Piseitta Arrington set up a temporary food pantry in Northeast Philadelphia to help those facing unemployment during the Coronavirus pandemic. (Read more.)
The city is offering emergency grants and up to $100k in zero-interest loans. | From: Billy Penn (Read more.)
Philadelphia officials plan to soon open a quarantine facility for people who cannot sequester themselves at home. | From: WHYY (Read more.)
The shutdown of all Philadelphia government services deemed nonessential during the pandemic is worrying child and parent advocates, who see hundreds of foster youth potentially paying a price. | From: Billy Penn (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.)
Hundreds of low-wage workers at Philadelphia International Airport are losing their jobs because of the coronavirus outbreak, according to the labor unions that represents them. | 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.)
At Project HOME’s Stephen Klein Wellness Center, health care workers are encouraging patients to get tested for COVID-19 if they have symptoms like a dry cough or fever. | From: Kensington Voice (Read more.)
WIC benefits, distributed via the federally-funded program that helps parents with fewer economic means feed their kids, can only be used on specific sizes and brands of product — and other shoppers are wiping shelves clean. (Read more.)
As school resources shut down, students with economic hardship are being left behind. Philly universities have offered to buy students flights home, but for some this means returning to war-torn countries and unstable households, placing financial burdens on their families. | From: The Philadelphia Inquirer (Read more.)
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