Jury duty takes people from work and other obligations and can incur travel costs. So why is the pay at $9 per day for the first three days? | From: The Philadelphia Inquirer (Read more.)
From Philadelphia Media Network: A program that helps the state’s most vulnerable residents with a small monthly grant of around $200 is being reinstated this fall, six years after it had been cut. But few know it’s back. (Read more.)
From Generocity: On a home visit, a service provider visits an expecting mother or a parent and young child in their home to discuss maternal health, early childhood development and parent coaching. According to a report by the National Home Visiting Resource Center, these programs can improve infant health, parent-child relationships and early childhood education. (Read more.)
From WHYY: Approximately 72 million Americans rely on Medicaid and CHIP for dental coverage, yet two-thirds of dentists do not accept either kind of coverage, according to the Pew Dental Campaign. (Read more.)
From Philadelphia Media Network: Inflation hit 2.9 percent for the 12-month period ending in June as costs for gasoline, housing, and food kept growing. At the same time, wages grew by less than 3 percent, hardly making up for increased costs for those items. (Read more.)
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