Like many other integral businesses in Philadelphia and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the nonprofit public interest law firm AIDS Law Project of Pennsylvania (ALPP) continues to provide its clients with remote legal services during state-wide shutdowns to thwart the spread of the new coronavirus. New and existing clients can still reach ALPP staff by phone or email. | From: Philadelphia Gay News (Read more.)
Like many other integral businesses in Philadelphia and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the nonprofit public interest law firm AIDS Law Project of Pennsylvania (ALPP) continues to provide its clients with remote legal services during state-wide shutdowns to thwart the spread of the new coronavirus. New and existing clients can still reach ALPP staff by phone or email. | From: Philadelphia Gay News (Read more.)
SisTers PGH is a “transgender centered drop-in space, resource provider and shelter transitioning program based in Pittsburgh, PA.” The mutual aid and emergency funds distribution system implemented by Thomas and her team in Pittsburgh could be a model for Philadelphia and other cities. | From: Philadelphia Gay News (Read more.)
SisTers PGH is a “transgender centered drop-in space, resource provider and shelter transitioning program based in Pittsburgh, PA.” The mutual aid and emergency funds distribution system implemented by Thomas and her team in Pittsburgh could be a model for Philadelphia and other cities. | From: Philadelphia Gay News (Read more.)
Close to half a million Philadelphians will get direct payouts and more than half a million could be eligible for increased unemployment under the federal coronavirus stimulus program. | From: Billy Penn (Read more.)
Piseitta Arrington set up a temporary food pantry in Northeast Philadelphia to help those facing unemployment during the Coronavirus pandemic. (Read more.)
Philadelphia officials are revising their plans to distribute meals to children who are out of school during the coronavirus outbreak. | From: WHYY (Read more.)
The Bread & Roses Community Fund, a social justice fundraising organization based in Center City, is distributing 20 grants to go toward supporting equitable space projects in the city, like gardens, park and library programs, and a neighborhood marketplace. | From: Plan Philly (Read more.)
President Donald Trump’s administration is talking about sending most Americans a $1,000 payment in the mail. On Wednesday, the Treasury Department said it wants to start issuing direct payments to Americans as soon as April through two $250 billion cash infusions. | From: Plan Philly (Read more.)
A new Philadelphia stay-at-home order shut down all non-life-essential businesses, gatherings, and activities due to the rising severity of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the order didn’t stop the city’s plans to remove people experiencing homelessness from an encampment near the Convention Center Monday morning. | From: Kensington Voice (Read more.)
Unhoused residents are more vulnerable than ever, and outreach workers are doubling down their efforts to ensure their health and safety under the new CDC restrictions. | From: The Philadelphia Inquirer (Read more.)
According to Mike Dunn, the city’s senior deputy communications director, the city is developing plans for housing should separating people who are sick and experiencing homelessness become necessary. | From: Kensington Voice (Read more.)
Organizations such as Project HOME and Covenant House Pennsylvania, which provide thousands of Philadelphians with temporary housing, food and health care, have been forced to adjust their outreach efforts. | From: NBC10 Philadelphia (Read more.)
Philadelphia officials plan to soon open a quarantine facility for people who cannot sequester themselves at home. | From: WHYY (Read more.)
Yolanda Walker-Jackson smoked marijuana to aid nausea from her pregnancy. Now, Walker-Jackson is in a fight with DHS to regain full custody of her three sons. | From: Philadelphia Weekly (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.)
In changes announced Wednesday, riders using the SEPTA Key, the authority’s smart fare card, would pay $2.50 for a single ride, up from the now-discounted $2. The first transfer would be free for Key users — though not for cash riders — to make travel more efficient and cost-effective for low-income riders. | From: The Philadelphia Inquirer (Read more.)
The percentage of Lyft rides that start or end in low-income neighborhoods is greater in Philadelphia than nearly anywhere else in the U.S., according to a report from the rideshare company that sheds light on how the service is working in the region. | From: The Philadelphia Inquirer (Read more.)
Comenzará con 6,4 millones de dólares de financiación y proporcionará subvenciones para ayudar a hacer frente a los desafíos que plantea COVID-19. | Por: Al Día News Media (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.)
A lessons-packed special edition of Venture Cafe on July 18 will cover crowdfunding, design thinking and more related to accessing capital for small, new, creative and/or minority-owned businesses. | From: Technical.ly (Read more.)
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