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Soft skills, tech jobs: What Philly can learn from Albuquerque’s anti-poverty push

October 29, 2018

From Technical.ly: Why Albuquerque? Because despite how modest a 3 percent drop in poverty rates may seem, lessons can be gleaned from their local approach, which has been lauded by the Kellogg Foundation and the Obama White House. Given Philadelphia’s stubborn 25.9 percent poverty rate, and the lackluster results of current efforts, we’d be remiss to turn a blind eye to the lessons other cities might contribute. (Read more.)

Dip in Black poverty draws skepticism

October 3, 2018

From The Philadelphia Tribune: A drop in the poverty rate for Black Philadelphians reported in recent census estimates has been met with skepticism by some who say the numbers are moving in the opposite direction. (Read more.)

Philly antipoverty office: Lack of clout, vision, and leadership

September 13, 2018

From Philadelphia Media Network: In 2013, Mayor Michael Nutter rebranded Philadelphia’s community services office and charged it with nothing less than the slashing of poverty in the poorest big city in the United States. Five years on, the Office of Community Empowerment and Opportunity has spent $65 million with few measurable accomplishments. (Read more.)

Sheriffs target ‘deadbeat dads’ with midnight raids, debtor’s prison. But does it help the kids?

September 11, 2018

From Philadelphia Media Network: Sheriff’s deputies in Montgomery County, and across Pennsylvania and New Jersey, conduct regular “deadbeat dad” sweeps and invite the evening news to film the perp walks. Parents say the practice is not only counterproductive but also traumatic to kids. (Read more.)

Wake Up With WURD – Taylor Allen

September 6, 2018

Taylor Allen joins Wake Up With WURD to talk about her recent WHYY article, The high cost of being broke: Diapers. (Read more.)

At Temple, campus food pantry becomes summer lifeline for hungry students

August 14, 2018

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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The high cost of being broke: Fighting ‘quiet hunger’ in every Philadelphia zip code

August 6, 2018

From NBC10/Telemundo62: Food insecurity plagues more than 20 percent of people in Philadelphia and more than 1.6 million people across Pennsylvania, according to a 2017 report by Feeding America. The hardest-hit local neighborhoods include West Philly, Southwest Philly, North Philly and portions of the Northeast, where the food insecurity rate is more than 30 percent, according to the report. (Read more.)

What Pittsburgh can learn from Philadelphia’s bold media collaborations

July 25, 2018

From NEXTpittsburgh: The partners include the city’s daily newspapers, public radio station WHYY, Billy Penn, a four-year-old media startup, the Philadelphia Tribune, the nation’s longest-running African American newspaper, community news outlets and two academic institutions — Temple University and Allentown, PA’s Muhlenberg College. (Read more.)

Helping foster youth attain college and persist there

July 14, 2018

From The Philadelphia Public School Notebook: The Field Center is working with eight area colleges and universities in a Foster Care to College program to provide the support that foster youth need to get to and through college. (Read more.)

Landing on your feet

June 20, 2018

From The Philadelphia Citizen: PAR-Recycle Works teaches participants to break down old electronics—laptops, computer monitors, window AC units, phones—donated by partners and townships. (Read more.)