Philadelphia City Council / Special Committee on Poverty Reduction and Prevention

CITY COUNCIL ANNOUNCES POVERTY ACTION PLAN WITH NEW INVESTMENTS AND STRATEGIES TO LIFT 100,000 PHILADELPHIANS OUT OF POVERTY BY 2024

Philadelphia, March 3, 2020 – Seeking to shed an unwelcome designation as the poorest large city in the country, a City Council special committee today unveiled a Poverty Action Plan anchored by innovations intended to lift 100,000 Philadelphians out of poverty over the next four years.
Council’s Special Committee on Poverty Reduction and Prevention, joined by Council President Darrell Clarke, Mayor Jim Kenney, and non-profit, business, academic and legislative leaders, delivered a detailed, 14-page Action Plan with strategies to lower Philadelphia’s high poverty rate of 24.5 percent – which includes 377,116 residents.

The Special Committee on Poverty Reduction and Prevention of the Council of the City of Philadelphia held a Public Hearing on Monday, November 25, 2019, at 4:00 PM, in The Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, 3500 N. Broad Street, Phila., PA 19140, to hear testimony on the following items:

190239 Resolution authorizing the creation of a “Special Committee on Poverty Reduction and Prevention” to hold hearings to propose and implement actionable policies and programs that substantively prevent and alleviate poverty in every Philadelphia neighborhood.

The Special Committee on Poverty Reduction and Prevention of the Council of the City of Philadelphia held a Public Hearing on Monday, November 18, 2019, at 4:00 PM, in The Philadelphia Corporation for the Aging, 642 N. Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA. 19130, to hear testimony on the following items:

190239 Resolution authorizing the creation of a “Special Committee on Poverty Reduction and Prevention” to hold hearings to propose and implement actionable policies and programs that substantively prevent and alleviate poverty in every Philadelphia neighborhood.

The Special Committee on Poverty Reduction and Prevention of the Council of the City of Philadelphia held a Public Hearing on Thursday, October 10, 2019, at 3:00 PM, in Room 400, City Hall, to hear testimony on the following items:

190239 Resolution authorizing the creation of a “Special Committee on Poverty Reduction and Prevention” to hold hearings to propose and implement actionable policies and programs that substantively prevent and alleviate poverty in every Philadelphia neighborhood.

From the hearing of the Special Committee on Poverty Prevention and Reduction held Thursday, October 10, 2019:

Sr. Mary Scullion of Project Home testifies.