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From Bars to Belonging: Overcoming the Housing Crisis Facing Returning Citizens

Mar. 20, 2024 8:00 am

From Bars to Belonging: Overcoming the Housing Crisis Facing Returning Citizens

Formerly Incarcerated Philadelphians Need a Place to Call Home
A City of Neighborhoods and the Challenge of Affordable Housing

Mar. 6, 2024 8:00 am

A City of Neighborhoods and the Challenge of Affordable Housing

We hear a lot about Philadelphia as a “city of neighborhoods.” The description certainly fits, as we have a wealth of distinctive communities offering all varieties of food, shopping, architecture, civic institutions, and other amenities that enhance our quality of life. But what makes Philadelphia uniquely neighborhood-centered? After all, Manhattan has neighborhoods, Boston has neighborhoods, […]
Beyond Poverty: Healthcare Deserts, Part 2

Jan. 24, 2024 7:25 am

Beyond Poverty: Healthcare Deserts, Part 2

Medical professionals, patients and lawmakers alike have called for government action will, legislation stop hospital closures.
Chillax and do good: Philly Pours is happening (virtually) this year purpose

Aug. 14, 2020 11:12 am

Chillax and do good: Philly Pours is happening (virtually) this year

The annual food and drink event that helps raise funds for Resources for Human Development's programs — which help tens of thousands of people — will take place on Aug. 20, and is as meaningful as ever.
This Pew Fund for Health and Human Services program is helping grantees assess their impact results

Aug. 3, 2018 10:23 am

This Pew Fund for Health and Human Services program is helping grantees assess their impact

Participants as variant in size, scope and mission as Broad Street Ministry, Philabundance and ElderNet of Lower Merion and Narberth are learning to better track their effectiveness during the 15-month, cohort-based program.
On the Market: 8 jobs plus 10 things we learned at INTER/VIEW people

May 22, 2018 1:18 pm

On the Market: 8 jobs plus 10 things we learned at INTER/VIEW

Check out these newsy tidbits about local employment and the people looking for it at INTER/VIEW 2018 presented by Public Health Management Corporation (plus a handful of jobs you can apply for right now).
We’re asking the wrong questions when it comes to nonprofit executive wages funding

Jan. 22, 2018 12:55 pm

We’re asking the wrong questions when it comes to nonprofit executive wages

Paying good leaders is important for many reasons. But so is paying your staffers enough so they don't need public assistance.
Peirce College is launching a workforce training program for parents results

Aug. 9, 2017 4:25 pm

Peirce College is launching a workforce training program for parents

The program and its "two-generation approach," supported by a $60,000 grant from United Way, is set to launch in 2018 and is for participants over 18 years old with at least one child in the household.
PSA: Philly’s 2-1-1 hotline has a texting option now people

Jul. 26, 2017 11:20 am

PSA: Philly’s 2-1-1 hotline has a texting option now

Text 898-211 to get connected with the city's health and human services offerings. 2-1-1's Meg Finley visited "Around the Corner" to share more.
The future of workforce development in the healthcare industry is — apprenticeships? purpose

Jun. 27, 2017 10:30 am

The future of workforce development in the healthcare industry is — apprenticeships?

District 1199C Training and Upgrading Fund's Cheryl Feldman makes the case that health and human services employers should implement training programs.