Is my recycling being… recycled? By: Courtney Duchene | Green Philly, The Philadelphia Citizen April 17, 2024 | Tagged: Environment. Todd Lappin via Flickr Philadelphians’ skepticism about the City’s waste policies has led to an abysmal recycling rate. Here’s what really happens after you put out your blue bin — and how the City could…
School groups de-escalate youth violence by meeting students where they are By: Annette John-Hall | Love Media Now April 9, 2024 | Tagged: education, Social Justice. School Safety officer, Kevin Rosa gives an 11th grader a shape-up in a professional chair. He uses his barbering skills to give haircuts that help him connect with and…
Bars to belonging: Overcoming the housing crisis facing returning citizens By: Ryan M. Moser | Generocity March 21, 2024 | Tagged: Clean Slate, housing, Human Services, Reentry. The United States leads the world in mass incarceration – one in three adults have been arrested by the age of 23. As a result, as many as 100 million…
Block captains hope cleanups will keep streets safe from gun violence By: Sammy Caiola Love Media Now March 1, 2024 | Tagged: Block Captains, Local. Nate Riley is a block captain in his Logan neighborhood. He thinks block captains are part of the solution to reducing gun violence in Philadelphia. Photo by Tezarah Wilkins. When…
Philly DHS took a 1-year-old from her mother but the girl was then kicked to death By: Steve Volk| The Philadelphia Inquirer February 16, 2024 | Tagged: Foster Care and Child Welfare. Su’Layah Williams, 1, was allegedly kicked to death in a West Philadelphia home where the city’s Department of Human Services had placed her.…
Philly tax break program fails to deliver hoped-for benefits to students By: Emily Rizzo Chalkbeat Philadelphia, Latest PJC stories February 2, 2024 | Tagged: education, tax breaks. Hannah Yoon for Chalkbeat Every so often, Philadelphia’s school board members have to decide whether to grant huge tax breaks to property developers through a program that, on…
Building hope in Philadelphia neighborhoods under siege – MindSite News By: Denise Clay-Murray | Latest PJC stories January 12, 2024 | This story was reported and first published by MindSite News, a nonprofit news outlet that reports on mental health, in collaboration with the Philadelphia Journalism Collaborative and Resolve Philly. YouthBuild Philly Charter School serves…
Philly still keeps the benefits of foster care youths despite a 2022 law By: Steve Volk and Julie Christie, Resolve Philly The Philadelphia Inquirer January 10, 2024 | Tagged: Foster Care and Child Welfare, Our Kids, Youth. Despite the city’s new law, DHS acknowledges it’s still keeping the money meant for foster kids — about…