From Philadelphia Weekly: Two weeks ago, I shared a pair of stories a former colleague told me about how he navigates the dance classified as working poor. Since telling his story via my column, I’ve received numerous emails from readers (and thank you) who’ve shared similar tales of what they go through just to survive a day-to-day. (Read more.)
From Philadelphia Media Network: St. Francis sits on Kensington Avenue, in the heart of Philly’s perfect storm, but the suffering citywide is so severe that it lends itself to a simple, stark shorthand: We are the poorest and hungriest big city in the country, and the epicenter of the urban opioid crisis to boot. This is our reality now. (Read more.)
From NBC10/Telemundo62: More than 300,000 people in the city, roughly one in five residents, live in households that the federal government determined to be “food insecure,” meaning they are “unable to always afford sufficient food.” (Read more.)
From Philadelphia Media Network: The rate of unmarried white females having babies nearly tripled between 1980 and 2016, rising from 10 percent to almost 30 percent, according to Child Trends, a nonprofit research organization. That figure, which measures births to females ages 15 to 44, is about twice as high as the 15 percent of births to unmarried white females in 1990. (Read more.)
To ensure every Philadelphian has enough food to survive, it would cost an amount equal to about $100 per year for every resident, a new report estimates. Over the past six years, the number of people experiencing food insecurity in Philadelphia has increased by 22 percent, according to a joint study by organizations Hunger Free America and Philabundance. (Read more.)
From Philadelphia Media Network: Based on data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the report found that in the 2015-17 time period, 302,685 Philadelphia residents, or 18.3 percent of the population, lived in households that the federal government designates as food insecure. That’s a measure of hunger meaning that people didn’t have enough food in the course of a year to lead a healthy lifestyle. (Read more.)
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From Generocity: Despite Philly’s many cross-sector collaborations, local government efforts and discussions — prepare yourself for this shocker — ending poverty isn’t easy, which is why it hasn’t happened yet. Indeed, as panelist and GreenLight Fund Philadelphia ED Omar Woodard put it at ImpactPHL’s recent “Investing to End Poverty” event, it’s a Gordian knot. (Read more.)
From Generocity: The largest philanthropic organization in DelCo — which announced a new name, new partnerships and a new funding strategy this past March — just granted a whopping $1,165,000 via 46 grants to 42 local nonprofits. (Read more.)
My Philly Neighbor” series which will highlight stories of everyday acts of kindness and good deeds by people helping their communities in small and big ways. We especially want to provide a platform for areas of the city that have been historically portrayed in a negative light and to people who are doing good on their own, not necessarily as part of their job. Nominate them here so that one of our partner media outlets can reach out to interview them. (Read more.)
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