Courtenay Harris Bond

Nearly three dozen departments will work together to combat the rise, which happened in totally new areas of the city.

Citing zoning issues, the organization is searching for a new location, but the closure is a loss to many in the neighborhood.

Still waiting for permanent homes, several people moved from Center City are unhappy with their new surroundings.

The funding designated for contingency sites is not flexible, city officials said.

A private prison company runs one of the temporary sites where residents are being relocated.

Anyone who hasn’t found a place to live after Dec. 15 will be offered temporary shelter, say officials, who’ve successfully placed 50 people so far.

The 30 beds at the first site sometimes fill up, officials said, with people from shelters or those experiencing homelessness.

More than 20 organizations and individuals are developing and implementing policies to reduce the impact of the opioid epidemic on child-welfare involved families in Philly.

Union leaders say they have to fight for everything nursing home staff need to protect themselves from COVID-19, a virus that has been particularly deadly in nursing homes.

Marked by colorful decals, the sites are intended to help prevent COVID-19 from spreading among people on the street.

Until now, I have had little hope that my depression would ever really go away.

More people die by suicide than by motor vehicle crashes. And if you think you are immune, you are not.