The Philadelphia-based organization provides refuge for young adults experiencing homelessness through various programming and outreach services. Forget Me Knot offers housing, meals, health services, educational programming and various forums to empower and support young people in need. | From: Metro Philadelphia (Read more.)
During COVID-19, the industrial machines of the couple’s embroidery and silkscreen business, Beyond the Seams, are no longer fabricating the visions of the neighborhood’s budding fashion designers. For now, it’s face masks. | From: Generocity (Read more.)
Why buy food when you can grow it, experts and local farmers are asking. It might be a solution to the food insecurity caused by the current pandemic. | From: WHYY (Read more.)
During COVID-19, the industrial machines of the couple’s embroidery and silkscreen business, Beyond the Seams, are no longer fabricating the visions of the neighborhood’s budding fashion designers. For now, it’s face masks. | From: Generocity (Read more.)
Tayyib Smith and his development firm Smith & Roller are behind plans for a five-story entrepreneurship hub proposed for 52nd and Arch streets in West Philadelphia. | From: Generocity (Read more.)
During COVID-19, the industrial machines of the couple’s embroidery and silkscreen business, Beyond the Seams, are no longer fabricating the visions of the neighborhood’s budding fashion designers. For now, it’s face masks. | From: Generocity (Read more.)
Philadelphia is expected to begin experiencing temperatures at or above 90 degrees along with high humidity, which is a threat to vulnerable populations, including infants, children, the elderly, and those with preexisting conditions. However, the city won’t release guidance on how it will reopen cooling centers until it gets closer to the time when it has to declare a heat emergency. | From: NBC10/Telemundo62 (Read more.)
Trying to figure out how you’ll pay back your small-business loan? Or better yet, get it forgiven? The Small Business Administration last week released a long-awaited request form for business owners who took out Paycheck Protection Program loans and want the debt forgiven. | From: The Philadelphia Inquirer (Read more.)
Hundreds of Philadelphians may be locked out of their bank accounts and could lose their federal coronavirus stimulus checks to creditors and debt collectors, cutting them off from funds they may need to pay rent and buy groceries during the pandemic. | From: The Philadelphia Inquirer (Read more.)
The Philadelphia-based organization provides refuge for young adults experiencing homelessness through various programming and outreach services. Forget Me Knot offers housing, meals, health services, educational programming and various forums to empower and support young people in need. | From: Metro Philadelphia (Read more.)
In a last-minute ruling on July 2, an administrative order from Philadelphia’s First Judicial District once again extended the closure of eviction court in the city through September 2. | From: AL DÍA (Read more.)
Un grupo de personas sin hogar han montado sus tiendas en el Benjamin Franklin Parkway desde que fueron desplazados por COVID-19 y las recientes protestas como parte del movimiento #OccupyPHA. El campamento a lo largo del parque se llama “El Lakay Nou”, una palabra haitiana para “Nuestro Hogar”. | Para: AL DÍA (Read more.)
Homeless groups set up their tents on Benjamin Franklin Parkway in hopes of getting calling for government action on housing amid COVID-19 and BLM protests. | From: AL DÍA (Read more.)
Almost 13,000 households applied for the rental assistance program Philadelphia created to support tenants who lost income because of the pandemic. Of those, more than 10,200 met the program’s requirements. The city ran out of money after pledging support for 4,000 households. | From: The Philadelphia Inquirer (Read more.)
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Farmers to Families Food Box program awarded nonprofit regional food distributor The Common Market $5.7 million to purchase, pack, and facilitate deliveries of up to 50,000 “Farm-Fresh Boxes” for six weeks. $3.9 million is allocated to The Common Market Mid-Atlantic, the organization’s Philadelphia-based branch. | From: Green Philly (Read more.)
Since 2008, Philadelphia’s annual spring cleanup has helped people all over The City of Brotherly Love make it even more green. The neighborhood of Kensington, a northeastern community near the Delaware River, is no different. | From: Next City (Read more.)
If its board approves next month, SEPTA will offer one free transfer for SEPTA Key Travel Wallet users and reduce the child fare to $1 on July 1. Also if approved, the authority will postpone a 50-cent increase to the SEPTA Key base fare until at least January. | From: The Philadelphia Inquirer (Read more.)
Less than 24 hours after a third SEPTA employee died of coronavirus-related causes, SEPTA announced a dramatic reduction of transit service. The new “Lifeline Service Schedule,” intended to increase safety for riders and operators while discouraging nonessential trips, will take effect April 9. | From: WHYY (Read more.)
Como parte del programa COVID-19 Relief Pennsylvania Statewide Small Business Assistance, se otorgarán subsidios por un total de $225 millones y entre $5,000 y $50,000 a pequeñas empresas, particularmente a aquellas que son propiedad de empresarios de color. | Para: AL DÍA (Read more.)
After her and her boyfriend were accused of neglect, Miltreda Kress’s daughters were removed from her home and have been separated into different foster families. Kress is fighting to get them back. | From: Philadelphia Weekly (Read more.)
Our partners at NBC10/Telemundo62 hosted a bilingual panel discussion on Facebook Live to kick off Broke in Philly Thursday afternoon. From left: Emma Restrepo from ParaTiMujer Radio, Edgar Ramirez from Philatinos Radio, host Alicia Lozano from NBC10 Philadelphia and Mónica Zorrilla from Billy Penn. (Read more.)
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