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Homeless Outreach Groups in Philadelphia Adjust Protocols Amid Coronavirus Outbreak

March 25, 2020

Organizations such as Project HOME and Covenant House Pennsylvania, which provide thousands of Philadelphians with temporary housing, food and health care, have been forced to adjust their outreach efforts. | From: NBC10 Philadelphia (Read more.)

coronavirus

Woman Creates Temporary Food Pantry in Northeast Philly to Help Coronavirus Fallout

March 25, 2020

Piseitta Arrington set up a temporary food pantry in Northeast Philadelphia to help those facing unemployment during the Coronavirus pandemic. (Read more.)

Health

Reality Check 10.31.19: EcoWURD Foodlab

October 31, 2019

Dr. Robynn Cox, Assistant Professor of Social Work Dept. of Social Change and Innovation, and Volunteer Director at the Pennsylvania Prison Society, John Hargreaves, discuss food security in the prison system. | From: EcoWURD Foodlab (Read more.)

Education

Reality Check 10.17.19: EcoWURD Foodlab

October 29, 2019

Paolo Narciso, vice president of AARP Foundation Impact Areas, and Meredith Ponder Whitmire, policy director for the Defeat Malnutrition Today coalition, join host Charles Ellison to discuss food insecurity among seniors. | From: EcoWURD Foodlab (Read more.)

Health

Safety net program for Pa. women and children is switching out paper for plastic

October 22, 2019

For decades, the state’s WIC program has cut checks — lots of them — to its participants. That will stop by the end of 2019. | From: WHYY (Read more.)

ICYMI

  • More cities are offering no-strings-attached cash to residents. Here’s what Philly can learn.
    July 11, 2023
  • Tale of two cities: What Philadelphia can learn from New Orleans’ guaranteed income pilot
    June 20, 2023
  • How to Take Care of Your Lungs After Breathing Wildfire Smoke
    June 16, 2023
  • Banking On Moms
    June 13, 2023
  • Penn Medicine offering free cancer screenings during the month of June
    June 13, 2023
  • Broken elevators terrify older people and those with disabilities in Philly apartment buildings
    June 13, 2023
  • To buy, or not to buy? Philly’s weak housing market is serving up a mix of emotions
    June 13, 2023
  • The Philly area doesn’t have enough homes available for low- and middle-income buyers
    June 12, 2023
  • Philly nonprofit to help small businesses buy property
    June 8, 2023
  • Some Pa. residents can get free air conditioners this summer
    June 8, 2023

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