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Webinar: Breaking the Homelessness-Jail Cycle with Housing First, Results from the Denver

In 2014, Denver Mayor Michael B. Hancock announced a plan to better serve some of the city’s most vulnerable residents with supportive...

35,000 Philly Residents Have Applied for Rent Relief as Spending Deadlines Loom

WHYY: Taylor Allen - July 3, 2021 The City of Philadelphia is racing against the clock to disperse state and federal money for it’s...

PECO Has Millions Available to Help with Energy Bills, But Says Few Eligible Customers Are Applying

Philly Voice: Hannah Kanik - June 26, 2021 Over the course of the last year, the United Way of Pennsylvania saw the volume of callers to...

Homelessness in Reentry is a Serious Concern. Here’s What Philly is Doing About It

Generocity: Krystine Sipple - June 7,2021 According to the Prison Policy initiative, people who have been to prison experience...

Office of Reentry Partnerships Looking to Hire Two AmeriCorps VISTAs

This year the Office of Reentry Partnerships is excited to again be able to hire two VISTAs, a Reentry Housing VISTA and Reentry...

Looking Beyond Conviction History: Recommendations for Public Housing Authority Admissions Policies

Safe, affordable housing is essential for the millions of people released from U.S. jails and prisons each year. But most public housing...

Philadelphia Rental Assistance Phase 4 Now Open

Through the PHLRentAssist program, the City of Philadelphia offers emergency rental assistance to help tenants and landlords who have...

Gas and Electric Shutoffs Starting April 1st in Philadelphia

If you live in Philadelphia and are behind on your gas or electric bills or have already received a shutoff notice, follow these steps...

Reawakening: Radee Hammett Helps People Jumpstart Life After Incarceration

Generocity: Jos Duncan - March 26th, 2021 While Radee Hammett was incarcerated, he witnessed a tragic act of violence that shifted his...

Phase 4 of Philadelphia's Rental Assistance Program Set to Begin by the End of March

The next phase of Philadelphia’s rental assistance program is on track to launch by the end of March. City officials expect the tenant...

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