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What’s it like to be homeless in Philly? This podcast takes you there
“Heard” features stories from people who’ve lived on the street. | From: Billy Penn (Read more.)
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Staying connected: Moms who pump in prison (AUDIO)
Check out the audio version of this previously published story about an innovative lactation program that encourages incarcerated new moms to maintain their breast milk supply. | From: WHYY (Read more.)
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Now in high school, Philly girls revisit earlier kindness, donating tampons, other items
In late 2017, three eighth-grade girls decided to collect tampons for low-income students at the University of Pennsylvania. This week, they started a second collection of tampons and other toiletries, this time at their high school. | From: The Philadelphia Inquirer (Read more.)
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Maternity care crisis (averted?)
In the past two decades, 13 of the city’s 19 maternity wards have closed. Philadelphia’s maternal mortality rate is high, especially for women of color. Cause and effect? Not so fast, says Malcolm Burnley, who takes a deep look at the factors contributing to poor maternal health outcomes in the city. | From: Generocity
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Ideas We Should Steal: One Stop Contraception Shop
A national nonprofit is breaking down barriers women face in getting effective birth control, which could also help lift them out of poverty. | From: The Philadelphia Citizen (Read more.)
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Temple Students “Swipe Out Hunger” In Philly
Instead of letting extra meals go to waste, a Temple student uses his leftover “swipes” to buy food to share with people throughout the city. | From: Green Philly
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Rising hunger among the elderly could mean higher rates of malnutrition
Malnutrition is “an under-recognized problem” that may be on the rise among the elderly here and throughout the country as hunger increases, according to the Philadelphia Corporation for Aging (PCA) and other health professionals. | From: The Philadelphia Inquirer (Read more.)
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More moms and kids withdrawing from nutrition program because of deportation fears, administrators say
Administrators say they are witnessing an unprecedented number of people withdrawing from the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children since the Trump administration proposed changes in immigration rules last fall. | From: The Philadelphia Inquirer (Read more.)
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Arts center in city’s poorest neighborhood teaches culture and salvation
People weary of being called residents of “the badlands” point to such nonprofits as Taller Puertorriqueño and ask outsiders, “Why not talk about that?” | From: The Philadelphia Inquirer (Read more.)
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New Philly institute will push insurance companies to recognize that ‘food is medicine’
The Metropolitan Area Neighborhood Nutrition Alliance, better known as MANNA, is hoping more research will convince the medical-industrial complex to cover meal plans. | From: Billy Penn (Read more.)