Lynette Hazelton is a freelance contributor to Generocity. The native Philadelphian has reported on community issues for years and also teaches adult literacy classes around the city. When she is not writing, you can find her reading about history, trying hard to urge vegetables to grow in her garden, or traveling to book fairs and jazz festivals with her husband.
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May 26, 2021 8:34 am
PA county govs map out how they will use American Rescue Plan money while state dithers
According to experts, one of the most under-discussed aspects of ARP is that it represents "not only the largest positive fiscal jolt to state and local budgets in decades, but also the one most supportive of local discretion."
May 19, 2021 10:32 am
You asked ‘How can I help?’ and CHIP found answers
When the Center for High Impact Philanthropy mapped regional giving it found anomalies in the data that would have otherwise gone unnoticed.
May 12, 2021 11:46 am
Big philanthropy’s newest disruptor? Tiny philanthropy
TRACE project reporter Lynette Hazelton talks with Bread & Roses Community Fund and Philadelphia Black Giving Circle about why large grantmakers are beginning to think like their much smaller counterparts.
May 5, 2021 2:58 pm
Disappearing benefit packages leave workers with chronic economic insecurity
Many low-wage workers turn to the governmental safety net for their benefits package to supplement their paychecks. But our country’s governmental safety net is best described as a collection of inadequate assistance programs that vary state to state.
Apr. 27, 2021 12:28 pm
After years of conducting community health needs assessments, why weren’t we more prepared for COVID?
One reason may be the years of decreasing levels of community-directed spending from hospitals — particularly nonprofit hospitals.
Apr. 15, 2021 10:12 am
People of color are most burdened by debt and collection judgments issued by ‘weaponized’ courts
A report released this March by the Reinvestment Fund and Community Legal Services indicates that seven out of 10 debt collection defendants in Philadelphia live in census tracts where over 35% of the households are cost burdened.
Apr. 8, 2021 12:42 pm
View from the economic top
For Philadelphia's upper middle class, the COVID-19 economic crisis barely hurt and has, the experts contend, essentially ended.
Mar. 30, 2021 11:47 am
Jobs are key to the build back effort — but will they bring economic equity?
Middle class and working class workers have born the brunt of the pandemic — the illness, the economic disruption, the layoffs and the job closings.
Mar. 24, 2021 1:30 pm
In PA, getting shots into millions of arms is a logistical and equity nightmare
Montgomery, Delaware, Chester and Bucks counties — which together account for almost 25% of the state’s population — have experienced a shortage of vaccine supplies and increased demand. And those aren't the only challenges facing suburban communities of color.
Mar. 15, 2021 12:55 pm
Does COVID-19 recovery depend on the kindness of strangers?
The pandemic revealed that America’s basic needs safety net infrastructure is a patchwork of efforts stitched together by dedicated frontline nonprofit organizations funded by donations from individuals, donor-advised funds and foundations.