Community and Family
Philadelphia City Council creates $10 million nonprofit fund to fight poverty
The ‘Poverty Action Fund’ is another step in the long journey to pull 100,000 Philadelphians out of poverty. | From: AL DÍA (Read more.)
Month: November 2020
Community and Family
TreePhilly Continues to Green the City Despite Coronavirus
How local tree giveaways adapted In 2020 with contactless pickups and drop-offs. | From: Green Philly (Read more.)
Education
Philadelphia, CCP partner for a scholarship to make tuition free
The Octavius Catto scholarship is projected to help up to 4,500 students over the next five years. | From: AL DÍA (Read more.)
Civic and Community Engagement
Philly Hunger Relief Program Extended Through March
The ‘Step Up to the Plate’ program, which has served more than 370,000 meals to Philadelphians since the start of the pandemic, has been extended through March of 2021. | From: NBC10/Telemundo62 (Read more.)
coronavirus
What to do if you can’t pay your utility bill after COVID
As of June, the number of customers at risk of having their utilities shut off was as high as 800,000 for regulated utility companies, said Community Legal Services attorney Rob Ballenger. He expects the numbers to be even higher today. It is unknown how many customers of unregulated utility companies have also fallen behind and could be disconnected. | From: PlanPhilly (Read more.)
Community and Family
For families involved in Philly’s child welfare system, this program is building a safety net
The program, funded by the city’s Department of Human Services, provides a small number of Philadelphia parents involved in the child welfare system with wraparound services — an attorney, social workers, and Lee, who is currently the only peer advocate. | From: Kensington Voice (Read more.)
coronavirus
Thousands of nurses at Philly area hospitals poised to strike
More than 2,500 nurses at four Philadelphia area hospitals are preparing to go on strike in the coming days. Represented by the Pennsylvania Association for Nurses and Allied Professionals, or PASNAP, the nurses have found themselves deadlocked with health system operators over one central issue: safe staffing on the hospital floor. | From: WHYY (Read more.)
coronavirus
Tribunales en Filadelfia al rescate: La moratoria de desalojo se extiende hasta finales de año
La extensión de la moratoria de desalojo de la Ley de Protección de Viviendas de Emergencia se estancó en el comité por un tecnicismo lingüístico. | From: AL DÍA (Read more.)
En Español
Philadelphia courts to the rescue: Eviction moratorium extended until end of the year
The eviction moratorium extension part of the Emergency Housing Protections Act stalled in committee over a language technicality. | From: AL DÍA (Read more.)
Community and Family
Philadelphia City Council votes to create a nonprofit fund aimed at pulling 100,000 out of poverty
The Philadelphia Poverty Action Fund would be a public-private partnership that would pay for anti-poverty programs and services. The nonprofit is part of a city plan that aims to pull 100,000 Philadelphians out of poverty over the next four years. | From: The Inquirer (Read more.)