A new report from Philadelphia’s Health Department offers a look into the challenges of people in active addition. | From: The Inquirer (Read more.)
Since February 2020, the U.S. labor force has shrunk by about three million people. Women 20 and older comprised 55% of that total decline, despite the fact that they make up only about 45% of the workforce. | From: The Inquirer (Read more.)
After a year-plus of pandemic-disrupted learning, persistent bus woes have kept some students out of school completely and left parents and school staff scrambling yet again. | From: The Inquirer (Read more.)
The Pew Center for Arts and Heritage will distribute $10.2 million in arts grants over the next fiscal year. Thirty organizations in the Philadelphia region will receive grants ranging from $120,000 to $480,000, much of it targeted for pandemic relief, as well as strengthening internal diversity, equity, and inclusion programs. | From: WHYY (Read more.)
Amid a surging wave of coronavirus cases, the federal government allowed enhanced pandemic unemployment insurance to expire this past weekend, cutting off thousands of jobless Philadelphians and millions of their fellow Americans from their only source of financial support. | From: Metro Philly (Read more.)
“Over the course of last year, we saw months that showed the biggest spikes in food insecurity in the last 50 years in this country.” | From: The Inquirer (Read more.)
Only one in three restaurants who applied received grants, leaving 177,000 business owners with pending applications, according to the National Restaurant Association. PRLA said more than 6,400 businesses in Pennsylvania seeking $1.5 billion were left unfunded. | From: Metro Philly (Read more.)
A lot of the discussion about how city government can work to bring about a full recovery has focused on things like tax reform, which is no doubt important, but it’s also worth calling attention to a different issue: the opportunity to get more business investment by reducing permitting delays. | From: The Citizen (Read more.)
Our school is facing devastating enrollment declines, COVID losses, and other trauma. We know our educators have an important role to play. | From: Chalkbeat Philadelphia (Read more.)
On Monday, Aug. 23, nine months after receiving emergency authorization from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Pfizer BioNTech two-shot COVID-19 vaccine became the first of three vaccines to get full approval for usage in the country.
Back in December 2020, the Pfizer vaccine was the first authorized by the FDA for emergency use to combat what was then a dire COVID-19 situation heading into Christmas. | From: AL DÍA (Read more.)
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