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Know your rights. Philly domestic workers to train virtually for May 1
Coronavirus or not, the National Domestic Workers Alliance is holding two educational sessions in preparation for history. | From: AL DÍA (Read more.)
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As COVID-19 deepens the digital divide, a call to move beyond simply providing access
While accessing a computer is essential, we need digital job training to be incorporated into any workforce plan, says guest columnist Howard Pinder. | From: Generocity (Read more.)
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Emergency fund to save local child care gives out $1.5 million in grants
The money helps centers continue to pay staff so they will be prepared to reopen. But it also pays for other needs, such as activity packets for children. | From: The Philadelphia Public School Notebook (Read more.)
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Need money to keep your small business afloat? Here’s a how-to guide.
How can you, a small business owner, stay afloat during the coronavirus crisis? What resources can you rely on for information, funding, and support? Here’s some advice from local financial experts — and from some fellow business owners. | From: WHYY (Read more.)
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Disruptions and government response to the coronavirus outbreak are heavily impacting youth in foster care
The weight of disruptions caused by the coronavirus outbreak and government response to the pandemic is falling with particular heaviness on youth in foster care. | From: Generocity (Read more.)
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COVID-19 and homelessness: As more tests become available, health care and outreach workers prepare for next steps
At Project HOME’s Stephen Klein Wellness Center, health care workers are encouraging patients to get tested for COVID-19 if they have symptoms like a dry cough or fever. | From: Kensington Voice (Read more.)
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When you shop, don’t leave mothers using WIC empty-handed
WIC benefits, distributed via the federally-funded program that helps parents with fewer economic means feed their kids, can only be used on specific sizes and brands of product — and other shoppers are wiping shelves clean. (Read more.)
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Penn ‘left us stranded on the streets’: Some students are desperate as coronavirus shuts down Philly colleges
As school resources shut down, students with economic hardship are being left behind. Philly universities have offered to buy students flights home, but for some this means returning to war-torn countries and unstable households, placing financial burdens on their families. | From: The Philadelphia Inquirer (Read more.)
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Free breakfast and lunch begins, but not many students in North Philly bite
In one of the city’s lowest-wealth neighborhoods, dozens of brown-bag breakfasts and lunches went untouched Monday, the first of what is to be many days of schoolchildren being kept at home and their parents being out of work. | From: The Philadelphia Inquirer (Read more.)
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‘Not us or them’: Landlord group asks members to follow court order to halt evictions
‘Not us or them’: Landlord group asks members to follow court order to halt evictions