The First Judicial District has amended their procedures to authorize the return of the entire amount of posted bail in cases when defendants meet other conditions and appear as required until the final disposition of the case. (Read more.)
From Philadelphia Media Network: 200,000 Walmart workers are now using the retail giant’s app to get a portion of their paycheck in advance. But some fear hidden fees. (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.)
For this inaugural house, How partnered with Habitat for Humanity Philadelphia, part of the international nonprofit that builds affordable housing, to select a family.
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Hundreds of hungry and food insecure college students turned up to campus food pantries this summer to supplement where financial aid, meal plans and part-time jobs fell short.
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From Technical.ly: Poverty in Philadelphia is the intractable elephant in the room. We are stubbornly poor. It’s a major problem. Yet there are solutions in various corners of the city — and those elsewhere worth importing — that need more attention. (Read more.)
Broke in Philly partner WURD Radio hosted a two-day community event on violence at Fotterall Square in North Philadelphia’s Hartranft neighborhood. (Read more.)
Dozens of journalists attended a panel discussion at the Philadelphia Media Network headquarters in Center City Friday morning, hosted by Broke in Philly to help inform our collaborative reporting project on solutions to poverty. Stay tuned for more reporting on this event from our partners. (Read more.)
The rowhouse in Port Richmond looked promising, with three bedrooms, new floors, and a small white porch out front. After having moved three times in 15 months, Linda Watson hoped she’d found some stability there with her 21-year-old daughter and 12-year-old son. (Read more.)
After Leola Howell and her 4-year-old daughter became homeless last May, they stayed on Howell’s friends’ couches for eight months, fruitlessly looking for a subsidized accessible housing unit of their own. (Read more.)
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