coronavirus
Cambios en la clínica de vacunación de FEMA
A partir del 23 de marzo 2021 no se permitirán personas sin cita previa. | From: Telemundo 62 (Read more.)
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Housing
Develan programa de asistencia de renta y pago de utilidades
El llamado “Emergency Assistance Program”, el programa le proporcionará hasta 12 meses de pago del aquiler y utilidades de los inquilinos elegibles. Los funcionarios detallaron que la asistencia otorgada podría ser usada para renta atrasada desde marzo del 2020 o para el pago de renta o utilidades futuros. | From: Telemundo 62 (Read more.)
Education
Philadelphia’s in-person learning expands to 22 more schools
This is the fourth set of schools announced since the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers and the district agreed on a phased-in reopening process, which allowed the union to review ventilation documents in all schools before bringing students and staff back for in-person instruction. | From: Chalkbeat Philadelphia (Read more.)
Income and Wages
Philadelphians leave $450 million on the table in federal and state benefits annually
Benefits Data Trust is out to help residents get access to those benefits. | From: AL DÍA (Read more.)
Income and Wages
Philly City Council introduces $5 million expansion for its New Normal Jobs Initiative
The New Normal Jobs Initiative launched in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and includes a series of employment and neighborhood improvement programs. | From: AL DÍA (Read more.)
Community and Family
Hopeworks expands outreach to help small businesses and fight poverty
Camden-based Hopeworks is expanding its job training and placement mission with an eye to fighting regional poverty, hundreds of jobs at a time | From: The Citizen (Read more.)
Income and Wages
$600 semanales: reportan retrasos en beneficios por desempleo
Mediante un tuit, el Departamento del Trabajo de Pensilvania informó que aquellos que certificaron su Seguro de desempleo federal (PUA) de $300 en marzo 21 y 22 verán sus pagos retrasados entre dos a tres días. | From: Telemundo 62 (Read more.)
Income and Wages
Reporte: millones de indocumentados recibirían los cheques de $1,400
Un nuevo estudio reveló que millones de indocumentados, beneficiarios de TPS y DACA recibirán la tercera ronda de estímulo que incluye pagos de hasta $1,400. Y es que según un nuevo estudio del Centro de Estudios sobre Migración (CIS), alrededor de 2,646,258 indocumentados califican para recibir los cheques aprobados a principios de marzo. | From: Telemundo 62 (Read more.)
Income and Wages
Jefferson Just Received a $2M Grant to Expand Its Bioprocessing Institute
This growth in cell and gene therapy, coupled with the continued need for novel healthcare technologies (especially amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic), is what propelled Thomas Jefferson University to start planning the expansion of its Montgomery County-based education and training center, the Jefferson Institute for Bioprocessing (JIB). | From: Philly Mag (Read more.)
Housing
How Kensington became an island
SEPTA’s temporary closure of the Market-Frankford Line’s Somerset Station is not a solution to the poverty and substance use problem that is impacting the station — and our city. The closure is instead another step toward a displacement of some of our most vulnerable citizens — another divestment in a community already depleted by capital flight. | From: PlanPhilly (Read more.)