The Stephen Klein Wellness Center is now offering medication-assisted treatment for opioid dependence and we are currently enrolling patients for Suboxone and Vivitrol.
Philadelphians in need of affordable housing tell their stories
This past June 1, we began receiving applications for our newest residence, 2415 N. Broad Street, scheduled to open up later this summer. Over 1,000 persons stood in line to apply -- for a total of 88 units. (Read more about that day here.) We took the opportunity to do interviews with many of the persons in line to ask about their situation and their need for housing. These are important stories that all Americans need to hear -- they tell the human story of the affordable housing crisis in this country.
Charity Navigator, the nation's largest evaluator of nonprofits, recently highlighted the submissions of several 4-Star rated organizations for a $100 million grant from the MacArthur Foundation, including ours. (Our submission video can be viewed above.) While we did not make MacArthur's final cut, our submission was considered among the Top 200 of several thousand entries.
Congress is considering unfair changes that will leave hundreds of millions without healthcare. Medicaid is at most risk in these negotiations. It is critical, now more than ever, that our voices are heard, and that our legislators know we pay attention and we care about our healthcare.
Affordable housing matters to all of us. Every person has a story of coming home, staying home, or losing home. And losing home is one of the hardest stories of all. In today's political climate, affordable housing has been treated as a luxury rather than a human right and important part of dignity and self-worth. The need for affordable housing in Philadelphia is tremendous and growing every day. Share your story of why affordable housing matters to you by clicking the Share My Story button on this page.
The Hub of Hope was a walk-in engagement center run by Project HOME located in the concourses under Two Penn Center in Philadelphia. It provided social and health services from January through April 2017 to individuals experiencing chronic homelessness who lived in Center City. Below is the summary from the full 2017 outcomes report, which can be downloaded here.
On Saturday, May 20, Sister Mary delivered the Georgetown College commencement address and received an honorary doctorate of humane letters at Georgetown University. In her speech (which will be broadcast live here) Sister Mary urged the graduates to pursue a "revolution of tenderness" by joining with those who are struggling and together forge a new path to economic inclusivity.