As schools enter their second digital marking period, the city has launched ‘PHLConnectED Week’ in an effort to get even more families connected for school ahead of the new year. It has also expanded the program’s eligibility requirements for families. | From: AL DÍA (Read more.)
Entrepreneurs at all stages in Philadelphia are being invited to submit proposals to raise capital. The Jefferson Health Hack is putting on its entrepreneur hack-a-thon entitled “Rise-up Philadelphia.” | From: AL DÍA (Read more.)
The package of bills, dubbed the “Black Workers Matter Economic Recovery Package,” covers more than 12,000 tourism industry workers, such as hotel housekeepers and stadium food service workers. Many are Black women.
Many Philly residents have increased financial distress to COVID-19. Here’s one way the Water Department wants to help. | From: Green Philly (Read more.)
Updated weekly, these charts monitor the coronavirus burden on health institutions around the city. | From: Billy Penn (Read more.)
Citing funding constraints, Philadelphia officials will move the residents of two COVID-19 hotels — temporary housing for seniors or people with serious medical issues that put them at high risk for severe illness — elsewhere in the city in the coming days. | From: The Inquirer (Read more.)
We’ve rounded up more than a handful of shelters and organizations that welcome cold weather donations, including scarves, hats, blankets, gloves, and socks. | From: The Inquirer (Read more.)
Now, about 200 residents are being moved from the hotel Dec. 15 to unspecified other sites while case managers work to move them into long-term affordable housing. | From: NBC10/Telemundo62 (Read more.)
One village will be a group of single-room “pods” in the Northeast, possibly near State Road. The other, on Aspen Street in West Philly, will have tiny, two-bedroom homes. | From: The Inquirer (Read more.)
Anyone who hasn’t found a place to live after Dec. 15 will be offered temporary shelter, say officials, who’ve successfully placed 50 people so far. | From: Billy Penn (Read more.)
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