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		<title>What Should We Do About The Opioid Epidemic? (NIFI Issue Advisory)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Dec 2017 14:30:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The National Issues Forum Institute released the six-page Issue Advisory,&#160;What Should We Do About The Opioid Epidemic?, published October 2017. The issue advisory presents three options to use during deliberation on how society can address the rising opioid epidemic that has swept the U.S. The issue advisory is available for free download on NIFI&#8217;s site here, as well as, a post-forum questionnaire. From NIFI&#8230; Drug abuse, a problem the United States has faced for decades, has taken a sharp and lethal turn with the rise [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/rc/item/11965">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>A Public Voice That’s Missing [Kettering 2016]</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Aug 2016 16:10:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Keiva Hummel]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 16-page report, A Public Voice That&#8217;s Missing, by David Mathews&#160;was published July 2016 and found on the Kettering Foundation&#8217;s site.&#160;This report grew from a speech David Mathews gave at the National Conference for Dialogue and Deliberation in 2014. This report discusses the need for more of a public voice presence in civic engagement from both &#8220;sides&#8221;; from the government or organization to more authentically engage the community and the citizenry to be more active in engage those who make decisions. A feeling of hope [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/rc/item/11222">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Making Ends Meet: How Should We Spread Prosperity and Improve Opportunity? (NIFI Issue Guide)</title>
		<link>http://ncdd.org/rc/item/10455</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2016 14:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Keiva Hummel]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The issue guide, Making Ends Meet:&#160;How Should We Spread Prosperity and Improve Opportunity?, from National Issues Forums Institute and Kettering Foundation, was published December 2015. This guide will provide the framework for deliberation that will happen in 2016 between January and May. The results from the deliberation will be given to U.S. policy makers and elected officials in May 2016.&#160;Below is an excerpt from the guide and a short video about the guide. Download a free copy of the PDF on NIFI&#8217;s site here. From [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/rc/item/10455">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Mental Illness in America: How Do We Address a Growing Problem? (NIFI Issue Guide)</title>
		<link>http://ncdd.org/rc/item/10278</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2015 13:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Keiva Hummel]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 13-page issue guide from National Issues Forums, Mental Illness in America: How Do We Address a Growing Problem?, was&#160;published November 2014. The issue guide gives three options for discussion on how mental illness can better be addressed in the US. Below is an excerpt from the guide and it can be downloaded from NIFI&#8217;s site&#160;here. From the guide&#8230; Many Americans share a sense that something is wrong when it comes to treatment of mental illness. More and more of us are taking medications for [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/rc/item/10278">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>What Should Go on the Internet: Privacy, Freedom and Security Online (NIFI Issue Guide)</title>
		<link>http://ncdd.org/rc/item/10164</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2015 13:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Keiva Hummel]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The National Issues Forums Institute published the 12-page Issue Guide, What Should Go on the Internet: Privacy, Freedom and Security Online (2013) and is an update to an earlier guide about the Internet. This guide is designed to help facilitate balanced deliberation about what should go on the internet. From the guide&#8230; The same Internet that has given us new ways to socialize, learn, and engage in civic life has also given criminals new avenues to steal from us and scam us, often using information [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/rc/item/10164">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Future of Work: How Should We Prepare for the New Economy? (NIFI Issue Guide)</title>
		<link>http://ncdd.org/rc/item/10054</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2015 13:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Keiva Hummel]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The National Issues Forums Institute published the 13-page Issue Guide, The Future of Work: How Should We Prepare for the New Economy?,&#160;in February 2015. This guide is designed to help facilitate balanced deliberation about how we should prepare for the future economic reality of work. From the guide&#8230; The nature of the work we do has changed in ways that few Americans a generation ago could have imagined, and it will undoubtedly be dramatically different in yet another generation. These changes will bring both opportunities [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/rc/item/10054">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Medicare and Medicaid (NIFI Issue Guide)</title>
		<link>http://ncdd.org/rc/item/9960</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2015 13:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Keiva Hummel]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The National Issues Forums Institute published this 16-page Issue Guide, Medicare and Medicaid, in 2015.&#160;This guide is to help facilitate deliberation around the health-care choices. From the guide&#8230; Nearly everybody will, at some point, get sick and need the help of health-care professionals. Finding the resources to cover these public programs is an ever-increasing challenge at a time when our national debt is at an all-time high. Ultimately, all Americans&#8212;policymakers as well as citizens&#8212;will have to face painful decisions about reducing the cost. This may [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/rc/item/9960">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>A New Land: What Kind of Government Should We Have? (NIFI Issue Guide)</title>
		<link>http://ncdd.org/rc/item/9861</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2015 13:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Keiva Hummel]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The National Issues Forums Institute published the Issue Guide,&#160;A New Land: What Kind of Government Should We Have?, in 2015.&#160;This guide is to help facilitate deliberation the current and future state of the US union. From the guide&#8230; It is the spring of 1787. We are now in a critical period. Our new republic is unstable and the liberty we won just four years ago is threatened. We&#8217;ve lost the unity inspired by our fight against Britain. Trade is difficult and our physical safety is [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/rc/item/9861">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>America’s Energy Future: How Can We Take Charge? (NIFI Issue Guide)</title>
		<link>http://ncdd.org/rc/item/9864</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2015 13:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Keiva Hummel]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The National Issues Forums Institute published the Issue Guide, America&#8217;s Energy Future: How Can We Take Charge?, in January 2015. This Issue Guide puts forth three options for deliberation of how America can address its energy consumption and how to deal with it in the future.&#160;&#160;&#160; From the guide&#8230; Americans depend on easy access to energy. Most of us take it for granted that we will be able to light up a room with the flick of a switch, adjust the temperature of our homes [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/rc/item/9864">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>How Can We Reduce Costs and Still Get the Care We Need? (NIFI Issue Guide)</title>
		<link>http://ncdd.org/rc/item/9786</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2015 17:49:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The National Issues Forums Institute published the Issue Guide,&#160;How Can We Reduce Costs and Still Get the Care We Need?,&#160;in April 2015. This guide is to help facilitate deliberation on the issues around the entire US healthcare system. From the guide&#8230; Americans have good reason to worry about the high costs of health care. Medical bills are the leading cause of personal bankruptcy. Nationally, health care spending threatens the nation&#8217;s long-term solvency. We urgently need to find ways to make our health care system financially [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/rc/item/9786">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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