Leamos, a literacy program for native Spanish speakers, teaches participants how to read and write in Spanish. The Free Library of Philadelphia is looking for a new class of students to join the language program. From: Kensington Voice (Read more.)
Starting Tuesday, thousands of residents in the Delaware Valley will be able to sign up for new health insurance plans, or review their existing ones, through Affordable Care Act marketplaces. From: WHYY (Read more.)
Over the last three months, there have been a variety of opinions — both supportive and oppositional — in response to the 76ers proposed arena at Market East, and valid arguments have been made on both sides. The debate has revolved around the question: What will it mean for Philadelphia and Center City if the 76ers build an arena at Market East? From: WHYY (Read more.)
In 2019, a local nonprofit and university-based center released a report on the lack of women on university and hospital boards in the Philadelphia region. Three years later, there has been marked improvement in both female representation, as well as in people of color. From: The Inquirer (Read more.)
The money will pay for 755 water-filtration stations inside schools, as well as kitchen sink filters and water sampling, as well as clean-water training and education to benefit the school system’s 114,000 students. The money comes from the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act. (Read more.)
The trade organization for the industry, Pennsylvania Council of Children, Youth & Family Services (PCCYFS), was so concerned this summer about high caseloads that it warned Philadelphia DHS Commissioner Kimberly Ali that the problem would “create significant risk and potentially dangerous circumstances for the children and families we serve.” From: The Inquirer (Read more.)
Even those with the best benefits available in Pennsylvania are finding it extraordinarily difficult to find day programs. (Read more.)
The City plans to sell the old police headquarters. Can — and will — it be redeveloped in a way that respects the building’s history? From: The Philadelphia Citizen (Read more.)
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