The Metropolitan Area Neighborhood Nutrition Alliance, better known as MANNA, is hoping more research will convince the medical-industrial complex to cover meal plans. | From: Billy Penn (Read more.)
As Philadelphia turns to more workplace laws to fight poverty, attention to enforcement has become increasingly important. And there are signs that the city’s enforcement office will improve, pushed in part by organizers and advocates working to ensure the laws they’ve won have teeth. | From: The Philadelphia Inquirer (Read more.)
In January 2017, the Mayor’s Office launched PHLpreK, a publically-funded pre-K option for Philadelphia families. The Notebook investigates how it’s working for both families and providers. | From: The Philadelphia Public School Notebook (Read more.)
The Metropolitan Area Neighborhood Nutrition Alliance, better known as MANNA, is hoping more research will convince the medical-industrial complex to cover meal plans. | From: Billy Penn (Read more.)
Ambitiously titled “Ending Hunger. For Good,” the initiative will involve Philabundance’s collaborating with partners who provide social services to low-income people in the region, then monitoring the results over time. | From: The Philadelphia Inquirer (Read more.)
Ambitiously titled “Ending Hunger. For Good,” the initiative will involve Philabundance’s collaborating with partners who provide social services to low-income people in the region, then monitoring the results over time. | From: The Philadelphia Inquirer (Read more.)
Anti-poverty advocates in Philadelphia, even ones that support the legislation, said cashless businesses weren’t a concern before City Councilman Bill Greenlee introduced his bill. | From: WHYY (Read more.)
300 homeless Philadelphians might be back on the street this month. | From: Billy Penn (Read more.)
Middle-and low-income Philadelphia residents whose houses need new windows, doors and even roofs are now eligible for low-interest home improvement loans through the city’s Restore, Repair, Renew program, unveiled Wednesday afternoon. | From: NBC10 (Read more.)
The loan can be used for a wide range of home repairs, including mold and radon mitigation, window and door replacements, and roofing and siding repairs — all of which must be completed by a city-licensed contractor. | From: The Philadelphia Inquirer (Read more.)
City Council is moving forward with three pieces of legislation to address affordable housing and poverty in Philadelphia. | From: Plan Philly (Read more.)
Tanya Curry first slept in a homeless shelter when she was in her early 20s and had her 5-year-old son alongside her. Today at 46, she is alone and once again homeless, an experience she was determined to never repeat. | From: Philadelphia Weekly (Read more.)
A lactation program run by Maternity Care Coalition encourages incarcerated new mothers to maintain their breast milk supply, reinforcing maternal bonds and providing health benefits to their newborns. | From: Generocity (Read more.)
An innovative lactation program encourages incarcerated new moms to maintain their breast milk supply, reinforcing maternal bonds and providing health benefits to their newborns. | From: Next City (Read more.)
From Philadelphia Media Network: Throughout many Philadelphia neighborhoods, cars are the most common commuting choice, but that is particularly the case in some of Philadelphia’s lower-income neighborhoods, like Tioga and Nicetown. (Read more.)
From Generocity: Only 71.6 percent of households in the city had broadband in 2017, compared to 83.5 percent nationally. On the bright side, smartphone users in Center City can now use five of an eventual 100 kiosks to access the internet. (Read more.)
The community leader organizes block parties, feeds the hungry and encourages neighbors to register to vote. | From: Generocity (Read more.)
In this first edition of a Broke in Philly-adjacent reporting series about unsung community leaders, the Pomona Cherokee Civic Council’s president describes people as the neighborhood’s greatest resource. | From: Generocity (Read more.)
This Germantown resident is taking Philly’s trash problem into his own hands. | From: NBC10 (Read more.)
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