Latinos make up nearly 15 percent of Philadelphia’s population and form its poorest minority group — 38 percent live in poverty, according to census data. But step inside a city homeless shelter and there are few Latinos. Nationally, and in Philadelphia, they represent a small fraction of people in shelters. | From: Philadelphia Media Network (Read more.)
Local food banks are preparing for a rush of people in need due to the government shutdown. But the strain is taking a toll on SNAP, the area’s largest hunger relief organization. | From: NBC10 (Read more.)
At least for some Pennsylvanians, like ND, who served time in the ’90s for misdemeanors: “My record should be clean just like me.” | From Generocity (Read more.)
General assistance was reinstated last summer after a six-year hiatus. New legislation threatens to gut the program, which offers about $200 per month to qualified residents. | From: Generocity (Read more.)
Could a Baltimore nonprofit hold the answer to turning around the lives of Philly’s most at-risk teens—and our city at-large? | From: The Philadelphia Citizen (Read more.)
As the city honors “economic mobility month,” Broke in Philly wants to hear from you. | From: Billy Penn (Read more.)
In December, not long before the partial U.S. government shutdown, Congress passed a revised Farm Bill funding the federal food program. The Trump administration has said that SNAP would be funded through February, despite the shutdown. But if the closure continues through March, the 42 million Americans who receive the benefit will be left scrambling. | From: Plan Philly (Read more.)
Temple sociologist Sara Goldrick-Rab hosts a town hall this week on college debt. Here she talks about her groundbreaking work—and the hope it brings her. | From: The Philadelphia Citizen (Read more.)
From Philadelphia Media Network: A corner store on a mission, Rowhouse Grocery in Point Breeze is a posh yet accessible oasis in a supermarket desert. (Read more.)
From Generocity: “As Hispanic people,” said President and CEO Rev. Luis Cortés, “we need to build institutions that we control.” Here’s the ethos behind the North Philadelphia nonprofit’s long-term community engagement strategy. (Read more.)
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