The Co-Directors and Community Outreach Coordinator for the Energy Unit at Community Legal Services write about what people can do when they are faced with a utility shutdown. People can apply for grants, programs or reach out to CLS. | From: The Philadelphia Inquirer (Read more.)
The $40 million Pennsylvania General Assistance program, essentially cash welfare for people without minor children, was eliminated on Aug. 1. Serving mostly disabled adults who have no income and can’t work, the program distributed stipends to 11,000 Pennsylvanians — 5,600 of them in Philadelphia, many of them homeless. | From: The Philadelphia Inquirer (Read more.)
Can the water department convince Philadelphians that what comes out of their sinks is safe, and convenient? A year-long project is trying to do just that. | From: The Philadelphia Citizen (Read more.)
Mural Arts paid 430 homeless Philadelphians $22,000 to paint a mural in Suburban Station and access social services. Their efforts, and a city pilot, aim to help even more people in need. | From: The Philadelphia Citizen (Read more.)
The media giant gave out $1 million for digital literacy workshops in Philly last year. | From: Billy Penn (Read more.)
Researchers who created the study arrived at the income levels by calculating what it cost in 2017 to afford six household necessities. From: The Philadelphia Inquirer (Read more.)
The Trump administration is proposing changes to the food-stamp program that could result in 3.1 million Americans losing their benefits — including 200,000 in Pennsylvania. | From: The Philadelphia Inquirer (Read more.)
In the last year, the city has passed two cutting-edge labor protections for low-wage workers. | From: The Philadelphia Inquirer (Read more.)
WURD launches its next initiative Foodlab, which adjusts the narrative on food insecurity and elevates solutions for people experiencing it. | From: ecoWURD (Read more.)
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