This Week at Broke in Philly – Page 2

This Week at Broke in Philly: 08.24.18

August 24, 2018

• SEPTA’s new regional rail turnstile design keeps Key card users in and the city’s homeless population out | From: Philly Weekly
• To prevent chronic homelessness, Philly nonprofit offers some young adults more than shelter | From: WHYY
• Voices: Abundantly Good Cheese | From: PhillyCAM
• A hotter topic: Building heat resilience into multifamily housing | From: PlanPhilly
• How Benefits Data Trust will use $4 million to increase food security across the U.S. | From: Generocity
• Broke in Philly update: Cash bail processing fees
• Reflecting on media roles (Read more.)

This Week at Broke in Philly: 08.17.18

August 17, 2018

• At Temple, campus food pantry becomes summer lifeline for hungry students | From: Philadelphia Media Network
• Broke in Philly: Financial Struggles for 1st Generation College Students | From NBC10/Telemundo62
• ‘A perfect circle of helping’: 3 nonprofits join forces to feed people in Kensington | From: Billy Penn
• Home visits from education experts are improving outcomes for Philly kids in poverty | From: Generocity
• Anti-poverty crusaders fight to cut taxes for mobile-home owners | From: Philadelphia Media Network
• Comcast’s $10 internet for low-income Americans is exploding in popularity | From: Billy Penn
• Broke in Philly: From Homeless to Business Owner | From: NBC10/Telemundo61
• Philly Playstreets provide haven amid poverty, blight, and drugs | From: Philadelphia Media Network (Read more.)

This Week at Broke in Philly: 08.10.18

August 10, 2018

• Broke in Philly launches #HighCost of Being Broke series
• The high cost of being broke: Diapers | From: WHYY
• Financial empowerment centers help city residents improve their fiscal health | From: Next City
• The high cost of being broke: Dental care | From: WHYY
• High cost of being broke: Cell phones are crazy expensive | From: Billy Penn
• The high cost of being broke: Transportation | From: WHYY
• The high cost of being broke: Fighting ‘quiet hunger’ in every Philadelphia zip code | From: NBC10/Telemundo62
• How to find low-cost bank accounts in Philly | From: Philadelphia Media Network
• Broke in Philly: Residents struggle to afford the rising cost of food | From: NBC10/Telemundo62
• Power Moves: Cassie Haynes left city government to co-lead Resolve Philadelphia | From: Generocity (Read more.)

This Week at Broke in Philly: 08.03.18

August 4, 2018

• 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.)

Technical.ly joins collaborative reporting project Broke in Philly

July 31, 2018

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.)

This Week at Broke in Philly: 07.27.2018

July 28, 2018

• Old homes, high poverty make Philadelphia housing less than affordable for some | From: PlanPhilly
• A low-cost way to reduce depression: renovate vacant lots | From: Philadelphia Media Network
• More city money for anti-eviction efforts brings expanded access to legal services for tenants | From: PlanPhilly
• States have a role to play on war on poverty (which, by the way, isn’t over) | Editorial | From: Philadelphia Media Network
• Ideas we should steal: The Citizens Project | From: The Philadelphia Citizen
• Homeless teens in Philly tap rough memories to help others understand their lives | From: Philadelphia Media Network
• Farm for the City: Growing an urban garden near City Hall to fight food insecurity | From: Generocity
• What Pittsburgh can learn from Philadelphia’s bold media collaborations | From: nextpittsburgh.com
• Transmit/Transform: 2 Part Community Event (Read more.)

This Week at Broke in Philly: 07.20.2018

July 21, 2018

• Helping foster youth attain college and persist there | From: The Philadelphia Public School Notebook
• Pa. bills would subsidize the costs of college | From: The Philadelphia Public School Notebook
• See how trauma can determine our health and even our income | From: ParaTiMujer Radio Program (Read more.)

This Week at Broke in Philly: 07.13.2018

July 14, 2018

• Beyond SEPTA Key: New program replaces tokens for people in need | From: Billy Penn
• Why this couple’s wedding registry was devoted to paying off Philly kids’ court costs | From: Philadelphia Media Network
• New report sheds light on poverty | From: NBC10/Telemundo62
• How this Philadelphia neighborhood is gentrifying without displacement | From: Next City
• Philadelphians feel squeezed as U.S. economy seems to hum. That’s a poverty problem | From: Philadelphia Media Network
• Here’s where people living on Philly streets can find respite from the heat | From: Generocity (Read more.)

This Week at Broke in Philly: 06.29.18

June 29, 2018

• PA foster families would get a $500 tax credit if this bill becomes law | From: Billy Penn
• Program helps local families dealing with financial hardship | From: NBC10/Telemundo62
• How Philabundance and Di Bruno Bros. are turning surplus food into gold | From: Billy Penn
• Landing on your feet | From: The Philadelphia Citizen
• Find resources for housing and more in Philadelphia (Read more.)

This Week at Broke in Philly: 06.22.18

June 22, 2018

• Fighting summer hunger block by block, lunch by lunch | From: Philadelphia Media Network
• Planting seeds for the future: Urban Creators’ summer youth program | From: The Philadelphia Public School Notebook
• In North Philly, a produce truck and a supermarket are fighting food insecurity | From: Generocity
• Learning about healthy meals at school | From: The Philadelphia Public School Notebook
• Championing breakfast in schools | From: The Philadelphia Public School Notebook
• Workers making progress on fair scheduling rights in cities | From: Next City
(Read more.)