Courtenay Harris Bond
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Resources to help avoid and deal with traumatic birth experiences in Philadelphia
How to make the start of a new life as trauma-free as possible.
3 years ago
During the pandemic, fatal overdoses spiked for Black and Latino Philadelphians
Nearly three dozen departments will work together to combat the rise, which happened in totally new areas of the city.
3 years ago
Mural Arts is shutting down the Kensington arts center next to Somerset Station
Citing zoning issues, the organization is searching for a new location, but the closure is a loss to many in the neighborhood.
4 years ago
Philly disputes claims by COVID prevention hotel transplants that new housing lacks heat, hot water
Still waiting for permanent homes, several people moved from Center City are unhappy with their new surroundings.
4 years ago
Heading back to a shelter, Philly mom wishes COVID hotel money could pay for housing instead
The funding designated for contingency sites is not flexible, city officials said.
4 years ago
Why Philly shut down its homeless COVID hotels, and why advocates are furious
A private prison company runs one of the temporary sites where residents are being relocated.
4 years ago
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.
4 years ago
Philly to open second quarantine hotel for vulnerable COVID patients as cases surge
The 30 beds at the first site sometimes fill up, officials said, with people from shelters or those experiencing homelessness.
4 years ago
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.
4 years ago
Listen 4:08Union 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.
4 years ago
Listen 2:12Marked by colorful decals, the sites are intended to help prevent COVID-19 from spreading among people on the street.
5 years ago
If I lose my chronic depression, how much of myself will go with it?
Until now, I have had little hope that my depression would ever really go away.
7 years ago