Stories about what's working in Kensington, Philadelphia. In-depth reporting on programs, people and ideas making a real difference in the neighborhood.
The nonprofit provides paid training, career support and real work to help 17- to-26-year-olds move into full-time jobs averaging $43K a year.
Arts & Culture
Neighbors and community organizers gathered at the Kensington Engagement Center to kick off Co-Creating a Greenprint for Kensington, a workshop series organized by NKCDC focused on expanding and improving safe public green spaces.
Arts & Culture
Over 25% of West Kensington residents don’t have a high school diploma. Embedded advisers and support could help students overcome poverty and other systemic barriers, experts say.
Friends of the Children offers families a commitment that the program will be there in a child’s life from kindergarten through high school graduation — “12+ no matter what,” they say.
Solutions Spotlight
A key violence prevention program disappeared from schools across Philly this fall, including in Kensington—just when students needed it most.
Clean Streets
The “health hub” model creates locations where anyone, regardless of insurance status, can walk in and access primary care, infectious disease care, mental health assessments and opioid use disorder treatments such as methadone and buprenorphine.
Clean Streets
A new city program that hires a professional cleaning service to handle blood and other remains after outdoor shootings launched this month in the 25th police district.
Solutions Spotlight
While some have described PAD’s model “as a sort of triage/urgent care,” it’s unclear what the program’s role – if any – will be in the Parker administration's “triage centers” plan.
Solutions Spotlight
Of the 186 people the program has served since September 2021, 67% reported full-time employment at the time of graduation, and only 5% of participants had been rearrested in the first year after graduating.
Clean Streets
Abandoned lots, sidewalks and side yards that span between F and H streets on Westmoreland Street have seen some changes
Solutions Spotlight
This story is part of our Overcoming ACEs series, a journalism project highlighting North Philly’s solutions to America’s
Health & Wellness
Editor’s Note: This article was originally published on Oct. 30, 2020 and updated on Oct. 14, 2022. In 2017,
Schools & Education
Updated on April 20, 2022 Kensington residents economically impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic can receive financial assistance through Visitation B.
Solutions Spotlight
Even before the pandemic, tax season has always consisted of varying levels of anticipation and stress. And, for many filers,
In January 2021, LNESC Philadelphia became a part of the city’s Digital Navigator network, a group of providers created
Health & Wellness
Updated: 07/20/2020 4:05 p.m. Many small-business owners need financial assistance to reopen or stay in business
Public Space
When COVID-19 cut off some residents’ access to healthy food, the Norris Square Community Action Network (NSCan) started the Unity
Government & Policy
Ceiba, a coalition of Latinx community organizations located on the southwest corner of Norris Square, created a step-by-step video in
Editor’s note: Names marked with an asterisk (*) are those of people who requested we use their first name only
