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Memorial Day weekend OHS intake center early closure; how to get help

On Friday, May 23, 2025, in observance of the Memorial Day holiday weekend, Appletree Family Center, 1430 Cherry Street, will close at 1 p.m. Roosevelt Darby Center, 804 N. Broad Street, will keep its normal weekday schedule and will be open until 5 p.m.


Until both locations reopen at 7 a.m. on Tuesday, May 27, anyone who needs shelter placement may visit our after-hour intake sites:

People identifying as female (singles only):
  • House of Passage, 111 N. 49th Street
People identifying as male (singles only):
  • The Mike Hinson Resource Center, 1701 W. Lehigh Avenue
Families (head of household with children):
  • Red Shield Family Residence, 715 N. Broad Street or ACTS After-hour Intake Site, 1300 E. Tulpehocken Street

To get help for someone who’s living/sleeping on the street, call the City’s Homeless Street Outreach hotline: (215) 232-1984.

FONSI/Release of Funds for Project HOME – North Park and Sacred Heart

On or about June 13, 2025, the City of Philadelphia will authorize the Philadelphia Housing Authority (PHA) to submit to HUD a request for release of funds to undertake the following project: Project HOME – North Park and Sacred Heart.

Purpose: Project HOME proposes the new construction of a four-story building with 45 efficiency units at 4225 North Park Avenue, plus the acquisition and renovation of the adjacent 1303 West Hunting Park Avenue, in the Hunting Park neighborhood of Philadelphia. Nine units will be accessible to persons with mobility impairments, two units to individuals with sensory impairments, and five special needs set-aside units. All 45 units will be supported by the Philadelphia Housing Authority (PHA) through a Faircloth to Rental Assistance Demonstration (Faircloth to RAD) Housing Assistance Payments contract, with $540,000 in total annual subsidy.

Schedule for Public Comments: Any individual, group, or agency may submit written comments on the ERR to the City of Philadelphia.  All comments received by June 12, 2025, will be considered by the City.

Read the full legal notice.

Become a community partner and help update the Comprehensive Plan!

The Philadelphia City Planning Commission seeks community partners to help update the Comprehensive Plan. These neighborhood and community groups will help lead community engagement for Phila2050: Planning Together.

Community partners will help Philadelphians share their stories, imagine the future of our city, and work with the Planning Commission to develop ideas on how to achieve these goals. This role is compensated, and there are 9-month and 18-month partnership opportunities available.

To be eligible, community partners must:

  • Work within Philadelphia and serve Philadelphia residents.
  • Have 501(c)(3) status or have a 501(c)(3) fiscal sponsor.
  • Be able to complete program activities within the established program period.
  • Send two staff members or community volunteers to a six-week training course with the Citizens Planning Institute.

If you’d like to become a community partner or recommend an organization to be a partner, fill out our interest form.

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We’re hiring paramedics and advanced EMTs!

The Philadelphia Fire Department is hiring certified paramedics and advanced EMTs to work in one of the busiest fire/EMS systems in the nation. The Fire Department’s motto is “Dedication + Service,” and members live those values every day in the City of Philadelphia. The deadline to apply is May 25, 2025.

Apply now: Advanced EMT (Hiring bonus!)

Apply now: Paramedic (Hiring bonus!)

Upcoming events

  • May
    18
    EMS Week 2025
    All Day

    EMS Week 2025

    May 18, 2025
    All Day
  • May
    23
    Kensington Service Connections/Site Clean-ups
    All Day
    Multiple Kensington locations

    Kensington Service Connections/Site Clean-ups

    May 23, 2025
    All Day
    Multiple Kensington locations
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    Service Connection/Site Clean-ups will occur today at these Kensington locations:

    • 3100 Kensington Avenue
    • 3234 – 3250 Kensington Avenue
    • 1800 E. Somerset Street (both sides)
    • 400 E. Somerset Street (both sides)
    • 2800-2828 Kensington Avenue
    • 2600 Kensington Avenue (across from the Huntingdon SEPTA El stop)
    • 1800-1810 Hart Lane (both sides)
    • 2899 Ruth Street and Hart Lane (corner)
    • 2700 Emerald Street
    • 2000 E. Sterner Street
    • 2000 E. Silver Street

    About Service Connection/Site Clean-up Days 

    Office of Homeless Services Encampment Resolution Team (ERT) staff members join the Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual disAbility Services’s (DBHIDS) Homeless Street Outreach Team (Outreach) and the City’s Sanitation Department to conduct *Service Connection/Site Clean-up Days. OHS’s ERT staff schedules and leads service connection clean-ups at various selected outdoor encampment locations in Philadelphia. 

    How it Works 

    The teams post signs in advance to alert people living in tents, RVs, makeshift shelters, or none at all, on sidewalks, under bridges, in parks, empty fields, lots, etc., of upcoming service days. Each service day, the teams visit the encampment sites to offer individuals services, such as rides to a City intake center where staff can help find shelter space, Stranded Traveler Assistance, behavioral health, drug or medical treatment, and other similar services. The Sanitation Department team further assists by cleaning up accumulated trash. 

    * Service days are not the same as formal, encampment resolutions, which, while social services-led, involve many more City of Philadelphia departments and nonprofit partners and follow specific protocols regarding personal property storage, notification, and other requirements

  • May
    23
    OHS Service Connections/Site Clean-ups
    All Day
    Multiple locations

    OHS Service Connections/Site Clean-ups

    May 23, 2025
    All Day
    Multiple locations
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    A Service Connection/Site Clean-up will occur today at: 

    • 1100 Race Street
    • 1100 Pearl Street
    • Broad Street and Snyder Avenue
    • Broad Street and Passyunk Avenue

    About Service Connection/Site Clean-up Days 

    Office of Homeless Services Encampment Resolution Team (ERT) staff members join the Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual disAbility Services’s (DBHIDS) Homeless Street Outreach Team (Outreach) and the City’s Sanitation Department to conduct *Service Connection/Site Clean-up Days. OHS’s ERT staff schedules and leads service connection clean-ups at various selected outdoor encampment locations in Philadelphia.  

    How it Works 

    The teams post signs in advance to alert people living in tents, RVs, makeshift shelters, or none at all, on sidewalks, under bridges, in parks, empty fields, lots, etc., of upcoming service days. Each service day, the teams visit the encampment sites to offer individuals services, such as rides to a City intake center where staff can help find shelter space, Stranded Traveler Assistance, behavioral health, drug or medical treatment, and other similar services. The Sanitation Department team further assists by cleaning up accumulated trash. 

     * Service days are not the same as formal, encampment resolutions, which, while social services-led, involve many more City of Philadelphia departments and nonprofit partners and follow specific protocols regarding personal property storage, notification, and other requirements

  • May
    23
    North Philadelphia Resource Hub: Pick up at-home COVID-19 tests (distribution only)
    8:30 am to 1:00 pm
    Mi Salud Wellness Center, 200 E Wyoming Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19120, USA

    North Philadelphia Resource Hub: Pick up at-home COVID-19 tests (distribution only)

    May 23, 2025
    8:30 am to 1:00 pm, 5 hours
    Mi Salud Wellness Center, 200 E Wyoming Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19120, USA
    map
    Entrance on A Street
    • Distribution of at-home COVID-19 rapid antigen tests
    • No Insurance or ID required
    • PDPH staff available on-site to provide instructions on how to use the test and answer questions
    For more information call (215) 685-5488
  • May
    23
    North Philadelphia Resource Hub: Pick up at-home COVID-19 tests (distribution only)
    8:30 am to 1:00 pm
    Mi Salud Wellness Center, 200 E Wyoming Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19120, USA

    North Philadelphia Resource Hub: Pick up at-home COVID-19 tests (distribution only)

    May 23, 2025
    8:30 am to 1:00 pm, 5 hours
    Mi Salud Wellness Center, 200 E Wyoming Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19120, USA
    map
    Entrance on A Street
    • Distribution of at-home COVID-19 rapid antigen tests
    • No Insurance or ID required
    • PDPH staff available on-site to provide instructions on how to use the test and answer questions
    For more information call (215) 685-5488

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