From WHYY: “When you’re already struggling to make ends meet and you’ve already sacrificed it’s another, ‘oh crap, I can’t do anything now’ because I gotta give SEPTA my money,’” said Franks. (Read more.)
From WHYY: According to the National Diaper Bank Network, one in three American families struggle with buying diapers. (Read more.)
There are countless ways in which those who have less end up paying more: buying in small quantities rather than in discounted bulk; ignoring car servicing because you can’t afford it, only to suffer a breakdown (towing + repair = $$$); not having a bank account because of bad credit, or lacking the minimum balance, and then giving up some of your paycheck every time you cash it. (Read more.)
• City courts and the financial scheme taking from the poor, collecting what amounts to millions for city and state coffers | From: Philly Weekly
• Can city government use the tech community to lift Philadelphians out of poverty? | From: Technical.ly
• Is the war on poverty ‘a success,’ as the Trump administration proclaims? | From: Philadelphia Media Network
• GreenLight Fund is bringing a new model of financial empowerment to Philadelphia | From: Generocity
• Many U.S. kids can’t swim and are at risk for drowning | From: Philadelphia Media Network
• Colby for a cause | From: The Philadelphia Citizen
• Technical.ly joins collaborative reporting project Broke in Philly | From: Technical.ly (Read more.)
From Philly Weekly: The bail fee is just one small part of a larger financial scheme that generates revenue from the pockets of people caught up in the criminal justice system. (Read more.)
From The Philadelphia Citizen: After more than 30 years in operation, Philabundance is now launching something new, something that is the source of Retamar and Bowdler’s snacking habit: Abundantly Good, a retail line of cheeses, the proceeds of which are used to turn surplus milk, which would otherwise go to waste, into cheese for the people facing food insecurity. (Read more.)
From Technical.ly: For the one in four Philadelphians living below the poverty line, a jump into the technology sector — a high-opportunity area thought to be key to reducing levels of poverty — could be transformative. (Read more.)
From Technical.ly: Poverty in Philadelphia is the intractable elephant in the room. We are stubbornly poor. It’s a major problem. Yet there are solutions in various corners of the city — and those elsewhere worth importing — that need more attention. (Read more.)
From Philadelphia Media Network: Here, in a city of 1.5 million people where the poverty rate is 26 percent, the highest among the country’s biggest cities, there are nearly 400,000 residents living in poverty. (Read more.)
From Philadelphia Media Network: A 2017 study by researchers at the University of Memphis found that 64 percent of African American children, 45 percent of Hispanic children, and 40 percent of Caucasian children in the United States have no or low swimming ability, putting them at risk for drowning. (Read more.)
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