Background: Tapped Out

If you want to dig a little deeper into some great past reporting please follow the links below to read Tapped Out: An intimate look at hardship.

In 2014, the Philadelphia Daily News led this award-winning collaborative reporting project that also included WHYY, AxisPhilly, the Media Mobilizing Project and the Center for Public Interest Journalism at Temple University.

PART ONE: An intimate look at hardship in Philly

• The toughest part? Escaping the ‘poverty mentality’
• He navigated high school and homelessness

PART TWO: How Philly became poorest big city in U.S.

• She puts ‘care’ in caregiver with grand support
• With a boost, a poor youth rises above

PART THREE: Solution to poverty must come from within

• Hunger-fighter determined to share story
• Even going without, they feel blessed
• Overcoming birthright, bad choices to beat poverty

PART FOUR: In Philly, strong opinions on poverty

• Searching for work, struggling in silence
• Advocates: Ways to make a real difference in poverty fight

View: A TIMELINE OF PHILADELPHIA POVERTY

More info: philly.com/tappedout

Tapped out survey results, 2014: