From Philadelphia Media Network: Every June, July, and August, the hot sun exposes a hard truth: Summer is the hungriest time of year, as parents have to scramble to feed children accustomed to receiving free breakfasts and lunches at school. […]
From Generocity: Perhaps Fresh Grocer and Aleksandr Faynberg are competitors, but for those who live near Broad and Jefferson streets, they both fill an essential need. […]
From The Philadelphia Public School Notebook: The Kensington academy is also one of several schools where members of the school community identified healthy cooking and eating as a priority. […]
From The Philadelphia Public School Notebook: In Philadelphia, the District’s food services division is running promotions and encouraging principals to use multiple methods to deliver breakfast to more students. […]
The farmers for a day — from Univest banking and insurance in Souderton and other locations — were among a legion of volunteers who work on the West Chester farm throughout the growing season for the Chester County Food Bank. From: Philadelphia Media Network […]
From Philadelphia Media Network: Throughout the region, there’s an increasing number of people who see both the food surplus and the deficit among people in need, and cannot abide the imbalance. They’re working to do something about it. […]
Despite economic gains in the last few years, children remain the poorest age group in America with nearly one in five living in poverty. From: Philadelphia Media Network […]
From WHYY: The proposed policy would take into consideration the person’s use of non-cash assistance programs, including heating assistance; food assistance programs such as SNAP and WIC; the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC); as well as Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), among others.
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Councilman Derek Green last month proposed a change to Philadelphia drug policy: he wants to stop testing people on parole for pot use. Making that change, he believes, would reduce Philly’s prison population and open up more treatment beds for people with addiction. […]
Now a new program is trying to break that cycle by offering trauma therapy to children living or attending school in parts of North Philadelphia. Run by the Joseph J. Peters Institute (JJPI), a Philadelphia leader in trauma research and treatment, the program is free to children aged 3 to 18, regardless of parents’ insurance. Philadelphia already has a network of mental health providers offering trauma-informed therapy, but they are only open to Medicaid holders, and none had been based in the 22nd Police District. […]
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