Philadelphia City Council’s Special Committee on Poverty Reduction and Prevention pitches its social safety net to community members

Philadelphia City Council’s Special Committee on Poverty Reduction and Prevention pitches its social safety net to community members

Will Hall, Financial Empowerment Program Manager at Philadelphia’s Office of Community Empowerment and Opportunity speaks with community members at City Council’s Special Poverty Committee’s first neighborhood hearing on Nov. 18 at the Philadelphia Aging Corporation. Photo: Nigel Thompson/AL DÍA News. On Nov. 18, some 30 community members from across the city gathered at the Philadelphia Corporation for Aging on Broad Street to collab with subcommittee leaders of Philly City Council’s Special Committee on Poverty Reduction and Prevention around providing Philadelphians with a better social safety net.

Committee co-chair Eva Gladstein defined the social safety net as “a collection of services […]

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