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Homelessness
Nonprofits, insurer team to build subsidized apartments for Philly homeless
Inglis Methodist Gardens also will offer social services and connect its homeless and disabled tenants to nearby mental- and physical-health services.
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Report finds Kensington homeless encampments not just a symptom of opioid crisis
A survey included in the Penn study suggests that the Kensington encampments also reflected broader issues that lead to homelessness.
6 years ago
Tanya Curry first slept in a homeless shelter when she was in her early 20s and had her 5-year-old son alongside her. Today at 46, she is alone and once again homeless.
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From panhandling to a paycheck: How day labor can provide opportunity to Philly’s homeless
Work Now, a day-labor program launched a year and a half ago aims to combat panhandling by challenging people holding “will work for food” signs to do just that.
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South Street theater screened films for homeless during Code Blue nights
Bill Arrowood says the theater was never a shelter, just a business giving back to the community by inviting those without shelter in for an all-night movie marathon.
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$1.2 million in grants to help combat Delaware homelessness
Thirteen programs to help Delaware’s population experiencing homelessness will share $1.2 million in funding from the state and the Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh.
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As Philly tallies homeless population, advocates say families are overlooked
Advocates for Philadelphia’s homeless are demanding more funding for family shelters and prevention.
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Why so few of Philly’s homeless Latinos use shelters, get city services
Latinos make up nearly 15% of Philly's population and form its poorest minority group — 38 percent live in poverty, according to census data.
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New homes for those struggling with addiction set for heart of Philly opioid crisis
In heart of Philadelphia’s opioid epidemic, new home rising for those in recovery
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Delaware shelter, treatment program shut down
While Code Purple shelters open when temperatures fall to 32 degrees or below, the Sunday Breakfast Mission in Wilmington is the only other 24/7 emergency shelter in the area.
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Amid controversy, homeless shelter in Wilmington fights to keep offering beds
Residents are worried what will happen to them if the shelter closes. The state doesn't seem to trust the shelter after a fiscal mismanagement investigation.
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Homeless memorial service marks 270 lives lost in 2018
Philadelphians, some formerly and currently homeless, attend a Homeless Memorial Day Service at Arch Street United Methodist Church Thursday evening.
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Despite high poverty, why fewer people live on Philly’s streets than in other big cities
Philly is one of the poorest cities in the country, but it’s street homeless population is one of the smallest. What’s driving this counterintuitive dynamic?
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Gimme shelter: Why a city as poor as Philly has relatively fewer people living on the streets
Despite being America's poorest big city, Philly has a surprisingly low rate of street homelessness compared to other large cities. What's behind this counterintuitive trend?
Air Date: December 19, 2018
Listen 12:23City, shelters prepare for bitter cold Thanksgiving with outreach to Philly’s homeless
When the Code Blue starts Thursday at 7 a.m., 14 homeless outreach teams — four more than usual — will spread out though the city.
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