Community and Family – Page 49

For single parents, Mom’s House is a helping hand, not a handout

May 15, 2020

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, only about half of teen mothers go on to earn a high school degree by age 22. Their children are more at risk for health problems and lower school achievement: They tend to drop out of high school, give birth as a teens, be incarcerated at some time during their adolescence and face unemployment as young adults at a higher rate than others.| From: The Philadelphia Inquirer (Read more.)

Philly considers expanding Playstreets, opening streets for recreation

May 14, 2020

This summer will be challenging for many, as public parks, pools and recreation spaces will only open when it’s safe, with reduced hours and limited access. Staying active during this summer is going to be hard for youth — and especially for working parents. | From: Plan Philly (Read more.)

North Philly Peace Park provides free food to families during Covid-19

May 14, 2020

During the Covid-19 pandemic, the Peace Park is considered a life-sustaining business, and it has stepped up its work to meet the increased need. They plan to continue distributing produce once a month during the pandemic. The next free produce day will be held towards the end of May. | From: The Philadelphia Citizen (Read more.)

Philly’s immigrant-led orgs step up to fight COVID hunger with comfort food

May 7, 2020

The City of Philadelphia is giving away free food to those in need during the coronavirus pandemic, but standard food pantry fare isn’t comfort food for all. So, local immigrant-led organizations and businesses are branching out with efforts to give away the food their communities crave. | From: WHYY (Read more.)

As COVID-19 deepens the digital divide, a call to move beyond simply providing access

April 30, 2020

While accessing a computer is essential, we need digital job training to be incorporated into any workforce plan, says guest columnist Howard Pinder. | From: Generocity (Read more.)

Coming Crisis: Stress From Pandemic is Hurting Families. How Can We Help Them Now?

April 23, 2020

Keeping families strong will also keep them out of a child welfare system that may face a backlog of old cases and a surge of new ones, child advocates say. | From: NBC10/ Telemundo62 (Read more.)

COVID-19’s impact on LGBTQ participation in the 2020 U.S. Census

April 1, 2020

While the LGBTQ subgroup had planned to promote the census in part through a public event geared toward LGBTQ community leaders, this event is no longer a possibility. But the group will continue to disseminate useful census information through an opinion editorial that is in the distribution phase, as well as via social media marketing initiatives. | From: Philadelphia Gay News (Read more.)

The Kids are Crying III: The final chapter chronicling the despair that comes from dealing with DHS

November 23, 2019

Yolanda Walker-Jackson smoked marijuana to aid nausea from her pregnancy. Now, Walker-Jackson is in a fight with DHS to regain full custody of her three sons. | From: Philadelphia Weekly (Read more.)

The kids are crying II: Part II in a three-part series chronicling displacement, despair at the hands of DHS

November 18, 2019

After her and her boyfriend were accused of neglect, Miltreda Kress’s daughters were removed from her home and have been separated into different foster families. Kress is fighting to get them back. | From: Philadelphia Weekly (Read more.)

‘The kids are crying’: Three-part series chronicles despair, displacement and what DHS plans to do

November 14, 2019

Bridget Powell has been fighting for more than three years for custody of her 3-and-a-half-year-old niece, Nas’neen, and protested at the DHS and Family Court buildings over the summer to rally others who were struggling with the system. | From: Philadelphia Weekly (Read more.)