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.)
He is one of the 30 businesses that had to shutter its doors on the corridor out of roughly 180. Like many on the commercial corridor northwest of University City, Smith hopes that he will rebound — and he is relying on his neighbors after other systems have failed him. | From: PlanPhilly (Read more.)
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Massachusetts legislators are working to make their state the first to provide free, high-quality care for children. In Pennsylvania, doing so would bring more women to the workplace—and could add $6 billion to the economy | From: The Citizen (Read more.)
Dubbed the Restaurant Revitalization Fund, the relief is modeled after last year’s Restaurants Act. It was advocated by the Independent Restaurant Coalition, an organization of bar and restaurant owners who have fought for government assistance since the beginning of the pandemic. | From: WHYY (Read more.)
In addition to laptop and computer donations, the funds will help pay for Wi-Fi-connected spaces in community centers by 2021.
The money will also pay for continued investment in the company’s Internet Essentials program, which brings high-speed broadband to low-income residents for less than $10 a month. | From: WHYY (Read more.)
“Esperamos que este programa dé a los becarios la oportunidad de desarrollar trabajos que ayuden a otros a cuestionar sus propias perspectivas”, dijo Pedro Ramos. | From: AL DÍA (Read more.)
The program is dedicated to providing financial support to Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC). The $3 million will be divided out to four organizations annually, and who will receive two-year, unrestricted grants of up to $200,000 per year. | From: AL DÍA (Read more.)
Last month, Council invested the first $5.5 million of that money into the Family Stability Community Challenge, which funds organizations and partnerships that offer free tax preparation, financial counseling, access to wage support, and other financial assistance. The first $1 million of that investment went to the Local Initiatives Support Corporation and their partnership with the Latino Equitable Development Collective. | From: Generocity (Read more.)
The row of porta-potties installed in Center City during the pandemic is being scaled back and moved down the block. Advocates call the move “concerning” in light of what happened last summer, when they say human waste filled the streets around City Hall. | From: Billy Penn (Read more.)
Forty-five of the 594 businesses listed in the Beech Companies’ Black Business Directory in 2020 have since closed, either temporarily or permanently — a decline of about 8%. | From: WHYY (Read more.)
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