Accordingly, communities can build habits around the singular. Pair tutoring with a direct phone tree so one child—and then their siblings—never falls off the radar. Stock and train neighbors in naloxone and CPR, logging reversals as community victories. Fund bail or emergency rent for one person at risk of cascading loss, and pair the grant with peer support. Create memory rituals—reading names at council meetings—so policy begins with a person, not a category. Each step is modest, but the sequence becomes a culture of responsiveness. [...]
