Pa. Welfare Secretary to Reconsider Asset Test for Food Stamps
By Alfred Lubrano in the Philadelphia Inquirer, October 22, 2013 http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20131023_Pa__welfare_secretary_to_reconsider_asset_test_for_food_stamps.html
Language Gap Study Bolsters a Push for Pre-K
By Motoko Rich, in the New York Times, October 21, 2013 http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/22/us/language-gap-study-bolsters-a-push-for-pre-k.html
Sharing Prosperity in Philadelphia
By Lily Jamaludin, Center for Law and Social Policy, September 6th, 2013 http://www.clasp.org/issues/pages?type=poverty_and_opportunity&id=0077
Making the Safety Net More Visible in Philadelphia
By Jon Hurdle, in the New York Times, August 30th, 2013. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/31/us/making-the-safety-net-more-visible-in-philadelphia.html
On city poverty, no easy answer
By Patrick Kerkstra from the Philadelphia Inquirer, July 26, 2013. Read article
Philadelphia, a model for a metropolitan revolution?
By Sandy Smith, in the Weekly Press, July 17, 2013. http://weeklypress.com/philadelphia-a-model-for-a-metropolitan-revolution-p3834-1.htm
City Rolling Out Major Anti-Poverty Plan
by Simon van Zuylen-Wood at the Philly Post. http://blogs.phillymag.com/the_philly_post/2013/07/12/city-rolling-major-anti-poverty-plan/
Early childhood ed will be major focus of city’s anti-poverty plan
Sonia Giebel in The Notebook, July 18, 2013. http://thenotebook.org/blog/136211/city-emphasizes-early-childhood-education-new-poverty-plan
Philly unveils plan to reduce high poverty rate
Kathy Matheson for the AP, July 11, 2013. http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20130711_ap_2eff4554a6164b53b147370882fbb404.html
City Unveils Plan To Reduce Poverty
by Damon C. Williams for the Philadelphia Tribune, July 11, 2013. http://www.phillytrib.com/newsarticles/item/9925-city-unveils-plan-to-reduce-poverty.html