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Report provides recommendations to Shapiro on child homelessness

People's Emergency Center has issued a report with recommendations to Pennsylvania Governor-Elect Josh Shapiro on how to support children and youth experiencing homelessness in the Commonwealth. more

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Reports

14,000 children served by homeless programs in PA: report

Nemours Children’s Health and People's Emergency Center have published a new report about children and youth who are served by homeless housing programs in Pennsylvania. more

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Reports

City hosts community meeting on homeless efforts Friday

The Philadelphia Office of Homeless Services will hold a Continuum of Care (CoC) community meeting on this Friday, November 18th, at 11am. more

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Money Mondays at St. Barnabas Community Resource Center

Join us on 11/21 at 11AM for lunch and an educational financial discussion on budgeting and utilities assistance programs. more

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Workshops

City offers locator app for finding free food programs

All Philadelphians can find free food and meals using the City’s locator. more

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Council poised to extend city's eviction diversion program

The White House praised Philadelphia’s eviction diversion program earlier this year, highlighting the city’s success in keeping the city’s eviction rate at roughly half of its historic average. more

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New Jersey count identifies only 8,754 homeless in state

The annual "point-in-time count" is federally mandated by The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to count the number of homeless persons in every community across the nation. more

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Reports

City to get first homeless shelter designed for transgendered

Philadelphia's first homeless shelter focused on people of a transgender experience is set to open in a matter of days. more

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Prevention Point raises alarm on rising rates of drug use

Prevention Point Philadelphia said it collected more used syringes than clean ones distributed in the past 12 months, highlighting the increasing drug consumption following the pandemic. more

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Health