Philadelphia will have 31 sites this fall where families can take young children who need supervision during the day time, the city announced Thursday. | From: WHYY (Read more.)
According to Kerri Hartnett, Prevention Point Philadelphia’s drop-in coordinator, starting in March, she began hearing of people being scammed out of unemployment money and stimulus checks in Kensington. For many experiencing homelessness, it’s difficult to secure these needed benefits. | From: Kensington Voice (Read more.)
With Philadelphia public school students slated to start the school year online, advocates renewed their calls for expanded internet access with a rally outside Comcast’s corporate headquarters Monday. | From: WHYY (Read more.)
Comcast, the city and several foundations are supporting the effort to connect households with children in Philly’s public, charter and Independence Mission Catholic schools. The initial focus will be on households with K-12 students and no internet access or only mobile phone access, or on people who are homeless and housing insecure. | From: NBC10/Telemundo62 (Read more.)
Donavan West wants to help Black communities and businesses starved by the pandemic, damaged by civil unrest and suffering from long-term underinvestment. West hopes to promote workforce development, improve career education programs, close the digital divide, train young people in innovation and automation, and teach them about finance and entrepreneurship. | From: Plan Philly (Read more.)
As the pandemic has forced classes online, not all students have been able to follow. Weeks after the interruption of in-person learning, some pupils still haven’t logged in or communicated with teachers. | From: The Philadelphia Inquirer (Read more.)
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.)
With more people working and studying from home due to the coronavirus outbreak, Comcast is giving customers unlimited data for no additional charge and making its vast network of Xfinity WiFi hot spots free for everyone. | From: The Philadelphia Inquirer (Read more.)
Digital privacy concerns could have serious implications for the 2020 Census, which is the first one to be completed mostly online. | From: The Philadelphia Inquirer (Read more.)
Las preocupaciones sobre la privacidad digital podrían tener serias implicaciones para el Censo 2020, que es el primero que se responde principalmente en línea. | The Philadelphia Inquirer (Read more.)
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