footage can be distorted during the event and that one angle can show a different story from what the body cam shows. It mentions not to blindly trust body cams because, it some cases, it can help find out the truth, but some cases will be unaffected by the body cam footage. The important aspect of using body cams is that educating the public on them will help solve some of the issues they face.

The usage of body cams could be misleading when it comes to convicting people in the court of law because the angle of the footage can intensify the situation that took place or not fully show the truth of the situation. The blind trust of body cams could negatively affect the justice system.

The police and the public are the 'who' has the problem because both sides could be on the negative side effects of the use of body cams in the justice system.

4. Student worries about staying in the US; By Wayne Crenshaw

http://bi.galegroup.com/essentials/article/GALE|A532288052/3b1e329ca660fe1825327bad1a31a3f7?u=gain40375

The story is about Uche Onungwa and the other hundreds of thousands of children that are living in the United States illegally by their parents that are now part of the DACA program. The Obama administration introduced the DACA program into law during his years, but now that the program is in jeopardy as the Trump administration is threatening to end the program. Recipients of the DACA program are now in fear are being deported after having lived and worked in the United States for the majority of their lives.

Recipients of the DACA program are now in fear of being deported if the Trump administration goes ahead with getting rid of the program that was introduced to protect the children that were brought here illegally.

The recipients of the DACA program and their families that brought them to the United States to have a better future for them. People that support the program face the issue of losing their jobs that work directly with or for the program.

5. Florida is among worst on housing

http://bi.galegroup.com/essentials/article/GALE|A531604800/d35ace399ed5e04a8e4786b110eb7b25?u=gain40375

The story talks about how the housing crisis is a huge issue in the United States as people that are living close to the poverty line spend around of each paycheck for housing. Florida is one of the worst states for housing with Nevada being the worst across the country. The difference between income and housing costs is the biggest issue that people are facing when it comes to affording somewhere to live. The housing crisis has long-lasting effects that will plague the nation for a long time if nothing is done about it. There have been funds aimed at improving the housing crisis by providing incentives to people that are dealing with this issue.

The problem presented is the housing crisis that is plaguing the state of Florida and many other states across the country where people that can't afford housing with how much they are earning from their jobs.

The 'who' is the low-income individuals and families that are having trouble figuring out how to afford housing.