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Fight Poverty
PROGRESS REPORT 2015
POVERTY RATE:
Shared%
50.78
Prosperity
35,315
Accomplishments
Jobs and
Workforce
RESIDENTS
1,153
Transitional Assistance
to Needy Families (TANF)
recipients who obtained
direct work experience
92
Job seekers provided
credentialed training
and job readiness skills
Benefits
Access
Launched a new Mobile
BenePhilly Vehicle
12,725
Applications submitted for
public benefits through
BenePhilly Centers
4,423
Confirmed enrollments
77
$9.9 million
Dollars in EITC to families
from Campaign for
Working Families
COLLECTIVE IMPACT
18 Shared Prosperity
Roundtables attended by
1,025 people
$34.8M
$1,000,000
11 new affordable rental
housing units completed by
Peoples Emergency Center
Early
Learning
Housing
Security
Completed a comprehensive
citywide early learning plan,
A Running Start Philadelphia:
for every child, birth to five,
with input from 400
stakeholders
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Economic
Security
639
7,743
483
16,912
167
$6,568
Average amount of
debt reduction
$1,566
45
40
21
Added 21 new free meal times
per week, serving a weekly
average of 2,045 additional
meals each week
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Poverty in Philadelphia
2012
AG E
$11,770
59.8%
$15,930
$20,090
$24,250
$28,410
2013
2014
INCOME
Hispanic
$35,813
Philadelphia US
THE GEOGRAPHY OF POVERTY
% Below Poverty
26.3% to 36.2%
50.6% to 84.7%
12.3%
2011
IN POVERTY
PHILA
2012
17,874
FY 2014
FY 2015
12,000
14,000
16,000
18,000
AG E
100
35.6%
20,000
10%
22.2%
20%
WHITE 8.0%
ASIAN 6.9%
7.7%
5.2%
R AC E / E T HNI C IT Y
PHILA
36.9%
16.5%
24.3%
Asian
64.0%
IM MI G RAN T
S TA TU S
60%
26.2%
Native born
58.2%
Medical Assistance
Enrollment
Foreign born 24.8%
10%
520,000
20%
30%
519,800
40%
50%
70%
522,700
2013
59.7%
80%
90
100
40%
2011
2012
4
500,000
63.6%
2014
2015
63.3%
59.8%
50%
550,300
540,000
63.8%
58.9%
30
25
20
42.9%
Hispanic
US
31.4%
Black
PA
18.3%
White
80%
BLACK 18.3%
UNDERBANKED
HISPANIC 16.5%
UNBANKED
5%
>64
70%
$4,664
2014
$1,457
20%
15.2%
Under 18
CREDIT
30% AVERAGE
40% 50%
CARD BALANCE
675
2013
506
19,13115%
10,000
24.8%
25%
14,637
2013
Foreign born
FEC
30%
IN DEEP POVERTY
26.2%
Native born
AVERAGE
0
10% 20%
CREDIT SCORE
36.2% to 50.6%
26%
$37,337
42.9%
$36,924
2014
2011
Income
2013
40%
Household size
2012
50%
63.6
2011
60%
R ACE / E T HNI CI T Y
economic
36.9%
security
16.5%
>64
Income has risen since 2011, but high
credit
and rates of underbanking COST
18.3%
Whitebalances
SEVE
indicate economic insecurity.
31.4%
Black
$39,043
24.3%
Asian HOUSEHOLD
MEDIAN
I M M I G R ANT
S T AT US
Under 18
2013
2014
Philadelphia
US
15
10
520,000
522,700
Under 18
AG E
519,800
500,000
2013
2014
>64
2011
36.9%
16.5%
early
learning
18.3%
R ACE / E T HNI CI T Y
White
I M M I G R ANT
S T AT US
31.4%
Black
2013
Almost one third of renter
SNAP
Food
24.3%
Asian
SLOTS IN STAR 3 AND STAR 4
households
pay 50%
or more on
Participation
Insecurity
CHILDCARE PROGRAMS
42.9%
rent (considered a severe
housing
Hispanic
21.2%
cost burden). Very low-income
2013
homeowners
Native born
26.2%
73.1% have difficulty
Philamaintaining their current housing.
Foreign born 24.8%
FY 2014
Demand for affordable
rental
14.2%
PA
housing and home repair assistance
0
10% 20% 30% 40% 50%
FY 2015 70% 80% 90 100
continues
90% to outpace supply.
10,000
TOTAL ON
WAITING LISTS FOR:
PHA
4 years
16.5%
14,637
17,874
19,131
14,000
RACE/ETHN ICITY
22.2%
PHILA
29.7%32.9%
Native born
IMMIGRAN T
STATU S
23.9%29.6%
32.9%35.8%
10%
2012
42.9%
PA
Foreign born
35.9%41.5%
7.7%
5.2%
Hispanic
20%
US
26.2%
2013
SNAP
Participation
24.8%
30%
2013
40%
50%
70%
80%
UNEMPLOYMENT
RATE BY RACE
2014
25%
90
Food
Insecurity
21.2%
100
Phila
73.1%
14.2%
PA
90%
20%
BLACK 18.3%
HISPANIC 16.5%
15%
35.6%
WHITE
ASIAN
22.2%
5%
8.0%
6.9%
45,930 (19.2%)
PHILA
PA
550,300
520,000
519,800
522,700
20%
15.2%
5.2%
Medical Assistance
Enrollment
540,000
UNDERBANKED
UNBANKED
10%
DISCONNECTED
YOUTH
20,
550,300
Compared to the state, Philadelphia
has a lower SNAP participation
rate (percent of eligible households
520,000
522,700
enrolled)
and a higher
rate of food
519,800
insecurity. Medical Assistance
500,000
enrollment
in Philadelphia
rose
2013
2014
2015
significantly in 2015 with the states
adoption of Medicaid expansion.
20%
24.3%
15.2%
Rental Households with
Asian
Severe Cost Burden
18,000
540,000
31.4%
Black
16,000
Medical Assistance
Enrollment
UNDERBANKED
White35.6%18.3%
US
benefits
access
>64
UNBANKED
2011
12,000
36.9%
Under
18
ESTIMATED
WAIT
AGE
10 years
3,950
2014
96,000
ESTIMATED WAIT
2013
Philadelphia
2015
housing
security
2012
7.7%
US
500,000
2013
2014
Philadelphia MA enrollment
through June 2015.
2013
2015
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E:
15 RESIDENTS
LEVERAGING FUNDS
Since the start of 2015, Promise Zone partners have been awarded an additional
$5.15 million in grant funding, bringing the total amount of funding raised since
the launch of the Promise Zone to $34.8 million. The funds are supporting projects
across each of the six areas of work (education, housing, health and wellness,
public safety, economic opportunity, and workforce development).
NEW AFFORDABLE
HOUSING OPTIONS
EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT
IN PRACTICE
Philadelphia Food
Access Collaborative
Philadelphia continues to struggle
with one of the highest rates of
food insecurity in the U.S. In 2013,
21 percent of the Philadelphia County
population was food insecure,
holding steady since 2012 despite
improvements to the economy.
INCREASE OF AVAILABLE
FREE MEALS
From 2013 to 2015, 21 new meal
times were added each week, for a
total of 2,045 additional meals served
on average per week. These new
meal times were made possible by
philanthropic support to individual
meal sites as well as to the Meals and
More program, a new initiative from
the Collaborative to provide grants
and technical support to meal sites
throughout the city.
We continue to develop
regulars and over the past
month we have received more
youth. The children are very
excited about having fruit and
tend to have more than one!
We have also begun to get
attendance from some of their
parents.
Sharon Brokenbough, Transfiguration Church,
Meals and More Provider
572,000
LEADERSHIP SUPPORT OF
A MAJOR ORGANIZATION
INCREASING ACCESS TO
ID RESOURCES
A Workforce
Success Story
8 8
Strengthening the
Career Pipeline for
Low-Skilled Workers
Through a partnership with the JOIN
Collaborative, CEO invested in two
workforce development programs.
TANF Assistance
2,535
people trained
No Wrong Door
Philadelphia Works Inc. (PWI)
recently opened its first Integrated
EARN and PA Career Link
Center at 1617 JFK Boulevard in
accordance with its No Wrong
Door policy. Previously, EARN
Centers exclusively served TANF
(Transitional Assistance to Needy
Families) clients while PA Career
Link Centers were open to the
public. The Integrated Centers will
help to streamline job placement
for all clients, eliminate the stigma
of receiving public assistance, and
enable the Centers to be more
responsive to the needs of area
employers. PWI plans to open three
additional Integrated Centers by
the end of 2015.
$2.9M
PWI and its partners were recently awarded $2.9 million in funding from
the federal Department of Labors American Apprentice Program to serve
opportunity youth. The grant, which covers the five-county region, will support
apprenticeships in information technology and behavioral health. Participating
employers include TAIG/NHS Human Services, JARVUS, and Springboard Media.
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10
BenePhilly Centers
City Accelerator
Before contacting the BenePhilly hotline, Mrs. B, age 64, barely got by on
just $568 per month from Social Security Disability. With help from BenePhilly,
Mrs. B applied for SNAP, Medicaid, the Medicare Savings Program, LIHEAP, and
a Rent Rebate, qualifying her for benefits totaling $686 per month more than
doubling her income.
learning opportunities.
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EARLY ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Fund for
Quality
Two new high-quality child care
facilities opened this fall with
support from the $4 million Fund
for Quality (FFQ), a privately
supported initiative focusing on
underserved neighborhoods.
Kinder Academy in Northeast
Philadelphia and the Childrens
Playhouse in South Philadelphia
held ribbon-cutting ceremonies
for state-of-the-art facilities that
will provide inclusive, stimulating,
and nurturing environments that
prepare every child to succeed
in school and later in life. To
date, 325 new high-quality seats
have been created by seven FFQ
grantees. Forty good-quality
programs were stabilized with
support from A Running Start
Facilities Fund, funded through
the City of Philadelphia.
WHATS COMING
in 2015-2016
Philadelphias Universal
Pre-K Commission will present
recommendations to the mayor and
City Council for action by June 2016.
To improve families access
to publicly funded early learning
opportunities, A Running Starts
partners will streamline the application
process. Expect to see a pilot effort in
2016.
While schools and communities
develop new approaches to support
children from early childhood to third
grade, the School District will redouble
efforts to align classroom practices
across the birth to five and elementary
systems.
A citywide communications strategy
to increase parents awareness of the
benefits of high-quality early learning
and help them find high-quality
programs that meet their needs will
debut in 2016.
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14
Photo: ACHIEVEability
HOMELESS PREVENTION
HOUSING QUALITY
EnergyFIT Philly
Increasing
Homeownership
WHATS COMING
in 20152016
The Healthy Row House Project is
a new initiative that will use costeffective interventions to eliminate the
most common health hazards found
in occupied row houses, including
poor ventilation, mold, dust, leadbased paint, and infestations. It is
also seeking creative new forms of
financing to achieve its ultimate goal of
treating 5,000 houses each year. The
lead organizations include the Design
Advocacy Group, May 8 Consulting,
and Econsult.
Photo: City of Philadelphia, OHCD.
Photograph by Tiger Productions
2,000
new housing units
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Creating Financial
Stability through
Affordable Housing
Habitat for Humanity requires
each Partner Family accepted in
the program to attend financial
counseling sessions, and many
choose to do so at the FEC
building beneficial, lasting
relationships with their counselors.
The counselors help families review
their credit reports, work out their
household budgets, and pay down
debts.
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Habitat home buyer Tara and son David. Photo: Habitat for Humanity Philadelphia
clients annually.
Protecting Seniors
$34.3M
in refunds!
WHATS
COMING
in 20152016
17
PROGRESS METRICS
In Year 2, the targets identified in Shared Prosperity Philadelphia were either fully met or exceeded for
three of the 23 metrics, and progress continued on 15 of the remaining metrics.
We are continuing to update and refine
resources.
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Not Yet
Started
No Progress
In Progress
Complete
P R O G R E S S I N Y E A R 2
662,300 674,200
CY 2012 CY 2014
2.7
CY 2012
Beginning in Year 2,
annually create 100 new
subsidized employment
opportunities with support
and job training
CY 2013
CY 2014
3,843
FY 2012
FY 2014
63,200 67,100
CY 2012 CY 2014
N/A
1.8
CY 2014
247 231
4,973
not yet
started
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P R O G R E S S I N Y E A R 2
CEO exceeded this target by opening seven new BenePhilly Centers. CEO Goal of
is planning to open an additional BenePhilly Center in FY 2016, which will 4 sites
include a co-located Financial Empowerment Center. This will bring the
FY 2012
total number of BenePhilly Centers to eight.
FY 2014
72.5%
CY 2012
CY 2013
The take-up rate for EITC between 2012 and 2013 was virtually
unchanged, declining by less than one percentage point.
78.4%
CY 2012
CY 2013
73.1%
78.1%
From 2013 to 2015, 21 new meal times were added each week, for a total -2,000 45
of 2,045 additional meals served on average per week. The added meals FY 2012 FY 2015
led to the successful closing of the 2,000 weekly meal gap identified as a
goal in Shared Prosperity Philadelphia.
In fall 2015, CEO along with the Homeless Advocacy Project, Broad
Street Ministries, Project HOME, and Philadelphia FIGHT, launched a
pilot project to cover the costs of ID documents for shelter and meal
program clients. A hardship waiver provision is also being explored with
PennDOT as a longer-term strategy to help low-income people obtain
State IDs.
1
FY 2014
5
FY 2015
P R O G R E S S I N Y E A R 2
The FY 2013 total number of STAR 3 and 4 programs was 169; the total
fell slightly in FY 2014 (165). Between FY 2014 and FY 2015, the total
increased by 31 to 196, representing a net increase of 16% since the
baseline year of FY 2013.
169
196
FY 2013 FY 2015
14,637 19,131
CY 2013 FY 2015
N/A
FY 2014
Not yet
started
19,052 18,737
FY 2013 FY 2015
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P R O G R E S S I N Y E A R 2
15,932
FY 2013
FY 2015
1,300
FY 2013
FY 2015
Receive assistance to
prevent loss of home
Secure, safe,
and affordable
permanent housing
Receive housing
counseling who also
receive other needed
services
Since 2008, approximately 9,200 homes have been saved through the Citys 28.5%
CY 2013
Foreclosure Prevention Program. We are adjusting the method used to
track saved homes for this report. In 2013, 1,321 homes were saved; in 2014,
1,227 were saved a decline of 7%. However, this decline is consistent with
the 13% fall in mortgage foreclosure filings between 2013 (4,643) and 2014
(4,036). Total homes saved as a percentage of filings is reported here.
This metric tracks the combined total of OHCD-supported affordable
39,582
housing projects since 2000 (8,702 in FY 2015), PHA public housing units
FY 2014
available for occupancy (12,995 in FY 2015), and total inventory of PHA
Housing Choice Vouchers (17,935 in FY 2015). This measure is adjusted from
last years total to include a more accurate estimate of PHA resources.
OHCD-certified housing counseling agencies provided housing preservation 12,463
FY 2013
and other services to 11,433 households in FY 2015, representing a decline
of 8.3% from baseline and a decline of 7% from FY 2014. Foreclosure
prevention is the current priority for housing counseling and the decline
corresponds with the 13% drop in foreclosure filings, as well as an increase
in the intensity of service per household.
12,558
1,264
30.4%
CY 2014
39,632
FY 2015
11,433
FY 2015
P R O G R E S S I N Y E A R 2
117
CY 2013
CY 2014
178
10
CY 2013
CY 2014
Improve their credit score In 2014, 403 people who received counseling services through the FECs
raised their credit scores by at least 35 points.
by at least 35 points
168
CY 2013
CY 2014
Established credit
In 2014, 55 FEC clients were able to establish credit for the first time.
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55
CY 2013 CY 2014
CEO has analyzed account offerings to identify insitutions that meet the
needs of low-income customers by offering accounts with no mimimum
balance requirements, no monthly maintenance fees, and $0 to open.
Nine banking partners currently match those requirements
9
CY 2014
In Year 2, connect 50
low- income people to
asset building vehicles
Over the past year, CEO has worked to connect FEC clients to partners
offering asset-building vehicles such as IDAs, investment accounts,
ROSCAs, and other savings clubs.
118 N/A
FY 2015
24
403
N/A
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training to 92 hard-to-serve
the workforce.
many partners.
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Eva Gladstein
ACKNOWLEGEMENTS
BENEFITS ACCESS WORKING GROUP
Asociacin Puertorriqueos en Marcha (APM)
Benefits Data Trust
Child Care Information Service - Northeast
Coalition Against Hunger
Community Legal Services
Congreso
Healthy Philadelphia
Legal Clinic for the Disabled
PathwaysPA
Pennsylvania Department of Human
Services, Philadelphia County Assistance
Office
Philabundance
Philadelphia Unemployment Project
SEAMAAC
UESF
University of Pennsylvania
Welcoming Center for New Pennsylvanians
HOUSING SECURITY WORKING GROUP
ACHIEVEability
City of Philadelphia
Office of Housing and Community
Development
Office of Supportive Housing
Philadelphia City Planning Commission
Philadelphia Commission on
Human Relations
Community Legal Services
Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
Homeownership Counseling Association of
Delaware Valley
Impact Services Corporation
Philadelphia City Council, 7th District
Philadelphia Council for Community
Advancement (PCCA)
Philadelphia Legal Assistance
Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority
Philadelphia Unemployment Project
Project HOME
Regional Housing Legal Services
Temple University
Tenant Union Representative Network
(TURN)
UESF
United Way of Greater Philadelphia and
Southern New Jersey
PLACE-BASED JOBS
AND WORKFORCE COMMITTEE
CEO Council for Growth, Chamber of
Commerce
City of Philadelphia
Department of Commerce
O ffice of Housing and Community
Development
Community College of Philadelphia
Drexel University
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Mobile
Benefits
Access
Centers
Financial
Empowerment
Centers
Empowerment a
nd Opportunity
Philadelphia, PA 19107
215.685.3600 Phone
215.685.3601 Fax
sharedprosperityphila.org
Economic Development.