Biography
The Office of Homeless Services coordinates the City of Philadelphia’s homelessness resources, such as housing facilities and financial assistance.
Generocity Coverage (31 posts)
- Youth aging out of foster care are at risk of homelessness. Is Philadelphia doing all it can?
- Evictions at PATCO encampment show fragile nature of last summer’s Parkway agreement
- Restorative justice still matters
- This is the view from within the encampment on the Parkway
- Opinion: Let’s take these immediate steps to move from policing to community safety
- These women are leading change at the city’s largest family shelter
- Does discharging a homeless person from emergency shelter as punishment for wrongdoing constitute torture?
- A community-supported fatality review might reduce overdose deaths in Philadelphia
- How can Philadelphia’s point-in-time count do a better job of counting families?
- Money Moves: 2019 has already brought in more than $3M for Philly nonprofits
- Here’s where people living on Philly streets can find respite from the cold
- As Philadelphia temperatures dip, homeless outreach workers distribute socks, smiles and resources
- This innovative intake system model aims to shorten wait times for social services
- Here’s where people living on Philly streets can find respite from the heat
- Over 1,000 adults were homeless and unsheltered in Philadelphia this January
- Prevention Point Philadelphia marks 25 years of battling HIV, AIDS and the opioid epidemic
- Knight Cities Challenge winner PHL Participatory Design Lab is launching next week
- Philly’s new text-to-give campaign is more nuanced than you think
- Without federal funds, this regional homelessness program is shutting down
- The software piloted during Philly’s homelessness count last year is expanding
- Remembering those lost in Philadelphia’s homeless community
- Philly’s Office of Supportive Housing is now the Office of Homeless Services
- What these cuts to federal homeless shelter funding mean for Philadelphia
- 7 things you should know about homelessness in Philly
- Philly’s new homeless outreach is about to get a data boost
- Philadelphia can quell youth homelessness if the city acts now
- A late Philadelphia scholar’s homeless youth project was just given life
- It’s only April, but over $71.3M has been granted to local organizations in 2016
- Whoa, HUD just pumped a ton of money into Philly homelessness programs
- How the Housing Alliance of Pa. built an advocacy powerhouse out of ‘irrelevance’
- Counting the Kids: How Philly is Measuring Youth Homelessness
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