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WHYY By Kensington, Philadelphia. (Max Marin/Billy Penn) Philadelphia has a new fund to help address the impact of the opioid epidemic on the city’s Kensington neighborhood. The Kensington Resilience Fund, announced Tuesday, is a public-private partnership, and the money will be used to help residents have more direct control over the response to the crisis, said Joanna Otero-Cruz, Philadelphia’s Deputy Managing Director for Community Services. “This community has had long-term disinvestment from the government as well, so acknowledging that has been important,” she said. “We have a long way to go. There are services in place but there is lots more work to be done.” ....
On top of Philly news ‘I don’t have all the answers’: Health commissioner ducks questions at Philly Fighting COVID hearings In a long City Council session, lawmakers and officials traded words with little new information revealed. Health Commissioner Tom Farley at the city s Convention Center vaccination clinic Kimberly Paynter / WHYY Feb. 05, 2021, 4:25 p.m.
Love Philly? Sign up for the free Billy Penn email newsletter to get everything you need to know about Philadelphia, every day. City Council kicked off its probe into the Philly Fighting COVID scandal on Friday with testimonies from the city’s top health official and leaders of Mayor Jim Kenney’s administration. ....
The Holiday Inn Express and Fairfield Inn in Center City were used as temporary housing for homeless people at risk of contracting COVID-19 to keep them in a non-congregate setting seen as safer than a shelter. Since the coronavirus prevention sites opened in the spring, they peaked at 260 residents, and were down to 160 on Monday, deputy managing director Eva Gladstein told reporters in a news conference. She said the move-outs were to long-term housing that the city arranged or helped them secure with other agencies. The city helps them get transportation to the new unit, furniture and a TV for the new place. ....
City to close COVID prevention spaces for homeless at 2 hotels this month phillytrib.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from phillytrib.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.