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Mayor Cherelle L. Parker Unveils Historic $2 Billion H.O.M.E. Housing Plan to Create and Preserve 30,000 Homes
Join Mayor Cherelle L. Parker and City officials at one of the upcoming FY26 budget town halls!
Prisons Department Achieves Staffing Record and Retention Rates
Announcements
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:
- House of Passage, 111 N. 49th Street
- The Mike Hinson Resource Center, 1701 W. Lehigh Avenue
- 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.
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.
Upcoming events
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May18EventEMS Week 2025All DayEvent
EMS Week 2025
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May23EventKensington Service Connections/Site Clean-upsAll DayMultiple Kensington locationsEvent
Kensington Service Connections/Site Clean-ups
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.
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May23EventOHS Service Connections/Site Clean-upsAll DayMultiple locationsEvent
OHS Service Connections/Site Clean-ups
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.
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May23EventNorth Philadelphia Resource Hub: Pick up at-home COVID-19 tests (distribution only)8:30 am to 1:00 pmMi Salud Wellness Center, 200 E Wyoming Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19120, USAEvent
North Philadelphia Resource Hub: Pick up at-home COVID-19 tests (distribution only)
May 23, 20258:30 am to 1:00 pm, 5 hoursMi Salud Wellness Center, 200 E Wyoming Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19120, USAmapEntrance 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
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May23EventNorth Philadelphia Resource Hub: Pick up at-home COVID-19 tests (distribution only)8:30 am to 1:00 pmMi Salud Wellness Center, 200 E Wyoming Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19120, USAEvent
North Philadelphia Resource Hub: Pick up at-home COVID-19 tests (distribution only)
May 23, 20258:30 am to 1:00 pm, 5 hoursMi Salud Wellness Center, 200 E Wyoming Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19120, USAmapEntrance 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