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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 […]

Helping foster youth attain college and persist there

July 14, 2018

From The Philadelphia Public School Notebook: The Field Center is working with eight area colleges and universities in a Foster Care to College program to provide the support that foster youth need to get to and through college. […]

Pa. bills would subsidize the costs of college

July 13, 2018

From The Philadelphia Public School Notebook: Philadelphia legislators have introduced bills in the state Senate and House of Representatives that would give low-income and middle-class students full tuition scholarships to community colleges and state-related universities. […]

Beyond SEPTA Key: New program replaces tokens for people in need

July 12, 2018

From Billy Penn: To accommodate social service agencies, SEPTA allowed them to continue to buy tokens in bulk. […]

Why this couple’s wedding registry was devoted to paying off Philly kids’ court costs

July 10, 2018

From Philadelphia Media Network: According to the Federal Reserve’s 2017 Economic Well-Being of U.S. Households report, four in 10 Americans could not come up with $400 in case of an emergency. […]

New report sheds light on poverty

July 10, 2018

From NBC10/Telemundo62: A new report is showing the squeeze on Philadelphia’s wallets — and so more people are working two jobs. Chris Clackum reports. […]

How this Philadelphia neighborhood is gentrifying without displacement

July 9, 2018

From Next City: Where anti-gentrification activists in Point Breeze have gone so far as to torch new homes under construction, and North-Central Philadelphia residents protest Temple University’s drive to turn their neighborhood into an extension of its campus, Germantowners rely mainly on the neighborhood’s homegrown resources to create what may well become one of the first income-diverse gentrified neighborhoods. […]

Philadelphians feel squeezed as U.S. economy seems to hum. That’s a poverty problem

July 9, 2018

From the Philadelphia Media Network: Throughout the region, low wages make life tough. Low wages with rising prices make life painful. […]

Here’s where people living on Philly streets can find respite from the heat

July 3, 2018

From Generocity: Like extreme weather during the winter, heat endangers people experiencing homelessness who lack consistent access to water, shade and shelter. […]

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 […]