Philly Unpacked: Who Gets to Speak Freely in America?
Philly Unpacked discusses how the legacies of colonization and slavery still shape America at 250.
Can child wealth-building programs disrupt cycles of poverty in Philly?
Across the nation, new initiatives designed to help poor children build wealth are gaining steam.
Philly toddler apparently drowned in bath as foster mother ‘at her max’ tended the microwave
The Philadelphia police special victims unit is investigating the death of a child who apparently drowned in a bathtub when his foster mother left him unattended to go to the microwave.
Records obtained by The Inquirer and Resolve Philly show that a Harrowgate foster parent left 19-month-old Sy’vir Hill and a second child unsupervised and returned to find Sy’vir submerged in the water.
How Philly can look to New Jersey to fix its child welfare system
How Philly can look to New Jersey to fix its child welfare system By: Steve Volk | The Philadelphia Inquirer April 14, 2025 | Tagged: Foster Care and Child Welfare, Our Kids. The problems bedeviling Philadelphia’s child welfare system — too many kids in foster care, worker vacancies, and lawsuits stemming from child injuries and…
Cómo Filadelfia puede inspirarse en Nueva Jersey para reformar su sistema de bienestar infantil
Los problemas que aquejan al sistema de bienestar infantil de Filadelfia —como el exceso de niños en hogares de acogida, la escasez de personal y demandas relacionadas con lesiones y muertes infantiles— han disminuido progresivamente en Nueva Jersey en las últimas dos décadas. Entonces, ¿qué puede aprender Filadelfia del Estado Jardín? En la década de…
Dentro del sistema de acogida oculto de Filadelfia, donde los padres ceden a sus hijos “voluntariamente”
En el otoño de 2021, Tytianna Hawthorne recibió un mensaje telefónico de un investigador del Departamento de Servicios Humanos de Filadelfia: alguien podría haber maltratado a su hija de un año. El investigador actuó basándose en una pista confidencial enviada a ChildLine por una persona que llamó y dijo que una foto de Su’Layah en…
Inside Philly’s hidden foster care system, where parents ‘voluntarily’ give up their children
Inside Philly’s hidden foster care system, where parents ‘voluntarily’ give up their children By: Steve Volk, Resolve Philly | The Philadelphia Inquirer April 10, 2025 | Tagged: Foster Care and Child Welfare, Our Kids. In fall 2021, Tytianna Hawthorne received a phone message from an investigator with the Philadelphia Department of Human Services: Someone may…
Philly removes neglected children from homes to keep them safe. But they often face worse abuse in foster care placements.
A story like this could begin in dozens of places. It could begin with Elliot, an infant shaken so badly that he suffered a traumatic brain injury; or Adeen, another boy, submerged in scalding water; or Samaya, held down and burned with an iron. A story like this could also begin with a mom, like…
Filadelfia retira a niños de hogares negligentes para protegerlos, pero a menudo sufren abusos peores en el sistema de acogida.
Una historia como ésta podría comenzar en docenas de lugares. Podría comenzar con Elliot, un bebé sacudido con tanta fuerza que sufrió una lesión cerebral traumática; o con Adeen, otro niño, sumergido en agua hirviendo; o con Samaya, sujetada y quemada con una plancha. Una historia como esta también podría comenzar con una madre, como…
‘Fair chance’ hiring helps formerly incarcerated people find work
On a recent afternoon in April, more than 50 employers gathered at Temple University with one mission: to meet and hire qualified applicants for open positions at their companies. Within a few hours, discount clothing store Forman Mills hired 50 people. Unlike other jobs fairs, though, all the applicants had one thing in common: They’d…