Pennsylvania Department of Corrections A new dashboard of real-time data on Pennsylvania's prison and parole populations shows the state has made strides to reduce racial inequity, but Black and Latino residents are still greatly overrepresented in prisons and on parole. The dashboard built by the group Recidiviz, a tech nonprofit that partners with governmental agencies to use data to reduce incarceration with a focus on racial inequities, was made public Friday and includes

Bridges to Home is a groundbreaking program developed by Mental Health Partnerships (MHP) to address issues that are specific to the women incarcerated in Philadelphia Department of Prisons (PDP) facilities: emotional and psychological distress combined with substance use, homelessness, and access to resources. For more details about the Women's Reentry Program, click here. To contact Mental Health Partneships about the Women's Reentry Program, Please call: (267) 507-3887

The Mayor’s Office of Violence Prevention (OVP) is seeking two detail-orientated and enthusiastic people to assist with the Targeted Community Investment Grant (TCIG) program. If you have experience or known of someone with the experience of grants and looking to empower community groups and grassroots organizations to sustain their gun violence prevention programs and activities within the City of Philadelphia, please email your resume to kiana.brown@phila.gov, no later than

Youth Sentencing & Reentry Project - July 30, 2021 YSRP seeks a Policy Director to support our efforts to end youth incarceration in Pennsylvania, with a particular focus on ending the practice of charging youth as adults. The Policy Director will play a leadership role in the Care, Not Control (C,NC) campaign, which has led advocacy efforts focused on educating Pennsylvania’s statewide Juvenile Justice Task Force, and will now pivot to advocating for the implementation of th

Eligible residents can apply online for federal aid to help pay for rent and utilities to avoid evictions after the moratorium expires | By: Hannah Kanik Philly Voice: Hannah Kanik - July 29, 2021 Mayor Jim Kenney announced Wednesday that funds are still available through both city and state rental assistance programs for residents struggling to pay their bills. "Keeping people in their homes and supporting landlords affected by COVID-19 has been our priority. The pandemic an

Office of Emergency Management: Jeffrey Kolakowski - July 30, 2021 Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf announced this week that there are low-interest loans available for several counties, including Philadelphia, that experienced damage from July 12’s severe storm that produced damaging flooding to property. The assistance, from the U.S. Small Business Administration, is the same aid the state received from Tropical Storm Isaias last summer which was made available to city residen

Office of Homeless Services: Sarah Peterson - July 30, 2021 This summer, the City of Philadelphia initiated the PEACE (Partners Establishing Accessible, Affordable Housing and Caring for Older Adults Empathetically) program pilot, a public-private partnership with local long-term care and independent living organizations to provide housing and behavioral and physical health services to vulnerable older adults. Through this pilot, the City will work with an inaugural class of