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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.
A
B
B
We
will
have
a
significant
number
of
individuals
that
will
participate
and
I
want
to
say
thank
you
all
to
them.
So
in
the
recent
days,
I've
actually
been
calling
this
initiative
actually
did
an
interview,
I
think
with
out
there
yesterday
and
I
talked
about
moonshot
Wright
shot.
So,
to
be
honest
with
you,
I
saw
a
documentary
the
other
day,
I'm
flipping
channels
right
and
they
talked
about
moonshot.
B
So
while
it
took
the
gargantuan
effort
on
behalf
of
the
United
States
and
all
the
other
participants
to
get
us
to
the
moon,
similarly,
it
will
take
a
significant
level
of
participation
and
effort
to
move
those
individuals
out
of
poverty
and
prevent
other
people
from
slipping
back
into
poverty.
But
if
we're
all
together
and
if
we
have
the
same
drive
the
same
commitment
as
they
had
when
people
decided
to
go
to
the
moon,
I
genuinely
think
they
will
be
able
to
get
there.
B
So
I
just
want
to
say
how
important
this
is,
as
you
all
know,
and
I
know,
I'm
kind
of
speaking
to
the
choir
in
terms
of
the
people
that
are
here,
but
I
just
wanted
to
give
you
a
sense
of
how
important
this
is
to
us.
So
to
my
colleagues,
thank
you
all
very
much
for
your
willingness
and
we
look
forward
to
providing
whatever
level
of
support
and
to
continue
the
theme
of
moving
the
city
forward
and
losing
that
very,
very
unfavorable,
designation
as
being
the
poorest
big
city
in
the
country.
B
B
A
You
council,
president
Clark
I'm
gonna
just
try
to
facilitate
and
work
through
this
meeting.
I
want
to
thank
council
president
Clark
and
all
the
council
colleagues
who,
in
one
way
or
another
over
at
least
12
years
that
I've
been
hearing
and
council,
have
worked
really
aggressively
on
this
issue,
but
really
pulling
it
together
and
and
creating
that
only
this
committee,
but
a
process
where
we
can
put
together
some
of
the
best
minds
and
and
help
in
empowering
us
to
work
through
not
just
the
regular
approach,
but
really
bold
and
decisive
action.
A
So
the
committee
members,
if
you
haven't
done
so
already,
we
have
assigned
seats
with
your
name's
on
on
the
front,
but
I
wanted
to
take
a
moment
and
acknowledge
the
full
committee
members
and
then
I
will
provide
an
opportunity
from
our
co-chairs
to
say
some
opening
words:
Patrick
Clancy,
the
president
and
CEO
of
Philadelphia
works.
Obviously
our
councilmen
are
our
counsel
colleague
councilman
Alan
DOM
bill
gold.gold
urder,
president
Golder
president
and
CEO
of
United
Way
of
Greater
Philadelphia
in
southern
New,
Jersey,
dr.
A
Donald
guy
generals,
the
president
of
Community
College
of
Philadelphia
Otis
Hackney,
the
chief
Education
Officer
from
the
mayor's
office
of
education,
Sidney
Hargrove,
president
of
philanthropy
network
of
Greater
Philadelphia.
Please
stand
if
I
call
your
name
and
you're
here
so
that
folks
know
who
you
are
Maura
Heston
general
manager
of
shoemaker
construction,
dr.
William,
hight,
jr.,
superintendent,
he's
not
here,
but
he
sends
his
regrets
and
I
know
he
has
some
of
his
staff
and
his
team
here.
Sheila
Arlen,
executive
director
of
the
office
of
workforce
development,
dr.
A
Roberta,
greener,
Iverson,
associate
professor
or
social
policy
and
practice
at
the
University
of
Pennsylvania,
dr.
Judith
Levin
associate
professor
sociology
and
director
of
public
policy
temple
Mitch
little.
The
executive
director
of
the
mayor's
office
community
development,
Yvette
Nunez,
vice
president
of
civic
affairs,
at
the
Chamber
of
Commerce
Mecca,
Robinson,
executive,
director
of
forget-me-nots
youth
services,
dr.
Teresa,
singleton
senior,
vice
president
community
affairs
officer
at
the
Federal
Reserve
Bank
of
Philadelphia
and,
of
course,
our
own
Chris
Wood's
executive.
A
Vice
president
of
district
council
1199
C,
along
with
this
illustrious
group
of
folks
again
some
of
the
best
minds
in
the
city.
We
have
a
one-page
fact
sheet
with
all
of
the
members
of
the
subcommittee
and
I
invite
anyone
who
is
interested
in
seeing
the
entire
list
and
I
want
to.
Personally.
On
behalf
of
council
president
and
all
the
co-chairs
think
every
single
one
we
have
been
charged
with
something
to
produce
a
document
by
the
end
of
the
year.
A
C
One
of
the
co-chairs
of
this
committee
I've
spent
a
lot
of
years
looking
at
this
subject
and
thinking
about
it
and
trying
to
take
action
and
I
really
think
this
is
an
opportunity
with
City
Council
calling
us
all
to
action
really
to
take
the
reports
and
the
work
that
many
people
sitting
here
have
been
engaged
in
for
many
years
and
really
bring
it
up
to
a
new
level,
and
so
I
really
welcome
that
I'm
here
also
as
co-chair
of
a
subcommittee.
So
I
want
to
give
a
shout
out.
C
Many
of
those
members
of
that
subcommittee
on
the
social
safety
net
are
here
today.
We've
met
several
times
with
that
subcommittee
already,
and
we've
been
working
hard
at
looking
at
our
own
practice.
Our
own
experience,
people
who
are
using
services,
people
who
are
providing
services,
people
of
other
experiences
in
terms
of
what
our
best
ideas
are
around
the
social
safety
net
and
how
to
bring
them
to
this
committee
for
action
short,
medium
and
long
term
ideas.
C
We've
been
looking
at
financial
empowerment,
access
to
benefits,
housing
and
certainly
trying
to
serve
people
who
are
without
homes
who
are
homeless,
the
workforce
system
and
and
in
particular,
how
we
can
help
people
who
are
disconnected
from
the
workforce
system
enter
that
system,
be
it
gradually
if
they
have
barriers
towards
that,
and
obviously
education,
investments
at
every
stage
of
folks
life.
So
I
think
we've
been
investing
we're
doing
good
work,
but
and
we
had
a
slight
decrease
in
the
number
of
people
in
that's
measured
and
who
are
living
in
poverty.
C
D
Thank
you
very
much.
It's
a
pleasure
to
be
here
this
afternoon.
I
really
want
to
thank
you
for
all
of
you
being
here
and
being
a
part
of
this
critical
conversation.
That
certainly
is
an
issue
that
all
of
us
feel
very
deeply
about
and
how
it's
affecting
our
city
I
really
want
to
thank
city,
council
council,
president
Clark,
along
with
the
council
members,
kiona,
Sanchez,
councilman,
DOM,
and
so
many
others
who
have
been
a
part
of
saying
that
we
need
to
figure
out
how
we
can
come
together
to
really
work
on
this
issue.
D
So
I'm
excited
to
be
working
with
Maria,
with
Eva,
with
my
friend
here,
Mel
Wells,
who
you're
going
to
hear
from
shortly
on
this
special
committee
to
reduce
poverty
and
I.
Think
all
of
us
in
the
end
want
to
prevent
on
poverty.
Most
of
you,
I
think
know
a
little
bit
about
the
Urban
Affairs
coalition.
We
have
been
in
the
community
for
50
years.
D
We
have
over
75
groups,
nonprofits
and
social
entrepreneurs
who
are
a
part
of
the
UAC
family
of
programs
who
are
working
every
day
on
critical
issues
that
are
facing
our
community
ending
homelessness.
Finding
paths
and
bridges
to
self-sufficiency,
supporting
quality
education
and
helping
young
people
plan
their
futures
and
so
much
more.
We
believe
in
a
multi-faceted
approach
to
achieving
self-sufficiency,
and
we
have,
over
the
years,
seen
friends,
family
and
neighbors,
succeed
and
move
on
to
productive
and
fulfilling
lives.
D
However,
it
is
no
secret
that
the
city
of
Philadelphia
has
almost
400,000
of
our
1.6
million
citizens
living
below
the
poverty
line.
They
are
children,
they
are
adults,
they
are
workers,
they
are
the
disabled.
They
are
our
seniors
only
with
recognizing
the
unique
needs
of
each
person
will
will
be
able
to
craft
the
solutions
necessary
to
begin
the
process
to
end
poverty.
D
The
work
require
the
collaboration
of
the
partners
in
this
room
representing
government,
the
private
sector,
the
public
sector
foundations
and
each
of
us
as
individual
citizens,
and
we
were
not
starting
with
a
blank
slate
I
really
want
to
also
thank
city
council
for
the
2018
report,
narrowing
the
gap
strategies
to
alleviate
poverty
and
prevent
poverty
in
Philadelphia.
This
report,
which
is
there's
a
copy
here,
if
you
haven't
seen
it,
lays
out
27
strategies
to
begin
our
conversation
and
deliberations.
D
D
D
We
have
a
terrific
list
of
business
leaders,
community
leaders,
labor
and
individuals
who
are
going
to
be
tackling
those
suggestions
and
certainly
hearing
from
all
of
you
with
additional
ones
and
we
hope
to
come
out
Councilwoman
Sanchez
with
three
to
five
recommendations
for
council
to
consider
as
you
get
ready
for
your
budget
process
for
next
year.
Thank
you
all
very
much
and.
B
Afternoon,
I'd
like
to
thank
Council
for
having
me
here
today
to
keep
it
real
for
everybody.
I
can't
believe
that
I'm
actually
sitting
up
here
in
this
room,
I'm
extremely
grateful.
Over
37
years
ago
me
and
my
family.
We
sat
in
the
welfare
office
trying
to
figure
out.
How
will
we
get
out
of
poverty
with
our
company
one
day
at
a
time
now
we're
located
in
London,
India
and
also
Cambodia
serving
over
56,000
people.
B
So
my
job
is
to
make
sure
that
the
people
in
the
community
voices
are
heard
and
that
they
can
cross
the
bridge
of
resources
to
get
them
out
of
property.
So
my
job
here
is
to
keep
it
real
for
the
people,
that's
in
the
community,
who
need
to
come
out
of
property.
So
thank
you
for
having
me
everyone.
Thank.
A
E
E
It's
important
that
we
have
industry
experts
and
community
service
providers
joining
us
on
this
committee
because
they
see
firsthand
how
poverty
impacts
our
neighborhoods
I
commend
their
participation
today
and,
more
importantly,
their
ongoing
commitment
to
serving
low-income
flow
while
he
anticipates
some
of
the
conversation
today
will
be
focused
on
programs
and
initiatives
that
are
in
place
by
both
the
city
and
outside
organizations.
I
want
to
raise
two
important
factors
that
we
really
need
to
keep
in
mind
when
discussing
poverty
in
Philadelphia.
E
One
of
you,
one
of
those
factors,
council,
president
no
I'm
going
to
say,
is
the
Earned
Income
Tax
Credit,
but
there's
also
you're
gonna,
hear
from
I
believe
Pauline
Abernathy
from
benefits.
Data
trust.
Later
in
this
meeting
today,
we
still
leave
on
the
table
and
the
charts
are
on
the
table
on
the
front
450
million
dollars
into
federal
and
state
monies
that
could
go
to
people
in
Philadelphia,
450
million
over
about
five
different
programs,
whether
it's
earned
income
tax,
snap,
medical
assistants,
pace
net
property
tax
and
rent
relief.
E
We
have
to
figure
out
a
better
way
to
get
that
money
into
the
hands
of
philadelphians.
The
second
issue-
and
this
is
really
really
I-
think
a
major
issue.
There
has
been
an
unfair
burden
on
our
port
in
this
city
that
we
have
yet
to
tackle
in
a
recent
analysis,
Philadelphia
taxes,
its
poor
residents,
more
than
any
other
city,
large
city
in
the
country
we
tax
higher
than
in
any
50
states
or
the
50
largest
cities.
We
tax
people
the
highest
for
a
family
in
Philadelphia
earning
25
thousand
a
year.
E
Their
tax
burden
is
forty,
five
hundred
or
eighteen
percent
the
highest
in
the
country.
Other
cities
range
from
eight
to
thirteen
percent.
The
bulk
of
the
tax
burden
comes
from
their
income,
the
wage
tax,
which
counts
for
almost
forty
percent
of
the
total
tax
burden.
Philippi
needs
to
provide
a
fair
system
and
remove
one
of
the
largest
barriers
that
keeps
our
poor
from
ever
improving
their
financial
situation.
E
It
is
with
high
hopes
that
the
bill
that
councilman
Sanchez
and
Councilman
Blackwell
and
I
introduced
the
other
week
will
provide
a
wage
tax
refund
for
low-income
residents
as
part
of
this
committees.
Discussions
it
affects
this
bill
could
affect
sixty
thousand
households
with
an
refund
of
$700
per
household
and
potentially
100,000
people.
The
cost
could
be
40
to
42
million
dollars
in
a
pay
for
it.
The
income
tax,
the
wage
taxes
increase
not
per
year
just
average,
inflation
is
about
81
to
82
million.
Half
of
our
increase
just
from
inflation,
could
pay
for
this
program.
E
A
I
want
to
thank
council
president
Clark
for
allowing
this
committee
access
to
the
reinvestment
fund,
who
has
been
working
with
us
and
will
work
with
us
through
this
process,
so
we
will
begin
with
the
presentation
entitled
defining
poverty
in
Philadelphia
by
our
Goldstein
from
the
reinvestment
fund.
So
if
he
can
come
forward
and
Octavia,
how
from
Pew
will
then
follow.
F
What
we're
going
to
do
is
really
split
the
presentation
up
in
a
way
that
gives
you
some
basic
sort
of
environmental
data
about
what
poverty
is
and
what
the
groupings
are
in
terms
of
who's
in
them
and
what
the
circumstance
is.
Then
we'll
show
you
some
maps
detailing
the
geography
of
poverty
in
Philadelphia
and
then
Octavia
will
spend
some
time.
Speaking
with
you
about
the
the
perspectives
that
have
been
offered
to
Pugh
through
their
survey,
work
and
focus
groups
on
what
the
situation
is
to
to
live
as
somebody
who
is
below
the
poverty
line.
F
So
with
that,
the
poverty
measure
that
we
are
all
used
to
thinking
about
is
one
that
was
created
in
the
1960s
by
now
sort
of
folk
hero
in
this
space,
Mollie,
Orshansky
and
other
than
basically
the
Consumer
Price
Index.
It
has
not
changed
over
the
course
of
time.
It
has
the
benefit
of
being
very
consistently
measured,
and
so
you
can
sort
of
benchmark
yourself
from
time
to
time.
But
it's
got
a
lot
of
problems
with
it.
F
Nevertheless,
as
I
said,
the
official
poverty
measure
is
the
one
that
people
generally
will
look
to
move
with
these
things,
that's
an
awful
graphic
for
people
sitting
anywhere
other
than
close
by,
but
we
offer
it
mostly
just
to
give
people
a
sense
of
what
the
income
thresholds
are
for
people
who
are
poor.
You
know
basically,
when
you're
thinking
about
a
four
person
family,
depending
upon
the
constellation
of
that
family
or
looking
at
an
annual
income,
that's
in
around
twenty-four
twenty-five
thousand
dollars.
F
So
these
are
very
low
incomes
predicated
on
the
notion
that
back
in
the
1960s
people
spent
about
three
times
what
they
spend
on
food
for
the
rest
of
the
things
that
they
needed,
and
that
became
the
poverty
threshold.
They
are
by
no
means
I
think
a
way
of
really
understanding
the
totality
of
the
circumstance.
F
Nor
do
they
take
into
account
a
variety
of
other
things
which
the
Supplemental
poverty
measures
do
like,
for
example,
the
fact
that
people
who
are
of
modest
means,
depending
upon
the
program
that
we're
talking
about
they'll,
have
access
to
other
other
things
that
sort
of
add
to
their
economic
viability.
On
the
other
hand,
there
are
also
things
to
take
away
from
it.
Things
like,
as
councilman
Don
mentioned
taxes
take
away
from
that,
and
so
the
Supplemental
poverty
measure
is
a
way
of
essentially
trying
to
sort
of
equalize
this
situation
for
people.
F
So
this
chart
has
also
shown
you
that
there
are
great
differences
in
the
extent
to
which
housing
costs
vary
across
the
country.
So,
for
example,
the
national
Low
Income
Housing
Coalition
does
a
terrific
job
with
their
annual
out
of
reach
study.
That
looks
at
the
extent
to
which,
if
you
are
earning
a
minimum
wage,
how
many
hours
you
would
need
to
work
to
be
able
to
afford
a
typical
two-bedroom
apartment
and
in
the
city
of
Philadelphia.
F
Somebody,
who's
working
at
minimum
wage
would
have
to
work
about
a
hundred
and
twenty-seven
hours
to
have
the
typical
two-bedroom
apartment
without
being
substantially
cost
burden
and
in
some
measure
it's
our
cost
of
housing,
but
another
measure.
It's
also
our
minimum
wage,
which
is
still
stuck
at
that
seven
and
a
quarter
level
where,
if
you
look
at
some
of
the
other
places
like
New,
York,
State
or
California,
some
of
those
other
communities
have
raised
their
minimum
wages
and
so
the
number
what
minimum
wage
is
in.
F
F
So
clearly,
education
is
a
huge
driver,
helping
people
get
to
the
point
where
their
education
zarab
of
that
high
school
level
in
an
alone,
is
going
to
make
I
think
a
pretty
significant
difference
in
the
poverty
rates
here
in
Philadelphia.
This
is
unemployment,
so
obviously
unemployment
is
a
huge
driver.
F
Almost
eighty
thousand
people
who
are
employed
so
those
are
real
numbers
and
when
you
think
about
the
drivers,
if
you're
as
council
president
Clark
said
of
moving
a
hundred
thousand
people
out
of
poverty,
the
one
way
to
do
that
is
to
get
people
meaningfully
attached
into
the
labor
force.
This
is
a
very
difficult
chart
to
understand
and
to
read,
and
certainly
at
a
distance,
even
more
difficult.
So
my
apologies
for
that.
F
But
what
we're
trying
to
get
out
here
for
those
who
can
see
it
up
close,
is
the
what
jobs
pay
in
different
communities
over
time.
So
the
first
set
of
bars
on
the
left
are
Philadelphia.
Then
another
set
being
Chicago,
then
Memphis
in
Milwaukee.
Why
Memphis
in
Milwaukee,
because
those
are
two
other
cities
that
have
poverty
rates
that
are
in
and
around
what
Philadelphia's
are,
although
there
are
smaller
cities
than
Philadelphia,
and
what
you'll
notice
is
that
the
percentage
of
jobs
paying
the
lowest
wages?
So
these
are.
F
Now,
if
you
think
about
the
earnings
that
people
have-
and
these
are
residents
of
Philadelphia,
regardless
of
where
they
work,
if
they
work
in
the
city
or
if
they
work
in
the
suburbs,
we
have
higher
percentages
of
people
earning
of
our
residents
earning
less
money,
whether
or
not
they're
working
here
in
Philadelphia
or
not,
and
so
you
have
this
sort
of
mismatch
between
the
jobs
that
are
here
and
the
people
that
are
are
getting
them.
The
next
chart
shows
you
well,
here's
a
Philadelphia.
We
did.
F
That's
almost
38,000
people,
roughly
speaking,
that,
would
be
moved
sort
of
above
that
line
if
we're
able
to
sort
of
move
those
wages
up
a
bit.
So
this
next
chart
is
showing
you
if
we
were
to
compare
ourselves
to
you,
know
those
same
set
of
cities,
but
notably
I.
Think
Chicago
on
this
particular
chart
again
is
that
we
have
a
lower
paying
a
lower
percentage
of
our
jobs,
paying
thirty
three
hundred
dollars
a
month
with
it's
just
$40,000
a
year,
but
that's
the
best
way.
F
B
Me
I'm
sorry,
I,
didn't
hear
what
one
quick
question
Roop
respects
to
these
incomes
rising.
Did
you
dig
down
to
determine
that
that
was
because
of
people
moving
into
the
city
with
higher
incomes
or
people
who
currently
live
here?
Incomes
are
rising
because
that's
kind
of
important
in
terms
of
what
we're
trying.
Yes.
F
C
F
Of
breakups,
your
flow,
no,
no
I'll
get
it
back.
So
this
is
the
percentage
of
folks
who
have,
let's
see
where
we
are
I'm,
sorry,
the
percentage
of
higher
paying
jobs
to
non-residents.
So
this
pattern
has
actually
been
pretty
consistent
over
time.
In
other
words,
people
who
live
outside
of
the
city
of
Philadelphia
and
work
in
Philly
generally
make
more
than
people
who
live
inside
of
Philly
and
work
inside
of
Philly,
and
that
difference
is
not
trivial
and
you'll.
See
that
chart
is
showing
that
those
differences.
F
F
I
think
that
you
know
people
understand
at
this
point
that
we
had
in
2016
close
to
400,000
people
who
are
living
at
or
below
the
poverty
line,
and
that
we
were
fortunate
that
it
has
dropped
down
by
about
25
20
23
25,000
people,
but
it's
still
an
awful
lot
of
people
in
the
city
of
Philadelphia
are
suffering
from
the
you
know
the
economic
deprivation
that
attaches
to
such
low
wages.
These
are
the
poverty
rates
of
the
ten
largest
city.
F
We
would
have
to
have
that
hundred
thousand
people
fewer
in
poverty
just
to
get
to
that
more
typical
rate
of
poverty,
comparing
Philadelphia
to
the
other
poorest
cities.
What
you'll
find
is
that
Philadelphia
amongst
the
poorest
cities,
as
opposed
to
amongst
the
largest
cities,
but
amongst
the
poorest
cities
we're
still
in
the
upper
reaches
of
that.
F
So
you
know,
higher
rates
of
the
poorest
cities
in
the
country
are
Milwaukee,
Memphis,
Cleveland
and
Detroit,
and
and-
and
you
know,
a
little
better
off
than
us-
our
places
like
Fresno
New,
Orleans,
Tucson,
Miami
and
Atlanta,
but
these
are
very
different
communities
and
if
you
think
about
what's
happened
to
Detroit
and
and
Cleveland
and
Milwaukee.
These
are
not
places
that
I
think
that
you
know
as
a
lifelong
Philadelphian
that
I
that
economically.
That
I'd
like
to
compare
myself
to.
F
Frankly,
the
the
the
groups
met
the
difference
of
the
subgroups
met
and
identified
several
different
categories
of
people
that
they
would
like
us
over
the
course
of
the
next
month
and
a
half
to
drill
into
a
little
bit.
And
those
are
children
who
are
living
in
households
that
are
below
the
poverty
lines
of
people
under
18.
F
So
what
I'd
like
to
just
show
here
is
the
number
of
people
in
those
groupings
and,
for
example,
using
a
2006
American
Community
Survey
data.
What
you
find
is
that
there's
about
a
hundred
and
twenty-three
thousand
people
who
are
under
the
age
of
eighteen
who
are
in
poverty,
you've
got
about
ninety
four
thousand,
who
are
18
to
64,
but
in
the
labor
force
about
a
hundred
and
forty
three
thousand,
who
are
18
and
64
and
out
of
the
labor
force
and
then
about
31,000
who
are
over
the
age
of
65.
F
So
that
gives
you
a
sense
of
the
magnitude
of
the
populations
that
you're
thinking
about
and
the
different
poverty
rates
for
those
different
groups.
So,
for
example,
those
people
who
are
18
to
64
and
out
of
the
labor
force
far
and
away
the
highest
poverty
rates-
and
you
know
as
you'll
see
in
some
later
slides.
One
of
the
critical
things
is
undoubtedly
going
to
be
figuring
out
how
to
get
them
to
reconnect
into
that
labor
force,
because
that
does
make
a
huge
difference
in
what
the
conditions
are
economically.
That
people
confront.
F
This
next
chart
is,
or
this
figure
is
showing
you,
the
the
different
income
level
of
the
groups.
So
you're
gonna
see
the,
for
example,
the
far
left
under
18
and
in
poverty
and
then
under
18,
but
not
in
poverty.
The
little
lines
inside
those
boxes
that
you
can
see
if
you
stare
closely,
that
is
the
middle
50%
of
the
of
the
population
in
that
group,
the
little
green
dot
is
the
median.
So
that's
the
typical
income
for
people
in
that
group
and
then
the
large
box
shows
you
about
the
middle
80%.
F
So
80%
of
the
people
in
that
group
fall
within
that
box
and
you'll
see,
there's
actually
some
overlap
in
those
particular
boxes,
and
so,
when
you
think
about
what
what
the
conditions
are,
there
are
actually
quite
variant.
For
example,
if
you
look
at
in
poverty,
but
not
in
the
labor
force
versus
not
in
poverty
and
not
in
the
labor
force,
there's
actually
you
know
like
some
of
those
other
groupings.
There
are
some
different,
different
overlapping,
but
you'll
also
notice
those
typical
incomes
very
good
bet.
F
These
are
all
self-identified
conditions
in
the
American
communities
in
the
Census
and
the
American
Community
Survey,
and
there
are
tens
of
thousands
of
people
in
the
city
of
Philadelphia
in
each
of
these
groupings
that
identify
with
each
of
those
disabilities.
The
complexity
here
is
that
not
all
of
them,
necessarily
not
all
of
those
disability
conditions,
preclude
one
from
participating
in
the
labor
force,
and
it's
gonna
be
a
little
difficult
to
disentangle.
All
of
that,
but
it's
important
to
know
that
those
populations
do
exist
and
the
size
of
them.
G
Good
afternoon
so
I'm
gonna
talk
a
little
bit
about
the
geography
of
poverty
and
then
take
a
look
at
how
some
of
the
geographic
patterns
differ
across
the
different
drivers
of
poverty,
as
well
as
some
of
the
factors
that
influence
and
affect
the
lives
of
those
living
in
poverty
and
the
the
I'm
sorry,
and
then
also
the
policy
and
programming
intervention
possibilities
for
those
folks
living
in
poverty.
So,
first,
this
is
a
map
of
people
living
in
poverty.
Those
darker
areas
are
areas
where
there
are
more
households
in
poverty.
G
G
Now,
looking
at
one
of
those
major
drivers
of
poverty,
these
are
concentrations
of
adults
who
do
not
have
a
high
school
diploma.
The
very
darkest
areas
there
are
areas
where
at
least
50%
of
the
population
does
not
have
a
high
school
diploma
again.
Going
back
to
some
of
the
ire
of
the
numbers
that
IRA
went
through
the
high
school
diploma
is
something
that
is
the
difference
between
you
being
able
to
earn
a
wage
that
is
gonna.
G
Keep
you
in
poverty
or
earn
a
wage
that
will
allow
you
to
rise
above
poverty
and
I
would
just
point
out
that
those
sort
of
dark,
yellow
areas
where
25
percent
of
the
population
has
no
high
school
degree.
Our
areas
where
there's
also
roughly
25%
of
the
population
or
more
also
living
in
poverty,
and
that's
no
surprise,
given
how
important
and
essential
that
high
school
diploma
is
now.
G
This
is
areas
where
the
population
has
some
college,
but
did
not
earn
a
degree,
and
so
they
may
have
the
burden
of
the
debt
taken
out
to
attend
college,
but
none
of
the
income
benefit
of
having
the
actual
degree.
This
can
contribute
to
general
financial
instability,
and
this
is
also
an
area
for
possible
intervention
where
there
can
be
efforts
to
connect
people
back
with
education.
G
To
finish
the
degree,
this
is
the
residents
who
are
earning
$40,000
a
year
or
less
that's
about
the
median
income
for
the
city
of
Philadelphia,
so
these
are
areas
where
incomes
are
below
median
for
the
city
and
again
this
looks
very
similar
to
that
map
of
poverty.
This
is
again
for
workers,
no
matter
where
they
work,
but
who
live
in
these
areas.
G
G
Now
this
is
a
map
of
the
share
of
tax
returns
that
had
an
e
ITC
claim
with
them.
We
would
expect
this
to
look
a
lot
like
that
map
of
low
income
earners
and
combining
this
map,
comparing
this
with
that
last
map
could
also
help
point
you
to
places
where
people
might
be
under
enrolled
and
not
taking
advantage
of
that
program.
G
G
This
is
the
population
that
lacks
health
insurance.
It
looks
a
little
bit
different
from
that
last
map
in
part,
because
children
have
access
to
more
programs
than,
of
course,
single
adults
do
but
lacking
health
insurance
can
open
you
up
to
the
insecurities
of
being
thrown
off
by
one
emergency
medical
bill,
and
it
can
also
interfere
with
attachment
to
the
workforce
if
you're
not
undressing,
underlying
health
problems,
because
of
that
lack
of
insurance.
G
Now
we're
gonna
look
at
some
maps
related
to
housing
and
poverty.
So
these
these
are
areas
the
darker
areas
are
where
homeowners
are
spending
more
than
30%
of
their
income
on
housing.
That's
how
cost
burden
is
defined
when
we
then
take
a
look
at
renters
things.
Look
a
lot
worse.
There
are
a
lot
of
more
than
50%
of
Brenner's
across
the
city
or
cost
burdened
and
I.
Think
the
notable
thing
about
this
map
is
that
it
really
resembles
a
lot
more
the
map
of
low
incomes.
Then
it
would
resemble
a
map
of
high
prices.
G
G
And
now
here
are
subsidized
renter
households
and
so
for
that
subgroup
of
low
income
households
who
are
able
to
access
subsidized
housing.
This
does
alleviate
that
burden
and
can
make
for
a
better
financial
stability.
But
we
know
that
the
demand
and
the
need
for
subsidized
housing
far
outstrips
the
availability
of
those
units.
G
This
is
a
map
of
foreclosures
in
Philadelphia
as
a
share
of
sales.
You
can
see
that
in
many
cases
they
are
concentrated
in
high
poverty
areas
and
areas
just
outside
those
high
poverty
areas,
foreclosures
of
course
destabilize
households,
but
also
the
communities
around
them.
We
know
there's
a
lot
of
research
on
how
they
can
affect
housing
prices
and
investment
in
the
surrounding
neighborhood.
G
G
And
now
I'm,
just
gonna
walk
quickly
through
our
market
value
analysis.
So
this
is
an
analytic
tool
that
reinvestment
fund
developed,
it's
sorts
all
over
the
block
groups
in
the
city
of
Philadelphia
into
one
of
ten
categories
here
from
the
strongest
a
markets
to
the
weakest.
I
markets
and
everything
in
between
this
analysis
allows
us
to
think
about
how
to
strategically
use
resources
and
match
the
right
policy
tools
and
interventions
to
different
types
of
real
estate
markets.
G
G
Missing
this
okay:
this
is
what
I
want
to
show
you.
So
these
are
the
indicators
which,
of
course,
the
print
is
much
too
small
for
anyone
to
see
but
they're
about
twelve
different
data
indicators
that
go
into
making
these
market
categories.
So
while
sale
price
is
important
and
you'll
see.
If
you
look
for
a
to
I
that
the
sale
price
goes
from
higher
to
lower
it's,
not
the
only
thing
that
makes
a
real
estate
market.
G
So,
for
example,
when
you
look
at
the
foreclosure
column,
you'll
see
that
the
highest
foreclosures
are
in
those
yellow
middle
markets
and
I
think
for
our
purposes
today.
It's
also
really
important
to
look
at
the
subsidized
renters
and
where
they
are,
and
the
ability
of
renters
living
in
subsidized
housing
to
access
these
more
stable,
stronger
markets.
And
you
see
that
in
fact,
in
those
d
markets,
you
do
see
a
relatively
high
share
of
subsidized
housing
units.
G
Now,
comparing
the
2018
MVA
back
to
the
one
in
2015
in
some
ways,
it's
been
seen
as
the
good
news
that
you
see
growth
of
the
stronger
market
categories.
We
saw
a
lot
more
purple
and
blue.
We
saw
a
lot
of
orange
turning
to
yellow
up
in
the
lower
northeast
and
in
the
northwest,
but
we
also
see
that
the
lowest
are
the
the
weakest
markets
have
grown
smaller,
and
what
this
means
is
that
there's
also
fewer
affordable
markets.
G
So
while
its
investment
in
the
city
is
a
good
thing,
it
means
that
there
are
fewer
areas
that
are
accessible
to
our
lowest
income
families
and
another
way
of
looking
at
this
is
a
this
next
series
of
maps
that
I'm
going
to
show
you,
which
is
something
we
think
about
as
the
our
opera
or
geography
of
opportunities.
So
what
types
of
real
estate
markets
can
people
at
different
income
levels
access
in
this
city?
G
So
here
we
take
the
median
income
for
a
white
household
in
the
city
of
Philadelphia
and
see
what
markets
they're
able
to
access
as
determined
by
the
median
sale
price
on
those
markets.
And
so
you
can
see
that
this
family
can
access
areas
that
are
many
of
the
yellow
middle
markets,
as
well
as
the
orange
and
the
salmon
color.
We
get
markets.
Now,
when
we
look
at
the
meeting
income
for
african-american
households,
you
see
that
the
geography
comes
becomes
more
constrained
because
that's
a
lower
median
income.
A
A
D
Curious
where
we
sort
of
look
at
the
data
around
poverty,
especially
around
household
income,
how
do
we
count
for
is?
Do
we
have
the
ability
to
count
unrelated
adults
who
are
sharing
households?
How
does
that
data
get
incorporated
and
I?
Think
of
that,
just
to
wonder
whether
or
not
there
could
be
some
incentives
as
we're
looking
for
a
transitional
support
and
driving
down
expenses
to
that
30%
number,
but
I'm
just
curious.
Do
we
have
any
sense
at
all
and
how
we
collect
the
data?
How
unrelated
adults,
maybe
with
children,
are
ultimately
cohabitating
I.
F
Think
the
answer
to
that
is,
we
don't
know
that
right.
This
second
and
I
think
that
the
data
that
we're
gonna
have
accessible
to
us
to
do
that
is
gonna,
be
somewhat
less
than
perfect,
but
I
think
we
can
get
it
to
be
indicative,
particularly
if
we're
trying
to
figure
out
you
know
in
general
what
that
means
in
terms
of
contribution
to
the
household
income.
F
A
H
Thank
you
as
IRA
men
should
I
am
Octavia
Howell,
a
researcher
with
the
Pew
Charitable
Trusts
here
in
Philadelphia,
and
we
have
done
a
lot
of
research
about
poverty
in
the
past
several
years.
As
a
part
of
that
research,
we
commissioned
a
poll
of
1,600
Philadelphia
residents
of
all
income
levels
and
asked
them
a
number
of
questions
about
their
lives.
These
poll
results
provide
much
of
what
I'm
going
to
talk
about
here
today.
H
Our
survey
gave
us
two
ways
to
identify
people
living
in
poverty.
One
was
based
on
matching
the
size
of
their
households
and
in
comes
to
the
federal
poverty
threshold,
and
the
other
was
their
answer
to
a
simple
question:
do
you
consider
yourself
to
be
poor
and
the
two
methods
produce
very
different
results?
We
found
that
45%
of
those
whose
income
and
family
size
met
the
federal
definition
of
poverty
said
that
they
were
not
poor.
We
have
a
quote
here
from
Lucy,
which
is
one
of
my
favorite
quotes
from
our
focus
groups,
work
where
she
said.
H
H
Poor
data
from
the
American
Housing
Survey
says
additional
light
on
the
problem
of
housing.
Instability
for
Philadelphia's
poor
residents
results
from
this
census
survey
revealed
that
more
than
four
out
of
five
households
in
Philadelphia,
poor
households
in
Philadelphia,
live
in
private
market
housing,
with
no
room
rent
subsidies
and
among
them
ninety
four
percent
were
cost
burdened
spending
more
than
30%
of
their
incomes
on
housing.
H
Education
was
another
issue
that
was
very
important
to
Philadelphia
residents,
including
those
with
incomes
below
the
poverty
line
and
like
all
residents.
Poor
Philadelphians
are
concerned
that
public
schools
are
doing
a
poor
job,
poor
or
fair
job.
Excuse
me,
educating
students,
69%
of
the
poor,
felt
this
way
along
with
75%
of
those
with
higher
incomes.
Yet
70%
of
poor
parents,
responding
to
our
poll,
said
that
their
children
they
had
children
that
attended
district
run
public
schools
compared
with
40
persons,
46%
of
non
poor
residents.
H
Data
from
the
Philadelphia
School
District
revealed
that
2%
of
all
poor
students
in
Philadelphia
public
schools
attend
schools
with
high
achievement
readings.
While
75%
went
to
schools,
they
receive
the
lowest
achievement
rating
of
intervene
compared
with
59%
of
those
who
are
not
poor.
Only
61%,
of
course,
students
who
entered
district
rung
schools
in
2012
went
on
to
graduate
in
2016
compared
to
70%
of
the
non
poor
nationally
84%
of
public
high
school
students
graduated
in
four
years.
The
impact
of
these
metrics
is
is
significant.
H
H
By
far
Philadelphians
ranked
crime
as
the
most
important
issue
facing
the
city,
including
52%
of
poor
residents
and
41%
of
those
of
higher
income,
respondents
to
the
poll
and
those
living
in
areas
with
high
poverty,
have
greater
exposure
to
the
city's
crime.
Police
Department
data
revealed
that
there
was
an
average
of
40
crimes
per
thousand
residents
in
the
city's
poorest
neighborhoods
compared
to
14
and
areas
where
poverty
rates
were
below
20%.
H
We
sought
to
understand
the
impact
that
poverty
had
on
the
physical
and
emotional
well-being
of
Philadelphia
residents.
Surveys
by
the
Philadelphia
excuse
me
by
the
Philadelphia
health
management
company
corporation
showed
us
that
philadelphians
in
poverty
had
higher
levels
of
stress
and
had
higher
levels
of
chronic
illness
and
other
residents.
Research
from
the
Virginia
Commonwealth
University
also
revealed
that
those
living
in
the
poorest
parts
of
the
city
have
life
expectancies
as
much
as
20
years
lower
than
Philadelphia
residents
there
in
other
in
wealthier
parts
of
the
city.
Excuse
me
from
our
own
poll.
H
We
learn
that
Philadelphians,
who
said
they
grew
up.
Poor
were
twice
as
likely
to
report
having
experienced
neglect
and
abuse,
while
they
were
growing
up
38%,
who
said
they
had
grown
up
poor
also
said
they
had
been
cared
for
during
their
childhood
by
someone
with
mental
illness,
depression
or
drug
problems
of
those
who
were
not
poor.
As
children
16%
had
a
caregivers
with
those
issues.
H
In
our
focus
group,
we
talked
to
residents
about
their
experiences
with
work
and,
as
might
be
expected
many
to
share
that
they
often
perform
one
or
more
jobs
under
the
table,
taking
advantage
of
their
talents
and
skills
to
earn
money,
and
this
type
of
work
typically
does
not
show
up
and
work
force
participation
figures
among
those
who
do
sustain
formal
employment.
The
American
Community
Survey
data
revealed
that
only
21%
were
employed
full-time
all
in
all
year
at
work.
An
additional
20%
worked
part-time.
H
A
D
You
know
all
of
this
information
on
top
of
the
challenge
that
we
face
to
figure
out
what
are
the
right
kind
of
strategies,
and/or
interventions
that
we
really
need
to
put
in
place,
and
so
I
was
curious
on
one
of
the
slides,
IRA
and
again
I
may
have
missed
this.
So
forgive
me
if
I
did
but
I
know
we
talked
about
Philadelphia's
or
Pennsylvania's,
a
minimum
wage
being
at
725
as
being
one
of
the
lowest
when
we
did
some
comparisons
to
other
cities
and
and
what
their
state
minimum
wages
are
but
I'm
curious.
D
F
So
I
couldn't
give
you
the
actual
number
off
the
top
of
my
head,
but
if
you
think
back
to
those
charts
that
had
100,
you
know
a
lot
of
bars
going
across
divided
into
three
categories
that
lowest
category
the
ones
that
chart
there,
the
one
in
the
portion
of
the
chart.
That's
in
red
those
are
people
who
those
are
jobs
that
are
paying
under
twelve
hundred
and
fifty
dollars
a
month.
F
D
F
And
this
is
really
important.
It's
an
important
distinction
to
because
we
oftentimes
look
at
household
income,
but
you
know
apropos
to
your
for
your
other
question
like
there
are
people
who
contribute,
but
these
are
the
actual
jobs
what
they
pay.
So
it'll
get
us
closer
to
your
answer:
Thank
You,
Kelsey.
E
F
Well,
I
think
that
there's
probably
a
few
reasons
that
is,
first
of
all
our
economy
over
the
last
40
50
years.
Come
you
know
whether
or
not
you
look
at
housing,
whether
you're,
not
you
look
at
employment,
you'll
notice,
even
in
just
this
relatively
short
a
period
of
time,
we
are
way
less
volatile
than
other
cities.
You
know
some
people
will
draw
the
analogy
between
a
stock
and
a
bond.
Philadelphia
is
more
like
a
bond
it
doesn't.
It
doesn't
fluctuate
as
much
as
some
other
cities,
so
I
think
that
is
a
piece
of
it.
F
I
think
it's
also
the
case
that
you
know
our
economy
and
it's
come
back,
has
come
back
with
a
different
set
of
jobs
that
are
gonna,
be
a
little,
but
you
know
the
implications
for
the
incomes
or
less
so
I.
Don't
you
know,
I,
don't
know
that
I
can
give
you
a
fully
definitive
answer
other
than
you
know.
Some
of
the
some
of
the
other
cities
have
more
diverse
or
less
diverse
economies.
F
If
you
think
about
the
regions
of
the
country
like
San
Jose,
you
know
that
is
sort
of
the
tech
corridor
of
the
you
know
of
the
country
for
sure,
and
so
you
know
it's
gonna
be
influenced
by
a
variety
of
other
much
stronger
driving
forces.
Ours
are
going
to
be
driven
by
service,
health
and
education
would.
E
F
That
that's
a
I
think
it's
a
fair,
fair
extrapolation
from
that
change
for
sure,
and
you
know
what
I
think,
what
what
we
have
to
figure
out
to
a
degree
is
whether
or
not
we've
done
a
better
or
worse
job
than
some
other
cities.
If
it's
a
factor,
we
need
to
would
do
a
better
job
right.
So
the
comparative
piece
there
I
think
is
less
important
than
the
absolute
of.
Are
we
doing
a
good
job
doing
that
one.
F
Typically,
not
in
the
labor
force
means
for
whatever
reason,
I've
given
up
work,
it's
not
that
I'm
in
school.
It's
not
that
I'm
temporarily
laid
off
it's
that
I've,
given
up
looking
for
work,
so
you
know
I
think
we
can.
You
know
over
the
course
of
the
next
month
and
a
half
try
and
determine
what
the
largest
drivers
of
that
are,
whether
or
not
it's.
F
A
F
That
is
an
issue
for
sure
in
the
official
poverty
data.
The
best
estimates
that
I've
seen
is
that
Philadelphia's
student
population
accounts
for
a
couple
percentage
points,
possibly
overall
in
the
poverty
rate
in
any
given
area.
It
could
be
a
lot
more
though,
and
so
in
those
few
census
tracts
in
and
around
Temple,
where
students
have
found
housing
off-campus.
F
Then,
yes,
particularly
if
they're
going
through
the
exercise
of
you
know
assuming
for
purposes
of
the
census,
saying
that's
their
residence.
That
could
make
the
poverty
rate
in
those
places
look
higher,
but
there
are
communities
that
are
you
know
entire
communities
where
they've
the
Census
Bureau
has
estimated
10.
12
percent
of
the
poverty
rate
is
a
function
purely
of
student
place
like
Ann
Arbor,
for
example,
where
it's
all
students
of.
F
And
you'll
notice
that,
on
a
lot
of
these
things,
we've
tried
not
to
use
one
year's
worth
of
data.
We've
tried
to
sort
of
fold
together,
two
or
even
three
years,
because
we
think
that
there's
a
lot
of
volatility
in
the
data,
but
particularly
the
Supplemental
poverty
measures.
Those
are
based
on
data
from
the
current
population
survey
and
those
are
samples
that
I
think
closer
to
500
or
600
for
the
entire
city.
F
F
So
that's
why
one
of
the
charts
we
showed
you
125
percent
of
poverty
for
other
things
that
we've
been
involved
in
when
you
look
at,
for
example,
school
lunch
participation,
subsidized
school
lunch
participation
that
that
percentage
of
people
who
are
sort
of
near
poverty.
You
get
the
reduced
price
lunches,
they're,
a
very
volatile,
economically
volatile
group,
because
you
know
one
day,
they're
above
and
then
something
happens
and
all
of
a
sudden
they're
below
poverty.
F
So
I
think
in
some
ways
we
should
probably
think
about
broadening
our
lens
on
some
of
these
things,
to
look
at
some
of
those
populations
just
above
poverty,
because
I
also
think
that
some
of
those
families
are
going
to
be
the
in
a
situation
where
you
know
a
really
constructive.
You
know
hand
could
sort
of
get
them
above
and
and
more
permanently
out
and
not
be
in
that
position
of
volatility.
C
It's
I
think
the
council
president
might
have
asked
this
question,
but
I
just
want
to
stress
it.
One
of
my
concerns
always
is
that
what
we
want
to
encourage
support,
activate
mobility
out
of
poverty,
knowing
who
is
moving
in
also
and
what
their
needs
may
be,
and
are
there
like
finite
ways
to
actually
measure
that
that's
one
question
I
have.
F
F
First,
one
is
difficult:
I
mean
I,
think
that
what
we
should
probably
be
doing
is
paying
attention
to
a
variety
of
different
pieces
of
data
like,
for
example,
people
are
born
everyday
in
Philadelphia
and
people
pass
away
everyday
in
Philadelphia,
and
there
is
reasonable
data
that
the
Health
Department
is
access
to.
That
can
help
us
think
through
that
process
of
who's
being
born
to
whom,
where
in
the
city,
making
sure,
if
we're
thinking
about
connection
to
benefits,
and
things
like
that
that
we're
very
focused
on
making
sure
that
people
do
connect.
F
You
know
at
the
earliest
moment
where,
when
people
pass,
you
know
that
the
property
passes
in
a
reasonable
way,
so
I
think
that
that's
probably
another
piece
of
data
that
will
help
us
design
closer
to
in
time
and
immediately
responsive
kinds
of
things,
whether
or
not
we're
talking
about
benefits
or,
frankly,
or
housing
or
workforce,
because
those
all
attach.
We
also
at
our
organization
pay
a
lot
of
attention
to
child
care,
and
one
of
the
things
that
that
has
drawn
us
to
that
is
this
notion
that,
firstly,
high
quality
child
care.
F
The
evidence
shows
prepares.
People
prepares
children
to
get
into
kindergarten
and
perform
in
school,
which
is
going
to
hopefully
address
that
that
disparity
in
terms
of
high
school
graduation,
it's
a
long,
it's
a
long
slog
to
get
to
it,
but
we
think
that
that's
a
piece
of
it
so
sort
of
thinking
through
you
know
what
are
the
investment
strategies
that
we're
going
to
get
at
essentially
early
that
will
have
a
long
term.
More
permanent
return,
I
think
is
probably
important
for
us.
My.
C
Second,
is
is
more
of
a
comment
with
which
is
as
we
do.
Our
work
I
think
it's
important
for
us
to
under
both
think
about
individuals
and
think
about
them
as
households
as
well,
because
a
lot
of
the
data
is
based
upon
households
and
understanding.
If
the
individuals
in
that
household,
for
example,
are
under
over
65
have
a
disability
that
prevents
them
from
working
or
not
are
young
and
should
not
be
expected
to
be
in
the
workforce
or
hopefully
should
be
able
to
attach
to
the
workforce.
C
So
it's
just
kind
of
a
something
for
us
all
to
be
conscious
about,
because
I
think
we
kind
of
flip
back
and
forth
between
the
household
and
the
individuals
without
ever
really
knowing
who,
who
is
in
the
household
and
if
we
can
make
an
investment
in
a
potential
wage
earner
in
the
household
or
help
an
individual,
a
child
in
the
household,
get
health
insurance
or
early
childhood
education
like
what
are
those
differences.
So
we
will.
F
D
Instead
of
thinking
about
the
people
who
have
multiple
barriers
to
success,
I
mean
I,
think
of
people
who
are
homeless
people
who
are
drug
and
alcohol
problems.
Maybe
people
who
have
some
kind
of
criminal
record?
How
do
you
account
in
the
data
for
for
people?
Are
they
in
the
disabled
group?
Are
they
just
a
part
of
the
poverty
number?
But
how
do
you
account
for
folks
that
we
know
have
multiple
barriers
and
need
very
specific
interventions,
just
for
Health
and
Safety,
and
an
opportunity
to
be
able
to
make
it
from
day
to
day.
F
I
think
from
a
data
perspective,
that's
that's
honestly.
It's
a
tough
one
I
think
that
there
probably
are
significant
under
counts
of
some
populations
in
the
official
data
and
then
reasonable
counts
of
of
other
of
the
groupings
that
you
had
mentioned.
The
other,
for
example,
I,
suspect
that
a
lot
of
the
homeless
population
is
probably
not
picked
up.
Notwithstanding
the
best
efforts
of
you
know,
outreach
around
the
American
Community
Survey,
you
know,
like
my
guess,
is
that
there's
probably
a
reasonably
significant
undercount
there.
F
On
the
other
hand,
you
know
people
who
are
you
had
mentioned
folks
who
have
criminal
records
and
the
like
I
think
that,
to
the
extent
that
any
population
is
being
counted
or
not,
I
don't
know
that.
There's
any
particular
reason
to
suspect
and
I
haven't
seen
a
lot
of
data
assist
to
suggest
that
there's
a
differential,
undercount
there
so
I
think
that
that
population
is
probably
as
well
as
any
other
counted
in
the
in
the
census
and
then
accounted
for
in
the
poverty
rate.
F
I
do
think
that
probably
some
of
the
drug
and
alcohol,
particularly
if
it's
so
severe,
that
people
are
not
accessible
to
those
who
are
collecting
data
or
the
homeless
population
of
Philadelphia.
My
guess
is
that
the
under
that
there's
a
not
trivial
on
your
count
there
now.
What
I
would
say
is
that
it's
probably
not
different
than
other
cities,
but
again
I.
F
Don't
think
the
comparison
to
other
cities
as
important
as
we
got
a
job
here
right
and
whether
or
not
we
have
more
or
less
than
Chicago
or
whether
or
not
the
differential
undercount
is
the
same
or
different
less
important
than
the
fact
that
it
is.
It
is
a
population
that's
going
to
need
attention,
I'm.
E
Another
question
on
the
data:
yes
from
what
I
can
tell,
which
then
these
maps
are
very
good.
Clearly,
the
poverty
is
focused
in
council,
district,
seven
council
district
5,
then
three
and
eight
with
five
and
seven
having
the
most
according
to
the
short
poverty.
And
then,
when
you
go
to
the
educational
attainment,
I,
don't
know
why
but
Kent
District,
Council
7
seems
to
have
the
lowest
educational
attainment
of
any
of
the
was
just.
E
F
E
If
we
were
thinking
of
ideas,
just
as
throw
this
out
there,
would
it
make
sense
for
us
to
focus
on
those
four
districts
and
specifically
5
and
7
and
figure
out
like?
Can
we
use
the
libraries
to
get
people
high
school
diplomas
again?
The
courses
can
we
get
Community
College
to
have
courses
offered
in
those
areas
like
we
focus
on
those
districts,
but
we
know
there's
issues
I.
F
Mean
I
think
you're
gonna
hear
from
from
benefits,
Data
trust
and
United
Way,
for
example,
on
some
of
this
notion
of
targeting
based
on
you
know
where
the
need
is
and
getting
the
service
right
there
and
and
I'm
sure
they'll
have
something
very
specific
to
say
about
that,
but
I
think
on
its
face.
It's
a
reasonable
I
think
about
I.
A
E
B
I
have
to
excuse
myself,
so
I
did
not
want
to
be
rude
as
we
speaking
about
our
family
members
that
are
in
poverty,
but
one
thing
I
really
heard.
Maybe
we
didn't
say
the
word
was
generational
property
and
expectations,
and
it
sounds
like
a
lot
of
individuals
are
stuck
in
property
because
that's
their
expectation
that
that's
how
it
is
supposed
to
be,
especially
when
you
ask
the
question
of:
are
you
poor
and
the
person
I
believe
in
North
Philadelphia
said
that
well,
I'm,
not
poor.
B
F
One
thing
about
that:
there's
a
and
we
talked
a
little
bit
about
it
and
in
the
in
the
meetings
leading
up
to
this
is
this
notion
of
I.
Think
it's
an
increasingly
popular
notion
that
people
are
now
thinking
that,
for
example,
there
is
more
to
our
well-being
than
how
much
money
we
have
in
our
pocket
or
the
GDP
or
GNP
of
the
city
or
state
or
county
or
country,
and
it's
this
notion
of
social
well-being
and
it's
sort
of
multi-dimensional
and
it
gets
to
things
like
how
safe
do
I
feel
in
my
community.
F
How
connected
do
I
feel
to
my
neighbors?
You
know
how
is
my
health?
What's
the
environment
within
the
community
within
which
I
live
and
I
and
I
think
that
in
some
ways,
what
that
shows
is
that
economic
well-being?
If
you
were
to
map
that
in
Philadelphia,
and
we
have
those
dimensions?
What
you'll
see
is
there
are
places
where
sort
of
the
adverse
side
of
those
things
piles
up,
but
there
are
other
places
where
the
economics
are
challenging,
but
there
are
strengths
on
some
of
those
other
dimensions
and
I.
F
Think
that,
although
the
the
committee
is
very
much
focused
on
sort
of
dropping
that
rate
and
getting
a
hundred
thousand
people
to
earn
it
a
level
that
gets
them
above
the
poverty
line,
I
think
it's
not
it's.
It
would
be
wise
also
to
think
about
what
some
of
these
other
dimensions
are
and
help
to
think
about
what
are
other
conditions
of
people
who
are
living
notwithstanding
what
their
economic
means
are.
Thank
you
so
much.
D
Yes,
certainly
one
of
the
areas
that
everyone
is
concerned
about.
Whenever
you
talk
about,
you
want
to
change
the
poverty
rate
is:
are
we
talking
about
a
Philadelphia
way
which
is
helping
those
who
are
really
in
need
move
up,
or
are
we
talking
about
a
Seattle
way
where
we
move
everyone
out
of
Seattle,
because
they
can
no
longer
afford
to
live
there?
How
do
you,
when
you
look
at
the
data?
F
I
think
that
you
know
before
December,
we'll
have
a
much
better
handle
on
it,
but
those
data
that
we
use
to
create
some
of
those
challenge
slides
wherever
they
are
about
the
wage
levels
on
the
second
excuse
me,
try
and
get
you
into
this
right
place.
This
really
sort
of
talks
about
where
people
live
in,
where
they
work
and
talks
about
the
income
levels
that
they
have
in
a
variety
of
other
circumstances.
F
It's
a
very
unique
data
set
and
one
that's
not
often
used
when
you
sort
of
think
about
these
poverty
related
issues,
I
think
we
will
be
able
to
use
that
a
little
bit
to
figure
out
like.
Are
we
doing
that
now
as
much
as
I?
You
know,
I
mentioned
that
Philadelphia's
cost
of
living
in
our
housing
is
higher.
F
F
A
A
I
F
A
very
good
and
difficult
question:
I
guess
wanna!
You
know
we
could
look
at
some
of
the
surrounding
areas
and
see
if
they
are
essentially
feeling
a
change
that
sort
of
commensurate
with
ours
or
in
an
opposite
direction
than
ours.
So
that's
one
thing
I
think
it's
also
going
to
be
important
for
us
to
sort
of
think
through
some
of
the
complexities.
F
I.
Think
the
philosophical
complexities
of
let's
say
that
the
city
of
Philadelphia
is
successfully
able
to
help
a
set
of
families
out
of
poverty,
and
it
becomes
their
choice
to
go
to
Elkins
Park
right
outside
the
city,
because
it's
a
it's
an
opportunity
for
reasonably
priced
housing
and
decent
public
education
and
things
that
were
you
know
in
the
the
irritants
that
people
identified
in
the
in
the
survey
I
mean
I.
F
F
I
think
that
you
know
we,
we
dropped
a
lot
of
housing
data
in
here
without
I
feel
in
some
ways,
without
the
tightest
connection,
because
in
some
ways
you
know
influencing
somebody's
housing
situation
doesn't
directly
affect
him
money
they
have
in
their
pocket,
which
doesn't
directly
affect
whether
or
not
they
count
as
poor
or
not.
Nevertheless,
it
does
influence
this
situation
in
the
condition
on
which
people
are
a
living
and
be
trying
to
get
out
of
economic
poverty.
A
Think
it's
important
for
our
framing
I
know
that
we're
we're
being
rather
aggressive
and
bold,
and
what
we're
trying
to
do-
and
you
just
remind
people
some
of
the
nuances
to
this
and
we're
gonna,
try
to
measure
this
for
one
year,
five
years
and
and
ten
years
since
council
presidents
put
out
those
numbers
so
I
just
you
know,
it's
not
gonna
be
a
perfect
science,
but
that
we
are
mindful
of
all
of
those
things.
I
mean
school
district
is
here.
They
can
tell
you
that
in
January
kids
go
to
different
schools
right,
that's
that's!
A
I
If
DHS
and
the
school
district
and
OSS
was
dealing
with
the
same
family,
and
neither
one
of
those
systems
knew
that
there
were
other
systems
involved
in
that
child's
life.
I
think
there's
been
great
improvement.
The
data
that
you
have
here
is
timely,
as
we
look
to
next
year
when
we
have
to
wrap
our
arms
and
heads
around
the
census,
and
so
where.
And
what
role
do
you
believe
this
data
can
have
so
that
we
participate
in
the
census
in
a
way
that
drives
the
dollars?
F
It's
a
that's,
a
fascinating
and
I.
Think
super
practical
question.
I
mean
to
my
mind.
What
we
do
know
is
that
if
you
look
at,
if
you
look
at
data
about
census
participation,
first
of
all,
generally,
the
rates
have
been
coming
down
over
the
decades
they're,
not
what
they
used
to
be
that's
alarming,
and
we
know
also-
and
we
know
also
that
not
every
population
participates
at
the
same
rate,
and
we
know
that
Philadelphia
is
a
place
where
it's
various
populations,
although
not
as
bad
as
it
was
decades
ago.
G
G
K
F
I
The
one
group
that
comes
to
to
mine
immediately
are
the
those
who
must
wonder
about
the
homeless
now
and
what
are
we
going
to
do
as
a
city
to
make
sure
we
capture
every
single
individual
who's
in
that
that
that
circumstance,
and
so
I'm
of
the
thinking
that
that
look,
anticipating
the
work
required
around
the
census
count
can
be
a
part
of
this
conversation
and
discussion
as
well.
Thank
you,
madam
chairwoman.
Thank.
C
Did
and
then
ask
a
further
question
about
housing.
I
think
it's
a
great
question.
Councilwoman
I
know
census
2020,
which
is
which
council
health
support
through
funding
is
looking
very
closely
at
specifically
at
vulnerable
populations
that
we
need
to
target
for
outreach
and,
for
example,
working
in
partnership
with
the
office
of
homeless
services
among
other
organizations
to
make
sure
there
is
a
good
count.
But
you
know
this
data
can
help
feed
that
effort
and
make
it
even
stronger,
but
meant.
I
C
Absolutely
the
other
point:
I
was
gonna
make
as
we
talked
about
housing
and
stability
and
the
reason
I
asked
for
the
numbers
and
you
had
percent
of
overburdened
homeowners
and
percent
of
overburden,
renters
and
I
know
of
the
eviction
work
you're
doing
at
the
reinvestment
fund.
I
think
particularly
for
the
housing
subcommittee.
It's
starting
to
look
at
the
the
real
numbers,
because
we
know
that
evictions
drive
people
further
into
poverty,
and
you
know
there's
a
cascading
effect.
C
F
If
I
could
not
just
one
other
thing
about
this
census,
you
know
we
focus
on
the
resources,
but
you
know
if
you
think
about
the
constitutional
purposes,
representation
and
we've
lost
representation
over
the
decades.
If
you
go
back,
you
know
50
60,
80
years
we
lost
representation.
So
it's
not
it's
not
only
the
immediacy
of
the
money,
but
it's
all
the
other
things
that
having
a
larger
representative
body
has
for
us
in
Washington.
E
Two
more
questions
someone:
they
asked
on
page
13,
you're,
comparing
filthy
of
Chicago,
Memphis
and
Milwaukee
and
I
guess.
My
question
is
knowing
that
in
the
last
few
several
years,
Millennials
and
baby
boomers
are
want
to
live
urban
with,
because
people
are
coming
into
cities
like
fluffy
in
Chicago.
Would
that
have
skewed
those
numbers
to
show
that
growth.
I
F
I
think
that
it
could
and
I
also
think
that
there's
a
piece
of
it,
which
is
we
are
more
vital
economies
than
well
then
certainly
Milwaukee.
At
this
point,
and
so
our
population
has
begun
to
grow,
it
started
to
grow
in
2006
I
think
was
2005,
six
was
about
the
trough
and
so
that
sort
of
growth
I
think
fuels
was
you
know
a
bit
of
a
stronger
economy.
I
don't
have
Chicago's
population
numbers
in
my
head,
but
I
think
that
you
know
the
the
vitality
of
I'm.
E
F
Was
puzzling
right,
yeah
and
honestly
I
think
that
puzzled
me
as
well
and
Emily
and
our
team.
We
we
tried
to
understand
it
better,
I,
don't
know
if
I
mean
it's
not
a
minimum
wage
issue,
that's
not
what's
driving
it
and
it's
not
the
fact
that
you
know
there
are
imperfections
in
the
data
in
terms
of
what
gets
reported
and
it's
not
a
you
know,
a
function
of
the
fact
that
you
know
there's
sort
of
economic
centers
of
their
regions.
F
E
A
You
there
be
no
other
questions.
I'm
gonna
ask
thank
our
panel,
our
first
panelists
for
the
purposes
of
logistics.
We
had
allotted
some
time
for
minimal
public
testimony
at
this
time.
The
people
who
had
signed
up
unfortunately
had
to
go
I
didn't
know.
If
there
was
anybody,
because
we
advertised
it
that
way,
I
wanted
to
make
sure
the
two
people
had
signed
up
how'd
it
go
at
4:30.
Is
there
anyone
here
before
I
call
our
next
panel?
A
Okay,
because
we
had
asked
folks
to
sign
up
at
the
table.
So
with
that?
Thank
you.
So
much
to
again,
we
will,
as
the
committee
has
access
to
the
reinvestment
fund
through
this
process,
and
that's
why
we
wanted
to
get
some
clarity
on
this
data
and
the
numbers
and
how
we
were
going
to
measure
or
attempt
to
outline
goals
and
impact
that
could
be
measurable,
based
on
the
categories,
not
perfect
science,
but
at
least
the
ability
for
folks
to
see
the
inch.
The
way
we
wanted
to
break
up
individual
versus
households.
A
So,
thank
you
very
much
IRA
the
reinvestment
fund
team
and
the
Pew
Charitable
Trusts,
so
I'm
going
to
allow
for
a
five
minute
break
as
I
know
our
stenographer
and
then
I'm
going
to
ask
our
neck
panelists
because
we're
ahead
of
time,
which
is
not
a
bad
thing
to
be
so
I'm
gonna,
ask
United
Way
benefits
data,
struts
and
sister
Mary
skaaland
to
be
ready
and
we
will
reconvene
at
five
o'clock.
Thank
you.
A
A
A
And
probably
Pauline
Abernathy
and,
of
course
everyone
knows:
sister
Mary's
:.
This
is
our
our
next
and
final
panel
and
then,
as
promised,
we
will
allow
for
public
testimony
at
6:30.
Please
note
that
we
were
intentional
and
doing
this
hearing
in
the
afternoon
to
allow
people
school
work
and
when
I
close
today
and
give
some
of
the
logistics
around
the
subcommittee's.
A
K
All
right,
Councilwoman,
thank
you
and
I.
Couldn't
say
enough
of
how
honored
I
am
to
serve
the
mission
of
the
newly
refined
mission
of
the
United
Way
of
Greater
Philadelphia
in
southern
New
Jersey,
which
is
to
meaningfully
and
measurably,
reduce
intergenerational
poverty
in
our
region
and
something
that
I
think
is
not
lost
on
anybody
here.
K
But
we
will
be
talking
a
lot
about
data
today,
which
is
obviously
very,
very
important,
but
I
come
to
this
conversation
having
served
for
15
years
as
the
founder
of
an
organization
called
Broad
Street
ministry,
when
you
see
9,000,
unduplicated
neighbors
walking
through
your
front
door
on
an
annual
basis
looking
to
achieve
their
dreams
of
security
and
well-being
and
prosperity.
We're
talking
about
data
and
statistics,
but
really
what
we're
talking
about
is
people
and
they're
our
neighbors,
and
that's
the
fierce
urgency
of
now
that
we
need
to
be
pursuing
this
with.
K
So
that's
the
first
comment.
The
second
comment
before
I
launch
into
this
is
I'm
sensing
that
we
are
entering
a
very
important
moment.
We
have
the
highest
millennial
retention
rate
of
any
major
city
in
the
United
States.
We
have
a
renaissance,
that's
underway
in
Philadelphia
that
isn't
touching
everyone
and
we'll
be
talking
about
that
later,
but
more
and
more
neighbors
who
are
who
have
capacity,
who
have
skills,
who
have
a
desire
to
lean
in
want
to
see
this
needle
move.
K
They
don't
want
to
carry
around
this
badge
of
shame
that
we
are
the
poorest
large
city
and
I
feel
like
if
we
could
energize
and
and
serve
as
a
catalyst
and
galvanize
and
capitalize
a
real
strategy.
I
think
people
will
come
and
people
will
invest
and
people
will
share
what
they
have
so
that
our
neighbors
can
experience
their
slice
of
the
American
dream.
K
So
there
we
go
so
when
we,
when
the
United
Way
has
been
leaning
on
our
friends,
and
some
of
this
is
going
to
be
duplicative.
The
data
that
you're
gonna
be
hearing.
But
that's
by
intention
I
want
us
all
to
be
mindful
that
that
all
data
is
not
the
same
that
this
idea
of
the
disaggregation
of
the
data.
That
is
in
front
of
us
helps
us
understand
not
only
disparities
among
race
and
gender,
but
also
in
terms
of
neighborhood
and
the
proximity
of
we.
K
It's
gonna
be
very
important
for
us
to
be
proximate
to
people
suffering.
The
challenges
in
one
neighborhood
are
very
different
from
the
challenges
of
another
neighborhood,
and
so
that's
why
the
disaggregation
of
this
data
requires
the
best
science
that
we
can
get
our
hands
around,
and
so
you
want
to
be
very
clear.
K
The
swimlane
of
the
United
Way
and
the
data
has
not
been
to
do
the
work
ourselves,
but
to
invite
partnership
with
some
of
the
best
in
the
business
who
do
this
frankly
for
profit
and
I,
wonder
if
there's
ways
we
were
wondering
whether
there
are
ways
they
could
do
it
for
good.
So
some
of
this
is
a
little
bit
of
breaking
news,
but
we
have,
for
over
a
year
now
have
been
leaning
on
the
analysis
of
Mark
Zandi
who's.
K
The
chief
economist
at
Moody's,
who
has
in
a
pro
bono
fashion,
put
five
senior
analysts
alongside
the
monitor
Institute,
which
is
part
of
the
Deloitte
practice,
which
is
a
global
practice.
That
is
not
rooted
in
Philadelphia.
We
were
part
of
a
competition
to
see
if
they
would
lean
into
our
challenges
to
help
us
better
understand
this
data
before
we
start
making
assumptions
and
the
reality
is
both
of
these
interventions
that
are
coming
in
terms
of
research
and
analysis
and
as
I've
spoken
with
my
colleagues
here,
we
are
only
halfway
there.
K
We
are
nowhere
near
answers,
but
what
we're
learning
is
surprising
a
little
bit
troubling,
but
there
are
also
a
lot
of
opportunities,
and
these
represent
two
entities
from
the
private
sector
that
are
leaning
into
our
challenges
as
though
it
were
as
important
as
meeting
their
bottom-line
obligations.
So
moving
ahead,
things
we've
already
heard
today,
I'll
move
quickly
here.
We
know
that
the
while
imperfect
and
dated
what
we're
talking
about
with
poverty
is
a
measure
of
income,
and
so
what
I'll
be
talking
about
here
is.
K
We
are
making
prudent
and
important
investments
in
a
holistic
set
of
interventions
already
with
people
who
are
experiencing
poverty,
but
I
think
what
we
might
be
considering
today
is
if
we're
talking
about
moving
people
higher
and
higher
in
their
income.
The
interventions
that
we
are
zeroing
in
on
have
to
do
with
what
are
the:
what
are
the
barriers
that
need
to
be
removed
for
people
to
achieve
higher
income?
K
What
are
the
benefits
that
could
be
pulled
down
for
people
to
be
lifted
up
and
also
what
are
the
new
opportunities
that
need
to
be
created,
and
how
do
we
capitalize
those
opportunities?
Now
here
are
some
stark
things
that
are
important
for
council
I'm,
sure
you
know
this,
but
I
don't
know
if
you've
ever
seen
this
graphic.
This
is
the
same
data
used
by
AI
or
Goldstein,
but
it's
the
American
becomes
its
source
from
the
American
Community
Survey,
which,
if
you
walk
around
Center
City
people
really
do
wonder.
K
Well,
how
could
we
possibly
still
have
this
high
incidence
of
poverty
when
there's
all
these
gleaming
towers
and
beautiful
restaurants
and
and
the
reality
is
this
points
to
that
during
the
largest,
sustained
economic
recovery
in
the
history
of
our
nation
and
Philadelphia
has
benefit
from
that?
If
you
are
in
the
top
4
quintiles
of
income,
meaning
if
you
are
in
the
top
80%
philadelphia-
is
as
good
as
any
place
in
the
country
to
live.
K
However,
the
only
city
in
the
united
states,
where,
during
the
same
period
of
economic
recovery,
if
you
are
in
the
bottom,
20%
every
other
market,
that
we
looked
at
people,
our
neighbors,
moved
forward
in
other
cities,
our
neighbors
move
backward.
It's
a
statistical
anomaly
that
we
really
need
to
get
curious
about.
K
We've
heard
a
lot
about
labor
force.
Participation,
I
am
NOT
an
expert
on
this,
but
this
also
shows
that
we
are
lagging
behind
our
peer
cities
in
terms
of
attachment
to
the
workforce
and
I
feel
like
when
we
talk
about
measuring
of
income.
What
we're
talking
about
here
is
income
supports
and
getting
more
people
to
living
wage
employment.
Those
are
really
the
focus
with
an
important
attachment
to
criminal
justice,
housing
and
health.
These
are
these
are
things
that
we
know
this
I
just
mentioned
our
it's.
K
K
So
how
do
we
respond?
I've,
appreciated,
council
president
Clark's
idea
of
the
moonshot.
My
parlance
has
been
the
Marshall
Plan,
because
the
reality
is
after
the
Second
World
War
after
Europe
was
broken.
There
were
two
motivations
for
rebuilding
Europe
one.
It's
the
right
thing
to
do.
It's
the
morally
right
thing
to
do,
and
it
was
in
our
economic
self-interest
to
do
so,
and
it
was
the
three
principles
that
were
underneath.
The
Marshall
Plan
was
one
an
aspirational
vision.
This
problem
is
not
bigger
than
who
we
are.
K
We
are
capable
of
doing
this
and
we
are
going
to
do
it
with
resolve.
Second,
you
don't
just
walk
over
to
Europe
with
your
shovel
in
your
garage
and
start
digging
away.
You
need
an
actual
plan.
You
need
to
actually
think
through
what
goes
first,
second
and
third,
and
what
are
we
going
to
need
to
do
if
we
want
to
be
successful
and
then
third,
this
is
the
controversial
part.
This
is
going
to
cost
more
than
anybody
wants
it
to
cost.
We
are
going
to
have
to
invest
our
way
out
of
this.
K
It's
just
that
simple
Council
is
going
to
be
part
of
that
I
hope,
but
I
also
believe
that
the
private
sector
is
waiting.
The
philanthropists
of
the
community
are
waiting
normal
neighbors,
who
feel
fortunate
want
to
get
engaged,
but
we
need
to
first
set
the
table
for
something
that
is
measurable
and
meaningful
in
terms
of
an
engagement
here.
K
So
here
are
a
few
things.
I
promised
you
a
couple
of
ideas
and
I'm
trying
to
watch
my
time.
The
first
has
to
do
with
unsurprising
and
we've
heard
about
this:
the
imperative
for
job
growth,
but
when
we
talk
about
job
growth,
many
people
think
about
well,
who
are
people
who
are
currently
in
poverty
and
where
is
their
best
employment
opportunity?
K
According
to
the
data
we
have,
52
percent
of
employment
in
our
community
comes
from
small
business
enterprise
and
entrepreneurship,
and
yet
and
of
that
52%
78%
of
people
in
poverty
attached
to
small
business.
So
it
seems
logical
that
one
of
the
interventions
we
need
to
meaningfully
and
measurably
engage
in
is
small
business
development
as
well
as
entrepreneurship.
K
The
data
I
want
to
make
sure
I
get
correct,
I
think
I
have
it
is
that
when
we
talk
about
owned
enterprise,
we
have
a
very
robust
small
business
ecosystem
and
yet
in
a
majority-minority,
City,
african-american
and
Latino
Latinos
represent
more
than
50%
of
our
population,
and
yet
they
are
only
3%
of
business
owners.
That's
a
statistical
anomaly
when
you
benchmark
against
other
cities,
so
United
Way
is
proposing,
along
with
a
host
of
other
investors.
K
The
idea
that,
like
Detroit,
has
done
before
us
and
Oakland
and
the
Bronx
a
robust
ecosystem
from
idea
to
open,
be
created
for
entrepreneurs
of
color,
and
that
would
not
be
led
by
me,
but
it
would
be
led
by
the
immediate
past
CEO
of
the
African
American
Chamber
of
Commerce
Mike
banks,
who
has
left
that
post
to
join
United,
Way
to
drive
and
inspire
that
effort.
Second
barriers
to
entry.
These
are
surgical
interventions
that
are
customized
for
the
problem.
We're
trying
to
solve
when
we're
talking
about
removing
barriers
to
labor
force
participation.
K
We're
talking
about
the
majority
we
heard
earlier
about
home-based
childcare,
which
is
huge
in
our
region
and
under
invested
in
in
terms
of
ensuring
that
those
are
quality
and
safe,
not
just
for
the
nurturing
of
the
child,
which
is
a
long-term
labor
participation
strategy,
but
for
people
and
parents
who
are
trying
to
get
to
work
and
keep
a
job
if
they
do
not
have
stable
childcare.
Their
chances
of
retaining
that
job
is
very
low.
K
Working
with
a
comprehensive
plan,
hopefully
with
the
Chamber
of
Commerce,
to
meaningfully
engage
HR
functions
to
pivot,
away
from
a
talent,
talent
strategy
that
is
really
a
currently
a
majority
place
of
risk
mitigation
in
start-up,
instead
of
courageous
approaches
to
non-traditional
candidates
who
are
really
looking
at
opportunity
who
are
capable
and
qualified,
but
right
now
are
ruled
out
and
not
able
to
participate
in
a
meaningful
way
and
then
to
burgeon
expungement
and
preventive
health
care
as
well
as
stable
housing.
These
are
things
we
know
about.
The
last
has
to
do
with
I
know.
K
Councilman
Thomas
might
give
me
a
standing
O
for
this
one,
but
the
reality
of
the
matter
is
he
quoted.
450
million,
that's
correct.
I
have
a
hundred
and
thirty
million,
just
in
Philadelphia
County
alone,
that
if
we
were
better
able
to
capitalize,
high-performing,
proven
and
tested
organizations
like
benefits,
data
trust
campaign
for
working
families
and
look
at
this
holistically.
There
are
so
many
approaches
to
fill
it
up.
Philadelphia's
poverty
problem
that
are
noble,
but
they
and
and
also
but
they're
a
bit
boutique
in
their
application.
We
need
to
be
talking
scale.
K
We
need
to
be
talking
long-term
and
we
need
to
be
putting
out
milestones
and
markers
in
order
to
move
this
stubborn
need
needle.
So
what
is
it
going
to
require
massive
and
I
must
say
that
three
times
the
time
for
small
ideas
is
over,
we
need
big
ideas
with
big
commitment,
multi-year
citywide
campaign
to
reduce
poverty.
This
will
not
sit
at
United
Way.
We
are
putting
all
of
our
resources
behind
an
idea
where
it
could
be
possibly
powered
in
part
by
United
Way,
but
I
think
everyone
needs
to
see
themselves
inside
these
solutions.
K
K
I
think
we
all
know
part
of
what
contributes
to
the
Philadelphia
shrug.
Is
that
there's
bold
proclamations,
bold
ideas
that
are
trotted
out
there,
and
then
we
have
a
big
event
and
then
we
leave
and
go
do
the
next
thing.
I
really
think
measurement
and
accountability
will
reduce
the
cynicism
of
people
who
want
to
see
this
needle
move,
but
they
want
to
know
we're
serious.
K
The
thing
that
I
would
point
to
is
the
there
are
other
major
markets
that
are.
We
have
an
opportunity
to
learn
from
them.
I
think
a
lot
of
people
in
Philadelphia
know
we're.
You
know
we're
special
and
I
know
that
born
here
raised
here
I'm
from
here,
but
I
am
curious
about
how
other
markets
have
moved
the
constellation
of
the
private
sector,
traditional
philanthropy,
high-performing
community
organizations
and
public
policy
marching
in
concert
forward
toward
a
common
goal.
K
This
has
happened
in
other
markets
to
great
effect,
so
the
mandate
that
I
bring
to
you
today
is
this
idea
that
there
needs
to
be
an
articulation
and
you're
getting
there
measurable
goals,
incremental
goals
that
need
to
be
drilled
down.
That
would
move
our
region
forward.
The
interventions
that
we
can
put
against
those
goals
and
you'll
hear
I've
shared
some
you'll
hear
others
in
a
minute.
K
The
stakeholder
alignment
is
crucial
and
that's
above
my
pay
grade,
but
at
some
level
we're
going
to
have
to
overcome
the
met
if
we're
ever
gonna
get
there
I'm
sure
you
know
the
met
money,
ego
and
turf.
That's
our
biggest
challenge
here
and
new
transformational
investment
off
the
sidelines,
considerations
for
counsel
and
I'll
leave.
K
It
here
I
appreciate
the
leadership
you've
shown
in
bringing
this
conversation
to
the
forefront
and
putting
some
numbers
to
it
and
I
think
that
the
platform
you
have
and
the
leverage
that
you
produce
can
create
this
fierce
sense
of
urgency
and
bringing
proven
leaders
like
Eva,
along
with
Charmaine
around
to
articulate
a
common
agenda.
I
think
is
crucial.
Capitalization.
There
are
many
models
of
public
private
models
where
we
agree
that
there
needs
to
be
an
allocation
and
a
strategy
for
deployment
of
capital
in
a
way
that
makes
sense,
and
we
need
to
agree
upon
measurement.
A
A
We've
had
competing
goals
with
departs
'mentally
right,
as
you
know,
and
I
think
I
think
as
government.
Sometimes
the
bureaucracy,
people
are
spinning
and
I
always
say
the
different
portfolios
that
people
have.
On
the
one
hand,
we
in
every
index
that
we
use
about
what
is
a
choice,
neighborhood
right
or
a
neighborhood.
J
A
Can
you
give
me
one
or
two
things
that
in
that
world
we
talked
about
investment
but
one
or
two,
two
or
three
things
that
quickly
rise
to
you
about
what
we
should
be
doing
around
that
I
know.
We
have
the
powerup
program
where
Community
College
and
we've
done
a
lot
of
incremental
things,
but
if
you
can
do
one
or
two
big-ticket
items
other
than
just
investing,
what
do
you
see
the.
K
One
is
more
atmospheric
and
then
the
other
ones
concrete,
the
atmospheric
one
is
I've,
been
trying
to
quietly
bring
people
on
field
trips
to
look
at
how
other
markets
have
done
this,
and
what
you
hear
from
this
market
is.
Oh
we're
already
doing
that,
and
so
I'm
going
to
give
you
a
very
concrete
example
of
in
Detroit,
since
the
entrepreneurs
of
color
fund
has
been
launched,
which
is
about
five
years
ago,
eighteen
thousand
living
wage
jobs
have
been
created
and
sustained
with
the
average
credit
rating
of
the
applicant
for
those
funds
is
420.
A
K
The
total
value
of
the
fund
is
thirty
million
dollars,
so
it's
not
again
romance
without
finance.
Don't
stand
a
chance.
Remember
that,
and
the
second
part
is
lending
institutions
do
not
lend
capital
to
lose
money.
So
how
could
philanthropy
and
others
who
have
gone
on
an
entrepreneurial
journey
and
had
success,
and
there
are
many
of
those
in
our
region?
How
could
we
convince
them
to
create
a
an
opportunity
for
there
to
be
courage?
Capital,
that's
deployed
in
three
ways:
more
robust
investment
in
our
technical
assistance.
K
We
have
great
providers
here,
but
they're
doing
it
on
a
shoestring.
Second
backstop,
some
of
these
loans
like
if
you
want,
if
you
want
to
see
different
results,
you
need
to
give
people
some
of
the
people
who
are
lending
money.
Some
stomach
comfort
that
they're
in
their
desire
to
do
the
right
thing.
You
want
to
make
sure
that
they're
encouraged
to
do
the
right
thing
and
the
third
part
is
really
doing
a
little
bit
more
with
our
entrepreneurs
or
would-be
entrepreneurs
to
deliberate.
K
You
can
have
a
great
business
plan,
but
do
you
have
the
passion
test?
Do
you
have
the
ability
to
see
it
through
because
I've
started
a
bunch
of
things
and
it
gets
hard
and
there
are
dark
days
and
we
need
to
really
do
more.
Diligence
on
everyone
has
ideas
but
who's
going
to
execute.
So
those
would
be
the
three
things
I
would.
A
So
one
of
the
things
we're
hearing
from
some
of
the
the
small
businesses
is
they're
getting
priced
out
right,
particularly
if
we
don't
own
your
your
facility
in
the
models
that
you
look,
that
you
looked
at
or
that
you're
beginning
to
look
at
did
any
of
them
and
I
know
when
Eva
was
overseeing
the
American
Street
empowerment
zone,
one
of
the
toolboxes
one
of
the
toolboxes
was,
you
know,
one-year
subsidy,
rentals
rental
subsidy.
Did
you
see
any
other
program
similar
they
that
you
think
philadelphia
should
be
considering
I?
A
K
A
there's,
an
there's,
an
incredible
hub
concept:
I
know
I'm
talking
a
lot
about
Detroit
but
I'm
enamored
of
what
they've
done,
because-
and
this
was
partly
from
people
acting
differently
and
behaving
differently.
So
it's
just
to
give
you
an
example.
For
a
hundred
and
fifty
years
the
Kellogg
Family
Foundation
only
funded
kids,
safe,
unobjectionable,
uncontroversial,
kids
and
then
one
day
they
woke
up
and
read
the
paper
and
it
said
Detroit's
bankrupt,
and
so
then
they
thought
well.
K
What
should
we
do
differently
and
one
of
the
things
they
backed
in
addition
to
this
entrepreneurs
of
color
idea
was
basically
a
comprehensive
land
banking
system
that
matched
people
who
are
looking
to
enter
a
commercial
corridor
and
also
people
who
were
aging
out
who
are
retiring
and
looking
to
move
for
whatever
reason
and
gave
first
shot
to
people
who
are
younger?
Who
are
trying
to
establish
themselves
at
that,
and
so
that
was
a
deep,
deep
partnership
between
their
chamber
or
the
equivalent,
their
City,
Council
and
also
philanthropy.
K
K
And
we
need
to
continue.
I
must
say
my
friends
here
from
you
know:
Pat
Clancy
I'm,
not
suggesting
that
we
move
away
from
workforce
development.
There
Sheila,
you
know,
don't
stab
me
in
the
form
Isis,
if
you're
still
here,
I
believe
in
that,
but
I
feel
like
this
is
about
additive
right.
What
are
we
gonna
do
on
top
of
it's
not
about
rearranging
the
chairs?
It's
about
bringing
new
chairs
no.
A
D
Yes
bill.
Thank
you
very
much
for
giving
us
I
think
something
that
we
can
sort
of
really
think
about
from
a
macro
process,
but
also
this
sort
of
idea
and
and
and
some
fold
and
different
ideas
and
how
we
also
we
learned
from
from
others.
One
of
the
things
that
I
liked
about
the
City
Council
report
was
with
the
suggestions
that
they
made.
They
actually
did
look
at
other
cities
and
say
this
has
been
tried
here.
J
D
Money,
how
can
you
with
what
you're
doing
really
help
the
broader
community,
the
city
government,
the
private
sector,
individuals
when
we
come
back
as
a
group
and
say
in
order
to
move
a
hundred
thousand
people,
we
need
X
millions
and
millions
of
dollars
over
a
five-year
twenty
five
year
span.
How
do
we
build
that
case
and
put
the
kind
of
structure
in
place
that
people
can
see
the
incremental
change
but
know
that
it's
the
total
investment
that
ultimately
is
going
to
drive?
D
K
One
other
thing
thank
you,
Tremayne
for
the
question.
There's
there's
two
components
to
that.
The
first
is
I.
Think
a
very
significant
and
I
have
a
donor
in
mind
for
this.
A
significant
investment
needs
to
be
made
in
knowledge
management,
a
dashboard
that
everybody
can
understand
that
is
about
are
we
are
we
making
progress
when
we,
when
we
launch,
whenever
we
move
out
to
market
and
say
this
is
what
we're
trying
to
do
and
by
when
this
is
what
work.
This
is
the
knowledge
management
and
then
a
fix
to
that
answer
is
a
price
tag.
K
K
You
don't
have
to
do
that,
but
I'll
do
it
because
for
years,
and
even
knows
this,
that's
really
people
who
are
delivering
for
our
communities
don't
feel
like
they
can
stand
up
and
say
actually
you're
trying
to
make
me
do
a
$30
job
with
four
dollars
and
and
because
I
love
the
people
I'm
gonna,
do
it,
but
the
reality
is
it's
high
time
there
be
some
real
conversation
about.
Are
we
appropriately
capitalizing
interventions
that
we
know
work?
They
are
proven
in
this
market
and
elsewhere,
but
we
are
not
end,
but
also
to
be
fair.
D
Let
me
follow
up
on
that,
because
seems
like
to
be
married
to
that
measurement.
Is
the
idea
about
how
is
the
city
gonna
look
better
for
quote
unquote
the
investors
yeah
so
measuring
certainly
the
effect
of
the
change
that
we're
looking
at.
But
are
you
also
going
to
have
a
metric
and
be
able
to
communicate
that
metric
effectively
that
it's
costing
us
less
to
do
this?
That
or
the
other,
because
we've
made
this
intervention
or
you
know,
taxes
are
different
because
of
this
intervention?
K
The
benefit
of
the
engagement
with
Moody's
and
Deloitte
is
I
mean
I,
have
limitations,
as
you
well
know,
I'm
more
of
a
moralist,
okay,
but
they're
economists
and
they're
benchmarking,
us
against
other
cities
and
the
and
the
PlayBook
that
we're
playing
out
of
is
I
was
amazed
at
how
powerfully
people
who
I
know
hate
each
other
convened
around
the
prospect
of
Amazon
right,
because
they
could
imagine
what
that
would
do
for
the
economy,
which
you're
suggesting
with
a
hundred
thousand
people
moving
out
of
poverty.
It
certainly
isn't.
K
There
is
no
tolerable
amount
of
poverty
in
our
city,
but
what
we're
looking
for
is
progress
and
what
I've
asked
that
an
app
the
analysts
that
are
working
on
this
project
with
us
is
to
forecast
two
scenarios:
one
the
aspirational
scenario:
how
would
our
lives
be
different?
How
would
the
lives
of
the
individuals
be
different?
How
would
all
the
systems
be
different?
How
would
our
taxation
structure
be
different
if
we
achieve
this?
What
would
that
look
like
and
then
also
how?
K
How
is
the
Philadelphia
Renaissance
going
to
look
if
we
don't?
What's
the
cost
of
that,
not
just
to
individual
lives,
but
the
viability
of
a
city
where
we
are
I,
don't
think
anybody
here
was
celebrating
a
move
of.
You
know
twenty
five
point,
seven
to
twenty
four
point:
five,
but
really
we
are
still
a
huge
Delta
away
from
the
top
ten
cities
in
terms
of
poverty.
We
are
still
eighty
seven
point:
five
thousand
people
behind
where
the
New
York
Knicks
were
behind
and
we
need
to
get
serious.
A
A
C
We
also
hope
you
are
successful.
I
think
there
are
some
truisms,
if
you
will
that
we
all
think
about
our
city
and
our
city,
as
we
think
about
this
issue.
One
is
that
we
have
sort
of
a
low
corporate
participation
rate
because
we
don't
have
headquarters
located
here.
Second,
is
we
we
don't
have
as
robust
a
philanthropic
and
foundation
community
as
other
cities,
and
you
know
for
years
we
were.
K
I'm
gonna
go
in
reverse
order.
I
give
the
board
a
lot
of
credit
of
the
United
Way
we're
in
2021.
The
United
Way
will
celebrate
a
hundred
years
in
this
community
and
I
I'm
stewarding,
a
mission
that
will
live
well
beyond
me
and
was
going
on
well
before
me,
and
I
give
the
board
credit
to
recognize
that
the
disparity
in
our
city
is
not
something
that
they
were
willing
to
tolerate,
and
so
the
question
that
I
had
ask
them
was:
okay.
You've
adopted
a
new
purpose,
but
you're
built
the
way
you've
always
been
built.
K
So
are
you
prepared
to
transform
yourself
into
something?
If
you're,
if
you're,
trying
to
address
this
urgent
need,
then
we
have
to
change
and
it's
not
incremental
and
some
of
you.
If
you
follow
this
stuff,
the
change
over
the
last
18
months
and
Charmaine's
a
board
member,
it
has
not
been
incremental,
so
we
are
in
service
I.
For
me,
the
mission
is
always
first,
the
institution
comes.
Second,
second
I,
don't
think
there's
any
I've
been
doing
when
I
can't
sleep
just
a
brief
study
of
wow.
This
is
a
trope
in
our
and
I.
K
K
Would
you
invest
something
big
and
I
feel
like
there's
a
lot
of
folks
over
the
last
15
to
12
years,
whose
personal
income
has
grown
seismically
and
to
ask
them
to
be
involved
in
something
small
would
not
be
the
right
thing,
but
to
invite
them
into
something
big
that
that
seems
to
be
the
strategy
that
we're
trying
to
go
after
now.
The
reality
is,
everybody
is
inviting
everybody
to
care
about
everything
and
the
reality
is
you
can
do
anything,
but
you
can't
do
everything
so
the
reality
is.
K
There
is
going
to
be
some
struggle
here,
because
that's
just
real
but
we're
if
we're
really
serious
about
putting
the
neighbors
first,
then
we
need
to
arrive
on
that
as
the
principal
and
we're
going
to
try
and
capitalize
strategies
that
move
people
forward
and
that
that
could
be
I
mean
we
all
know.
Philadelphia
social
change
in
Philadelphia
is
a
contact
sport.
So
I
don't
need
to
tell
you
that.
A
I
Please
here
in
a
snapshot
of
your
vision
of
how
that
the
work
of
your
small
business
entrepreneur,
expert
and
back
of
you
will
help
and
be
a
part
of
this
equation
that
you're
talking
about
you
mentioned
that
you've
brought
on
the
forum
executive
director,
mr.
banks
of
the
African
American
Chamber.
So
in
a
nutshell,
can
you
simply
share
with
us
your
vision
or
how
his
work
is
going
to
fold
in
and
be
a
part
of
this
equation?
I
think.
I
He
certainly
has
his
own
testimony.
That's
a
wonderful
story,
so
they
literally
should
be
no
question
about
credibility,
and
it
is
a
novel,
innovative
approach
that
we
that
councilman
Dom
talks
about
all
the
time.
So
to
know
that
now
we
have
an
entity
in
place,
that's
going
to
put
legs
on
the
idea
is
encouraging.
Thank
you.
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
Well,
yeah.
Let.
A
Me
around
the
boldness
around
the
the
investment
I
went
to
a
pension
training
by
minority
pension
investors
several
years
ago
for
the
summer.
Yeah,
that's
what
we
do
in
the
summer
and
one
of
the
things
that
that
I
appreciated
was
that
the
minority
investors
were
really
trying
to
encourage
pension
funds
to
do
some
of
the
social
impact
investment
and
some
of
the
examples
that
they
gave
were
when
in
fact
they
were
flexible
in
their
criteria
when
they
created
product
lines
for
particular
constituencies,
including
undocumented.
A
E
You
and
thanks
for
your
presentation,
was
very
good
and
it's
had
a
couple
questions
and
comment
some
of
the
make,
and
you
know
we
talked
about
entrepreneurs.
I
know
you
touched
on
this-
that
seventy
eight
point,
eight
percent
of
the
entrepreneurs
as
well,
if
you're,
white
and
ten
percent
are
age,
then
two
point
four
african-american,
which
is
a
disgrace
to
the
city.
E
I'll
tell
you
what
the
legislation
is
basically,
but
I
wanted
to
think
in
this
context
before
I
mention
it
twenty
years
ago,
if
you
could
name
the
top
five
companies
in
the
United
States,
they
probably
would
have
been
maybe
Exxon,
maybe
AT&T,
maybe
General
Motors,
maybe
Ford,
and
today,
who
were
the
top
five
companies,
probably
Amazon,
probably
Google,
probably
Apple
I,
don't
know
else
is
out
there,
but
that's
the
concept,
the
tech.
So
the
resolution
put
forth
by
every
member
of
this
council
was
to
ask
the
state
of
Pennsylvania
after
I
met
with
Governor
wolf.
E
He
said:
do
this,
which
we
did?
We
asked
for
four
things:
one
teach
financial
literacy
pre-k
to
12th
grade,
so
four-year-olds
up
to
12th
grade
teach
in
our
schools,
coding
and
technology,
pre-k
to
12th
grade
and
I
could
say
right
now.
Most
four-year-olds
are
probably
better
in
tech
and
then
I
am
okay,
though
they're
really
good
and
then
number
three
teach
entrepreneurship,
teach
it
in
the
schools.
Seventh,
eighth,
ninth,
tenth
eleventh
and
twelfth
me.
E
This
was
all
in
the
in
the
resolution
and
then
the
last
piece
was
a
page
out
of
the
Cristo
Rey
high
school
allows
students
the
option
of
working
one
day
a
week
in
ninth
10th,
11th
and
12th
grade
get
credit
for
the
one
day
and
go
to
a
school
for
the
four
days,
but
those
four
different
job
experiences
would
be
invaluable
to
them.
I
mean
if
we're
trying
to
change
poverty
in
the
big
picture,
and
so
we
sent
this
up
to
Harrisburg
every
member
here
supported
it.
We
haven't
gotten
anywhere.
E
Yet
if
we
could
enlist
United
Way
to
your
companies
to
call
the
governor
call,
the
legislators
and
say
I
think
we
need
to
change.
This
is
not
by
the
way
this
was.
This
probably
should
be
changed
across
the
country,
not
just
Philadelphia,
but
we
need
to
change
what
we're
doing
so.
We
can
prepare
our
students
for
not
just
today's
economy,
but
tomorrow's
economy.
E
That's
gonna,
be
a
very
different
economy
tomorrow
than
it
is
today,
so
whatever
you're
not
awake
could
do
to
help,
and-
and
you
know
this
entrepreneurship
thing-
teaching
it
in
the
school
would
be
a
great
thing,
because
I
think
you
did
increase,
as
we
saw
from
earlier
at
the
high
school
graduation
rates.
I
know
myself.
E
J
Thank
you,
council
president
Clark
councilmembers
Canyon
is
Sanchez
Reynolds,
Brown
and
committee
special
committee
co-chairs
and
everyone
else
who
is
here
today
to
share
their
thoughts
and
insights
about
how
to
reduce
poverty
in
Philadelphia.
My
name
is
Pauline
Abernathy,
I'm,
chief
strategy
officer
at
benefits,
data
trust
BVT
is
a
national
nonprofit
organization,
headquartered
here
in
Philadelphia,
with
a
mission
to
help
people
live
healthier,
more
independent
lives
by
creating
smarter
ways
to
access
essential
benefits
and
services.
J
Each
year,
BDT
helps
tens
of
thousands
of
people
make
ends
meet
through
using
a
mix
of
data
technology,
targeted
outrage
and
policy
change.
Since
2005
BDT
has
screened
more
than
1
million
households
nationwide
securing
over
7
billion
dollars
in
benefits
and
services.
In
Philadelphia
alone,
we
have
helped
more
than
110,000
Philadelphians
secure,
more
than
330
million
in
benefits
to
help
pay
for
food,
health
care,
housing,
childcare
and
other
basic
needs.
J
We
are
proud
of
the
fact
that
many
of
our
employees
exemplify
how
benefits
can
help
people
through
rough
times
and
on
a
path
to
a
better
life.
I'll
share
the
story
of
one
staff:
member
who
I'll
call
Maria.
2011
was
a
dark
year
for
her,
as
Maria
puts
it.
She
had
three
children,
a
pack
of
hot
dogs
in
the
freezer
and
no
money
in
her
bank
account.
Despite
having
worked
since
age
14,
she
literally
didn't
know
how
she
was
going
to
feed
her
kids.
J
They
know
and
trust
and
be
screened
for
up
to
19
benefits
and
receive
help
applying,
while
being
treated
with
dignity.
I
want
to
take
a
moment
to
commend
our
outstanding
partners,
including
Catholic
Social,
Services,
Esperanza
impact
Services,
Corporation,
pan
Asian,
Senior,
Services,
Philadelphia,
Phi,
project,
home
CMAC,
Yousef
and
United
communities,
southeast
Philadelphia,
through
BDT
and
our
partners.
Last
year
alone,
5200
Philadelphia
households
received
an
average
of
$5,100
in
critical
benefits,
which
translates
into
26
million
dollars
in
benefits
for
the
city
as
a
whole.
J
The
return
on
investment
is
compelling
a
recently
published
randomized
experiment
conducted
by
economists
at
MIT
'z
poverty
lab
with
benefits
data
trust,
found
our
targeted
outreach,
tripled
snap
enrollment
and
generated
$20
in
benefits
for
every
$1
invested.
While
there
is
no
single
solution
to
poverty,
benefits
provide
a
bridge
to
economic
mobility
for
low-income
families
and
adults.
It
is
difficult
to
focus
on
getting
a
job
if
you
don't
know
how
you're
going
to
feed
your
children
or,
where
they're
going
to
sleep
tonight.
J
So
it's
not
surprising
that
rigorous
research
shows
that
benefits
improve
health,
employment,
earnings
and
educational
achievement.
Yet,
despite
the
work
of
benefit,
thousands
of
struggling
philadelphians
are
still
not
receiving
the
benefits
for
which
they
are
eligible.
As
councilman
Dom
said
at
the
beginning
of
this
hearing,
we
estimate
it
at
BDT
that
Philadelphians
are
collectively
leaving
four
hundred
and
fifty
million
dollars
in
untapped
federal
and
state
benefits
on
the
table
every
year.
J
There
we
go.
Oh
that's
hard
to
read
also
what
this
shows,
as
even
there
are
over
60,000
Philadelphians,
who
are
eligible
to
participate
in
snap
who
are
not
participating,
which
is
nearly
enough
to
fill
the
entire
Eagles
stadium.
That's
how
many
are
eligible
and
not
receiving
it,
and
this
estimate
of
450
million
takes
into
account
only
five
programs
for
which
we
can
make
reliable
estimates.
J
Vit,
C,
Snap,
Medicaid
pace
and
pace,
net,
prescription
assistance
and
the
Commonwealth
property
taxes
and
rent
rebate
program,
adding
and
other
critical
benefits
such
as
WIC
Medicare
savings
programs
and
a
child
tax
credit
would
increase
in
number
further.
There
are
several
reasons
why
eligible
people
don't
apply
for
benefits.
Lack
of
information
is
one
of
them.
Many
simply
don't
know
that
assistance
is
available
or
that
they
are
back.
They
qualify,
which
makes
sense,
if
you
think
of
what
Pew's
polls
showed
that
half
of
people
living
in
poverty
don't
think
of
themselves
as
poor.
J
So
in
that
case,
you
might
not
think
you're
eligible
for
assistance.
Others
know
they're
eligible
but
need
help
applying
and
the
process
can
be
complicated
and
each
benefit
can
require
a
separate
application
and,
as
anyone
in
this
room,
who's
ever
struggled
to
fill
out
their
own
taxes
knows,
the
language
on
government
forms
can
be
confusing.
It
is
doubly
so
for
individuals
with
low
literacy
or
for
whom
English
is
not
their
first
language.
Well,
these
and
other
barriers
are
real.
J
They
are
entirely
surmountable
and
addressing
them
should
be
part
of
any
comprehensive
strategy
to
reduce
poverty
and
increase
economic
mobility
as
narrowing
the
gap
suggested.
Philadelphia
can
dramatically
improve
benefits
access
by
leveraging
existing
access
points,
technology
and
data
sources
where
people
cannot
be
automatically
enrolled
in
a
benefit.
We
should
alert
them
to
their
eligibility
and
make
it
easy
to
apply
either
in
person
phone
or
online
a
few
years
ago
there
was
basically
only
one
way
to
do
banking.
You
went
into
a
bank
and
saw
a
teller
today
with
the
proliferation
of
mobile
phones
and
apps.
J
The
financial
world
has
changed.
Banks
quickly
changed
and
realized
that
there
was
no
one-size-fits-all
way
of
serving
their
customers.
They
came
up
with
new
ways
of
doing
business
using
technology.
Imagine
if
technology
serving
families
in
economic
distress
were
up
to
par
with
that
technology
serving
financial
services.
J
Imagine
if
our
neighbors
in
need
could
get
help
without
having
to
ask
for
it.
This
committee
and
the
city
of
Philadelphia
can
do
that.
We've
offer
two
main
recommendations
for
doing
so
as
part
of
a
broader
strategy.
First,
leverage
acts
leverage
existing
access
points
across
Philadelphia.
One
of
the
biggest
opportunities
to
achieve
impact
at
scale
is
by
leveraging
existing
infrastructure
institutions
and
community
organizations.
For
instance,
our
city's
libraries
and
schools
create
opportunities
for
people
to
be
screened
and
apply
for
benefits
as
place
at
places
they
already
know
and
visit.
J
Similarly,
the
network
of
career
links
and
training
programs
operated
by
Philadelphia
works,
offer
opportunities
to
screen
and
assist
jobseekers
in
applying
for
benefits
the
cities
rise.
Programs
are
another
example
of
an
access
point
that
can
be
leveraged
to
assist
returning
citizens
who
are
previously
incarcerated
technology.
Driven
tools
have
made
it
possible
for
people
to
begin
the
process
of
applying
for
benefits
from
just
about
anywhere,
for
example,
with
support
from
the
United
Way.
J
We
worked
with
the
campaign
for
working
families
during
the
most
recent
tax
season
to
pilot
a
new
tool
called
benefits,
launch
people
waiting
for
free
tax
assistance
in
the
Vita
centers
could
use
benefits,
launch
to
see
if
they
were
likely
eligible
for
up
to
19
benefits.
The
screening
takes
ten
minutes
or
less
can
be
completed
on
a
mobile
phone
or
tablet.
J
It
identifies
that
the
benefits
people
are
likely
eligible
for
and
provides
options
to
apply
in
person
over
the
phone
or
online
BDT
can
then
follow
up
with
text
messages
to
help
people
follow
through
on
the
path
they
select
because
benefi
benefits
launched
is
adaptable.
It
could
even
be
used
in
a
canvassing
effort
in
high-need
neighborhoods.
J
Second
leverage
existing
data
for
targeted
outreach
and
streamlined
enrollment
BDT
has
been
able
to
scale
its
work
in
six
states
using
a
model
that
combines
data
matching
technology
and
targeted
outreach,
for
example
by
cross
matching
medicaid
and
snap
enrollment
lists.
One
can
identify
people
who
are
uninvolved
and
likely
eligible
for
snap
by
virtue
of
the
fact
that
they
received
Medicaid.
J
When,
then,
we
then
conduct
targeted
outreach
to
the
identified
people
in
partnership
with
trusted
state
or
local
entities
to
let
people
know
they
are
likely
eligible
and
a
offer
of
assistance
applying
in
New
York
City,
with
support
from
the
Robin
Hood
Foundation.
We
have
worked
with
the
city
Department
of
Social
Services,
to
conduct
proactive
outreach
to
those
on
Medicaid,
but
not
snap
and
use
verified
information
from
their
Medicaid
applications
to
greatly
streamline
the
snap
enrollment
process.
J
Many
Philadelphia
agencies
have
data
that
can
be
used
to
conduct
targeted
outreach
to
people
who
are
likely
eligible
for
help
paying
for
essentials
like
groceries,
health
care
and
housing.
For
example,
the
Philadelphia
water
department
and
gas
works
offer
discounts
to
low-income
families
who
may
qualify
for
other
federal
state
or
local
assistance.
J
Similarly,
some
Medicaid
managed
care
organizations
that
operate
in
Philadelphia
are
interested
in
strategies
focused
on
the
social
determinants
of
health,
including
promoting
good
nutrition
for
their
members,
which
has
been
shown
to
reduce
healthcare
costs
and
improve
health.
The
data
matching
can
identify
their
members
enrolled
in
Medicaid,
but
not
in
snap
and
provide
the
basis
for
targeted
outreach.
The
Health
Department
may
have
similar
opportunities
to
increase
snap
enrollment
among
people
who
use
the
city
health
centers.
J
Finally,
all
families
in
public
housing
have
limited
income
and
it
may
be
possible
to
work
with
the
Philadelphia
Housing
Authority
on
a
data
match
an
outreach
campaign
by
leveraging
existing
access
points,
technology
and
data
sources.
The
city
can
literally
secure
tens
of
millions
of
dollars
of
federal
and
state
benefits
for
Philadelphians
benefits
that
have
been
proven
to
improve
student
test
scores,
graduation
rates,
earnings,
employment
and
health,
create
jobs
and
stimulate
the
economy.
We
know
how
to
do
it.
J
A
A
J
It
absolutely
is
challenging,
but
it's
doable
we're
working
now
with
health
plans,
and
so
we
have
to
go
through
a
very
rigorous
process
in
order
to
do
data
sharing.
In
some
cases
where
an
agency
doesn't
want
to
do
to
share
data,
we've
been
able
to
have
helped
them.
Do
the
data
match
themselves
and
then
do
have
them?
Do
the
outreach
that
sends
people
to
us
for
assistance?
J
A
J
We're
doing
the
right
things
we're
just
not
doing
in
the
message
upper
scale
with
more
funding,
we
could
be
reaching
out
to
many
more
people.
We
have
the
lists
already
they're,
obviously
a
whole
host
of
additional
lists,
but
we
just
aren't
funded
adequately
with
more
partners.
We
can
see
when
we
map
who
are
enrolled
through
benefit.
You
can
see
they're
clustered
where
we
have
a
benefit
partner,
so
having
partners
having
sufficient
people
to
answer
the
phones
to
more
aggressively
promote
the
hotline.
Those
are
all
things
that
would
again.
We
know
how
to
do
this.
A
J
A
Of
one
of
the
benefits
of
having
this
process
I'm,
not
that
no
person
I'm
like
tell
me
how
right
and
if
it's
a
wall
that
I'm
gonna
write
it
right
too
many
times
in
the
bureaucracy
we
plan
for
what
we
have
enough
of
what
we
need,
and
so
part
of
this
action
plan
has
to
take
us
out
of
that
box
that
we
put
ourselves
in.
So
we
appreciate
the
work
and
we'll
be
asking
for
very
specifically.
A
A
This
is
one
of
those
issues
that
is
a
non-negotiable
coming
out
of
this
process
and
I
know
that
he
was
very
committed
to
it
and-
and
it's
very
frustrating
that
as
a
government
we're
not
doing
a
better
job,
we
can't
ask
private
sector
to
do
what
we
don't
do
right
and
so
I
really
really.
Thank
you
for
all
the
work
that's
been
done
and
with
our
partners,
but
this
is
one
of
those
things
that
we're
gonna.
So,
let's,
let's
plan
for
what
we
need.
D
I
just
want
to
say
thank
you
very
much
for
this,
because
I
was
really
happy
to
see
that
you're
continuing
to
move
not
just
for
this
to
be
a
retail
model,
which
is
somebody
has
to
show
up
and
ask
for
help
when
we
know
just
from
the
work
that
we
saw
with
IRA,
there's
a
lot
of
data
out
there.
That
tells
us
what
block
people
live
on.
What
neighborhood
they're
in
the
census
is
certainly
going
to
give
us
an
a
councilman,
Londo
Reynolds
Brown
talked
about
the
census.
D
We're
gonna
have
a
bunch
a
lot
of
new
data,
so
it's
led
to
me
getting
to
a
war
wholesale
plan
as
opposed
to
us
having
to
invest
so
much
on
the
retail
side
just
to
go,
find
people.
It
is
there
something
in
the
structure
that
you're
creating
here
that
can
push
us
even
a
little
bit
faster
to
you,
know,
identifying
and
then
have
a
department
say:
okay,
I'm
signing
you
up
and
it's
out
as
opposed
to
an
opt-in
strategy.
D
J
Great
question:
we
actually
worked
with
New
York
City
mayor's
office
in
response
to
the
request
from
their
City
Council,
quite
frankly,
legislation.
They
passed
to
mandate
a
study
to
look
at
to
what
extent
there
could
be
automatic
enrollment
and
whether
income
applicability
single
application,
all
those
different
ways
of
streamlining
it,
and
so
we,
the
report,
was
presented
and
I've
shared
that
with
the
safety
net
subcommittee
and
I,
think
it
would
be
worthwhile
to
do
something
similar
in
Philadelphia.
J
It's
there
won't
be
quite
as
many
opportunities
because
in
New
York
City,
they
actually
administer
snap
in
a
way
that
we
don't
hear,
but
certainly
all
of
the
city
benefits
the
city
funded
benefits,
there's
no
reason
why
they
couldn't
be
aligned
to
the
eligibility
for
snap
person,
for
instance
or
Medicaid,
and
then
we
can
make
it
almost
automatic.
You
can
have
pop
ups
that
you
have
pop
office
and
this
you
click
off
in
particularly
a
partnership
with
the
state.
J
D
One
follow-up
on
the
EITC
I've
had
these
conversations
with
Councilman
Tom
I
am
curious.
If
you
have
looked
at
the
Earned
Income
Tax
Credit
at
the
federal
level
to
see
whether
or
not
either
Congress
or
the
IRS
could
automatically
based
on
the
data
that
they
have
formulate
at
least
some
percentage
of
what
people
would
be
eligible
for
for
AITC
and
just
give
that
give
it
to
them
either
on
a
monthly
basis
or
at
the
end
of
the
year.
Has
there
been
any
conversation
like
that
in
in
your
space,
and
why
is
something
like
that?
J
C
So
that's
also
increased
the
opportunities
that
there
are
in
addition
to
the
seven
than
a
Philly
centers.
You
know,
based
on
community
organizations,
CEO
spends
a
very
large
percentage
of
its
its
grant
on
been
affiliate,
which
I
Dilip
I
think
you
would
testify
that
it's
well
spent
and
it's
a
very
good
investment.
The
question
I
wanted
to
ask
it's
always
helpful
to
know
when
we
are
in
outliers
compared
to
other
cities,
so
in
terms
of
our
utilization
of
the
five
big
benefits
that
you
charted
out
for
us.
C
J
It's
certainly
higher
than
many
states,
but
we
also
much
higher
poverty.
So
one
would
have
to
look
at
the
Pavo
fine
cities
with
similar
poverty
levels
and
compare
their
participation
rates
to
ours,
to
really
assess
it.
So,
but
what
we
clearly
know
is
there
are
over
60,000
people
who
are
eligible
and
not
participating,
even
if
we
are
doing
well.
As
of
these
partnerships
that
have
taken
hold.
E
J
J
J
It
it's
the
total
of
benefit
investment,
including
the
private
sector,
from
our
foundation,
partners
and
the
state,
for
that
matter
is
2.2
million,
and
so
the
2.2
million
generated
26
million.
So
for
that
it
was
12
to
1
the
research
I
cite
it
was
for
snap
outreach
in
particular
rather
than
this
model
that
there's
more
comprehensive
model,
but.
E
Even
if
it's
10
to
1
or
20
to
1,
what
we're
saying
here
is
that
of
the
450
million
dollars
that
I
assume
that
money
comes
out
of
all
of
our
federal
withholding
tax.
Basically,
it's
where
it's
coming
from
and
when
it
doesn't
come
back
to
the
residence
of
the
city
to
degree
it's
a
transfer
of
wealth
out
of
this
region.
You
should
look
at
it
that
way,
ok,
and
so
it
would
behoove
us
to
increase
the
funding
dramatically.
To
make
sure
this
money
comes
back
to
the
people
of
city.
E
The
other
question
I
had
was:
do
you
think
there's
any
benefit
if
we
could
figure
out
a
way,
we
send
out
five
hundred
seventy-six
thousand
real
estate
tax
bill
every
year
and
we
send
that
water
and
sewer
bills
I.
Think
monthly?
Is
there
any
way
to
include
these
benefits
in
that
mailing
to
raise
awareness
and
who
to
call
to
enroll.
J
Yes,
it
would
certainly
help
as
long
as
we've
got
enough
resources
to
handle
the
phone
calls
and
provide
the
assistance.
What
we
found
is
the
more
it
can
be
personalized.
The
more
affected
has
so
often
just
generic
information.
Here's
a
program
particularly
again,
if
you
don't
think
you're
poor,
you
don't
think.
J
Absolutely
what
again
that
meant
that
MIT
study
showed
is
that
when
we
did
targeted
outreach
that
said
from
a
trusted
source
that
would
in
this
case
it
was
the
state
to
someone
saying
we
think
you
are
eligible
for
snap.
Please
we're
seniors
on
Medicaid.
We
think
you
personally
are
eligible.
There
was
an
81
percent
increase
in
people
who
never
even
called
us.
They
just
went
and
did
it
themselves
based
on
the
information
alone,
which
would
suggest,
if
you
have
targeted
information
that
is
personalized
from
a
trusted
source
for
many
people,
that's
enough
for
other
people.
J
So
you
mean,
if
you're
not
connected
to
a
benefit,
then
you
need
a
different
way,
but
absolutely
I
think
the
more
we
could
target
the
information
so
that
it
was
more
personalized,
we'll
see
an
increase
and
then,
if
we
can
send
them
to
places
where
they
can
be
served
in
the
way
they
want,
whether
it's
online
in
person
or
on
the
phone,
even
better
we'll
get,
will
see
something
more
like
that
Triple
E.
So.
E
J
C
Sorry,
there's
a
certain
payment
that
goes
to
each
of
the
outreach
sites
and
for
that
payment
which
pays
for
a
little
bit
more
than
one
staff
person,
maybe
or
maybe
just
a
staff
person.
They
commit
to
doing
X
number
of
applications
and
then
beyond
that
there
are
cost
to
be
DT,
which
is
still
operating
the
call
center
and
doing
all
of
the
back-office
support
and
actually
getting
the
applications
in
like.
E
You
be
equipped
if
we
notice
a
Council
District,
five
and
seven
have
little
by
far
the
highest
level
of
poverty.
Would
you
be
equipped
to
have
to
be
able
to
have
people
on
laptops
or
iPads
or
whatever,
to
go
into
the
field?
Okay
and
actually
take
applications
in
the
field,
whether
they're
knocking
on
doors
as
councilman
Sanchez,
that
I
talked
about
earlier
or
in
the
district
council
offices,
where
they
could
have
a
Tuesday
evening
from
6:00
to
9:00
or
something
yeah.
L
J
A
L
L
We're
really
excited
again
to
be
here
with
you
when
to
see
your
hard
work
and
determination
in
Kensington,
and
you
know
we
hope
soon
to
be
partnering
with
you
there
as
well
and,
of
course,
the
Eva
Gladstein
who
I
don't
want
to
say
how
many
years
we've
worked
together
and
the
same
with
Charmaine.
But,
let's
just
say
it's
a
little
bit
longer
than
even
council
president
Clark's
out
started
very
very
young
I'm,
really
excited
by
the
report
that
the
City
Council
issued
on
the
poverty
and
the
gap.
L
I've
read
it
I
think
there's
some
really
interesting
and
exciting
ideas
there
and
I'm,
hoping
that
you
can
prioritize
and
you
know,
move
forward
with
those
ideas
they
were.
They
were
great
I,
especially
loved,
and
we
see
it
every
day.
I
think
the
idea
of
really
connecting
philadelphians
who
live
in
the
city
of
Philadelphia,
who
are
poor
and
unemployed
with
jobs
in
Philadelphia,
is
the
most
strategic
one
that
we're
really
excited
about,
and
we
really
want
to
work
on
and
we'll
get
in
more
detail
not
today,
but
at
a
future
time
to
do
that.
L
So
anyway,
I
was
asked
to
give
a
big
idea
so
I'm
going
to
do
it
and
that
big
idea
is
I
believe
here
in
the
city
of
Philadelphia.
We
can
end
chronic
street
homelessness
and
the
reason
I
believe
that
we
can
do
it
is
because
of
the
10
largest
cities
in
the
United
States.
We
have
the
highest
poverty
rate
of
the
ten
largest
cities
in
the
United
States.
We
have
the
lowest
number
of
people
living
on
the
streets.
L
That
is
an
incredible
statistic
and
I
invite
anybody
here
that
thinks
really
up
to
go
to
LA
San,
Francisco,
Seattle,
Washington,
Portland,
Oregon,
New,
York,
City
or
Washington
DC
or
any
other
place.
You
want
to
go
to
and
you'll
come
home
and
Philadelphia
will
look
a
lot
better
than
when
you
went
there
and
I
really
want
to
acknowledge
the
presence
of
Liz.
Her
shoe
leads
our
homeless
work
here
in
Philadelphia,
her
energy
and
determination,
and
really
creativity
in
bringing
new
ideas,
and
efforts
to
this
has
really
made
an
impact
as
well.
L
So
I
am
going
to
talk
a
little
bit
I'm
not
going
to
go
a
big
long
presentation,
because
you
know
it
can
be
boiled
down
into
smaller
and
counterintuitive
things.
So
that's
what
I'm
going
to
do?
First
thing
is
single.
Most
important
thing
tending
homeless
in
our
city
is
affordable.
Housing
single,
most
important
thing
to
ending
homelessness
in
the
long
run
long
run
is
a
quality
education
for
every
single
child
homelessness
is
symptomatic
of
some
of
our
deeper
societal
problems.
It's
only
going
to
be
solved
by
sustained
work.
L
L
Also,
the
three
things
that
I
believe
the
city
needs
to
invest
in
is
affordable
housing
for
everyone
that
needs
it.
Okay,
so,
but
of
course
my
you
know,
my
particular
focus
is
for
the
very
very
poorest
members
of
our
community,
but
I
also
believe
we
need
to
invest
in
affordable
housing
for
people
who
are
working
and
low
income
and
the
way
the
prices
are
raising
rising
in
our
city.
We
need
to
be
able
to
do
something
to
support
the
working.
L
You
know,
families
in
our
communities
as
well,
housing,
affordable,
housing,
second,
employment
and
I
just
said
it.
The
project
tone,
the
good
news
is
last
year
we
got
a
hundred
and
eighty
three
people,
jobs
and
some
of
those
men
and
women
had
lived
on
our
streets
for
10
and
20
years
and
are
now
working
ending
homelessness.
This
is
the
first
counterintuitive
thing:
ending
homelessness
saves
lives,
but
it
also
saves
money.
Our
prisons
are
our
largest
mental
hospitals.
Our
prisons
are
our
largest,
hopefully
recovering
communities
as
well,
but
about
70.
L
L
You
know
work
with
men
and
women
and
families
with
special
needs
to
get
the
same
thing
that
we
all
need
a
safe
place
to
live
employment
opportunities
and
a
quality
education
and
a
project
tone
any
day
of
the
week.
They
you
know,
you
feel.
Maybe
this
can't
work.
You
just
come
and
we'll
show
you,
people
that
are
working
all
throughout
the
city
of
Philadelphia
that
have
been
homeless,
that
have
been
homeless
for
many
many
years
and
now
are
paying
taxes
are
paying
rent
with
no
subsidy.
L
They
may
have
needed
a
subsidy
at
one
time,
but
now
no
subsidy
are
voting
and
our
you
know,
leaders
in
our
community
I
have
so
much
hope
that
we
can
do
this
because
of
years
of
experience
and
thousands
of
lives
that
are
out
there
that
have
overcome
homelessness
with
a
hand
up
not
a
hand
out.
Okay.
So
second
thing
is
that
we
need
affordable
housing
and
in
the
city
of
Philadelphia,
we
about
5,000
units
of
supportive
housing
to
end
chronic
street
homelessness.
L
In
our
city
we
need
another
2,500
units
of
housing
dedicated
to
people
with
special
needs.
People
that
are
on
the
street
is
the
prophetic
present
saying:
hey,
there's
something
radically
wrong
here:
it's
a
smaller
percentage
of
people
that
are
homeless,
but
it's
the
most
visible.
The
people
who
live
on
the
streets
mainly
have
special
needs,
mental
health
or
addiction
or
both
or
physical
disabilities.
L
2500
units
would
give
us
the
capacity
in
the
city
to
address
the
needs,
as
people
become
homeless,
who
are
new
that
year
and
people
who
leave
homelessness,
which
again
is
the
best
news.
People
leave
homelessness,
leave
subsidies
when
they
get
employment
so
to
build
that
capacity
is
what
we
need
to
do
to
end
chronic
street
homelessness.
We're
two-thirds
of
the
way
there
many
cities,
the
United
States,
would
die
to
be
as
far
along
as
we
are,
and
we
just
have
to
finish
the
job.
L
It's
not
that
hard
subsidies
and
permanent
supportive
housing,
safe
havens
and
recovery,
housing
and
there's
it's
the
power
of
way,
there's
so
many
collaborators,
ODOT
housing,
first
pathways
to
housing,
mental
health
partnership.
You
know
self,
so
many
organizations,
but
it's
the
power
of
way.
So
that's
that's
one
thing.
The
second
thing
is
I
just
want
to
talk
about
is
another,
and
this
is
counterintuitive
but,
as
I
said,
saving
lives
and
saving
money,
a
project
home.
We
do
a
lot
of
development.
L
You
know
of
of
housing,
that's
affordable
according
to
E
consult,
if
you
in
in
all
the
zip
codes
of
project
home
works
with
now,
this
study
is
going
to
come
out
soon.
It's
this
is
a
draft.
This
is
a
preview
you're,
the
first
to
hear
that's
okay,
but
of
all
the
zip
codes.
The
project
home
works
with.
If
you
look
at
the
property
values
and
how
they've
risen
in
those
zip
codes-
and
they
all
Britain-
that's
one
number.
L
But
if
you
look
at
the
properties
that
are
located
a
quarter
of
a
mile
from
project
home
sites,
the
property
values
have
risen
greater
than
what
they
have
in
the
general
zip
code.
Now,
what
a
consult
estimates
and
I'm
just
saying
this,
because
it
is
counterintuitive-
and
you
know
people's
you're
going
to
just
think-
are
really
you
know,
but
I'm
going
to
tell
you
anyway.
In
total,
the
presence
of
project
home
sites
are
estimated
to
add
around
1.4
billion
dollars
in
values
to
the
house.
L
Housing
prices
of
the
properties
around
project
tune;
that's
1.4
billion
dollars
in
homeowners,
pockets
and
maybe
even
in
Dom
real
estate's
pockets,
because
we
have
some
in
in
Center
City,
but
that's
okay,
I'm
just
teasing,
but
it's
it's
really
true.
It's
also
true,
okay,
okay,
but
apply
if
you
apply
the
city's
mileage
rate
of
one
point.
It's
almost
two
percent
to
this
additional
one
point:
four
billion
dollars
in
housing
values.
L
So
again,
that
is
counterintuitive,
but
the
reason
I'm
bringing
that
up.
This
East
numbers
would
also
be
true
for
the
Philadelphia
housing
authority
for
other
developers,
cdc's
Pennsylvania
CDC's,
the
great
CDC's
in
Kensington
by
doing
affordable
housing
in
neighborhoods
you're,
adding
value
to
the
existing
homeowners.
So
that
is
a
real.
You
know
amazing
thing.
L
The
second
thing
is
that
I,
just
wanted
to
say
is
I
also
think
that,
as
part
of
the
strategy
to
ending
poverty
and
ending
homelessness
like
the
earned
income,
housing,
tax,
credit
and
I
think
councilman
Dom
was
the
one
who
recommended
it.
While
the
city
is
getting
a
surplus.
So
now
we're
talking
about
when
the
city's
fiscal
year
ends,
and
you
look
at
the
surplus
that
the
city
has
in
those
years
where
there's
a
surplus
I
think
we
should
give
a
rebate.
L
You
know
to
the
earning
an
earned
income
tax
credit
here
in
the
city
of
Philadelphia
to
anybody
making
thirty
or
forty
thousand
dollars
or
less
yeah.
I
know
you
said
twenty
four
thousand
I
take
it
up
a
little
bit.
You
know
because
families
needing
and
we
have
a
surplus,
so
you
know
I
think
we
should
also
give
money
to
people.
L
You
know
others
to
join
in
this
very,
very,
very
important
effort.
I
also
wanted
to
talk
about
been
affiliate,
been
affiliates,
such
a
great
program
and
I.
Think
in
our
big
idea
of
ending
chronic
street
homelessness,
which
we
definitely
think
is
doable
and
definitely
think
can
be
done
when
we
do
benefit.
We
think
we
should
add,
registering
to
vote
right
like
in
any
program
that
we
do.
We
should
register
poor
and
homeless
people
to
vote.
L
I
also
think
for
the
benefit,
for
the
benefit
I
think
to
include
tax
services
and
links
to
financial
and
homeownership
counseling,
as
well
as
to
career
counseling
through
benefit.
Again,
you
know,
Pauline's,
absolutely
right.
People
don't
realize
the
opportunities
that
are
out
there
for
them
and
the
more
that
we
can
connect
and
talk
to
people
who
are
actually
experiencing
poverty
and
homelessness
and
get
them
educated
and
involved
and
being
part
of
the
solution.
We're
going
to
have
a
stronger
solution
in
a
stronger
City.
L
L
You
know
the
Franklin
Institute,
the
Free
Library,
so
another
great
example
of
really
connecting
with
people
that
are
on
the
streets
that
maybe
on
some
given
day,
you
may
pass
and
think
this
is
a
hopeless
situation
with
the
restroom
attendant
program.
Now
we
hired
19
people
who
are
living
on
the
streets
to
be
restroom,
attendants
and
msb
and
in
the
libraries
it's
a
win-win
situation
for
everybody.
The
bathrooms
are
cleaner.
You
know
safer
people
are
working.
L
There
are
the
kinds
of
innovative
partnerships
that
you
know:
Charmaine
and
Eva,
and
the
Councilwoman
and
the
council
president
have
come
up
with,
along
with
others
in
this
room
that
I
just
think
we
have
to
keep
expanding
I
have
so
much
hope
and
I
think
this
is
a
great
opportunity,
I'm,
so
excited
about
your
leadership,
we're
willing
to
work.
You
know,
shoulder-to-shoulder
with
you
in
any
way.
We
can
I
think
we
are
poised
in
this
city
to
make
a
big
leap
forward.
L
L
A
Your
willingness
to
really
have
helped
us
in
Kensington,
you
know
in
addressing
a
very
complicated
issue,
and
we
really
look
forward
to
you
being
there
our
boots
on
the
ground
at
this
particular
time.
As
everybody
knows,
with
everything
that's
going
on
in
Kensington
real
quickly,
you
talked
about
the
183
clients
who
got
jobs.
I
know
you
have
your
own
store
that
you
run
and
some
of
the
other
things
one
or
two
things
that
I
know
which
our
main
is
leading
the
education
jobs
piece.
A
L
L
Certified
peer
specialist
training,
a
plus
certification,
safe,
serve
safe,
serve
supervision,
customer
service
and
we're
working
with
a
an
organization
from
New
York
purse,
colas
on
more
technology
skills
and
by
the
training
and
working
great,
and
it
includes
internships
and
apprenticeships.
So
you
have
to
work
at
the
places
and,
and
sometimes
it
takes
two
or
three
times
for
it
to
stick.
But
the
issue
is
it
eventually
does
stick
and
that's
what
you
have
to
do
to
continue
the
opportunities
for
employment
in
in
various
different
ways.
L
That
makes
it
possible
for
people
to
succeed
and
companies
like
even
Amazon
UPS
the
gap,
other
bigger
companies
will
come
and
do
job
fairs,
and
then
you
know
if
we
can
continue
to
work
the
training
piece
and
the
technology
piece.
You
know
Microsoft
Office
and
all
that
they
really
get
the
jobs.
They
might
start
part-time,
but
eventually
get
full-time
jobs,
though
you
know
just
could
you
say
at
septa,
where
we've
been
pretty
successful
there,
one
of
the
the
people
who
work
there
and
now
is
vested
just
bought
us
in
whom
you
know
it's.
L
It's
wonderful,
it's
so
much!
It's
so
excited
to
someone
who
once
lived
on
our
streets
ten
years
later
again,
it's
not
like,
there's
no
instant,
you
know
things,
but
there
has
to
be
a
pathways
forward.
There
hi
to
be
opportunities.
It
can't
be
sheltering
revolving
door
that
leads
nowhere.
Only
back
to
the
street.
There
has
to
be
interventions
where
people
can
work
where
people
can
live,
live
a
dignity,
dignity,
life
and
have
a
sense
of
community
and
purpose,
and
you
know
we're
just
so
so
so
encouraged.
Thank.
A
D
C
D
J
D
That's
my
question:
we're
sort
of
sitting
here
now
saying
we
think
we
have
a
blueprint
in
poverty.
What
about
that
movement?
That
gets
us
to
the
place
where
we
are
the
best
city
on
really
creating
space
and
place
and
dignity
for
those
that
are
homeless?
What
what?
What?
What
can
you
share
with
us?
As
we
start,
this
I
commit.
L
You
know
so
I
think
it
consists
of
two
a
couple
things.
The
first
thing
is
I
think
under
Liz
leader,
Liz's
leadership,
with
a
lot
of
support
from
Eva
and
David
Jones.
You
know
with
the
Department
of
Behavioral
Health,
there
is
a
plan
and
they
know
what
needs
to
be
done,
which
is
there's
no
one
way.
So
it's
housing.
L
First,
it's
recovery
housing,
but
not
you
know
certified
or
dignified
recovery
housing
because
there's
some
differences:
okay,
so
recovery
housing,
some
safe
havens
for
people
that
are
mentally
ill
and
a
lot
of
permanent
housing
in
with
both
with
subsidies
and
with
through
development.
So
that's
that's
the
housing
picture
every
day,
and
this
has
been
another
really
great
process
with
CCD.
That's
the
Center
City
District,
the
Philadelphia
Police
Department
project
home
Reading
Terminal
in
the
fashion
district.
L
During
the
day
when
people
are
most
visible,
we
work
as
a
team
and
engage
people
during
the
day
and
with
dedicated
placements
for
people
to
go,
meaning
that
we,
you
know
if
someone
says
I
want
to
come
in,
we
can
get
them
in
and
then
we
follow
them.
So
there's
employment
opportunities
and
actually
a
pathway
out
of
homelessness,
we'd
like
to
bring
that
more
to
scale-
and
you
know,
I
know
that
not
I'm
using
the
ambassador's
of
Hope
as
one
example,
but
that's
not
the
only
example.
Bethesda
one-day-at-a-time
has
been
phenomenal.
L
You
know
with
the
encampment
beds
and
the
they're
a
strong
partner
in
this
whole
effort.
So
again
it's
just
understanding
who
the
people
are
that
are
out
there
and
then
having
the
appropriate
placements
for
them
where
they
can
move
forward.
Sometimes
it's
a
shelter
actually
most
of
the
people
that
are
on
the
street
come
and
go.
We
don't
know
where
they
came
from.
We
don't
know
where
they
went.
They
don't
need
that
heavy
intervention,
but
for
the
chronically
homeless
were
seriously
mentally
ill.
You
know
and
seriously
long-term
addicted.
D
So
it
seems
like
to
me
sort
of
keeping
the
community
involved
engaged
sharing
information
around
success
and
then
challenging
us
around
the
challenges
to
say,
there's
more
that
we
can
do
but
really
saying
that
we
can
solve
this
problem.
It
won't
get
done
tomorrow,
but
we
absolutely
can
solve
this
problem.
Correct.
L
And
I
think
charmagne
I,
think
with
council
president
Clark's
leadership
along
with
Maria
quinones,
Sanchez
and
Alan
Tom,
and
all
the
other
council
people
to
really
put
some
resources
and
challenges
out
there
that
need
to
be
matched.
You
know
not
that
the
city
can't
do
it
alone,
but
to
give
some
leadership
and
incentives
for
others
to
get
involved,
I
think
we
could
make
a
lot
more
progress
and
I
think
to
do
it
in
years
when
there's
a
surplus,
you
have
a
surplus
this
year.
L
Let's
you
know
and
I
mean
I
know
the
city
has
a
lot
of
needs
and
and
I
like
the
common
good
kind
of
you
know
person,
but
you
know
a
little
bit.
You
know
we
need
a
nice
chunk
for
poverty,
because
again
it
has
a
return
on
its
investment.
If
you
look
at
the
II
consult
report
that
we're
that
we're
looking
at
right
now.
Thank
you.
Thank.
A
You
any
questions
from
any
other
folks
from
the
panel.
Just
again,
thank
you
to
our
panel.
We
really
really
appreciate
it,
and
this
is
gonna,
be
an
ongoing
conversation.
I
know,
some
of
you
are
participating
as
some
of
the
subcommittee
activities,
and
definitely
all
of
you
are
helping
inform
the
access
laps
for
what
we're
gonna
produce.
A
The
jobs
and
education
subcommittee,
which
Charmaine
and
mal
our
chairing
will
focus
on
strategies
to
close
the
skills
gap
and
really
looking
at
creating
those
family,
sustaining
jobs
and
protecting
workers.
And,
of
course,
IVA
is
chairing
the
social
safety
net
subcommittee,
which
will
focus
on
some
of
the
things
we
talked
today
about
strategizing
to
maximize
benefits,
for
involvement,
sustaining
family
income
and
promoting
financial
fairness.
A
All
the
chair,
the
the
chairs.
All
of
the
coordination
is
happening
through
Chris,
coy
and
the
president's
office.
We
will
be
listing
the
series
of
hearings.
We
have
tasked
every
subcommittee
to
have
a
public
hearing.
We've
encouraged
folks
to
go
out
so
that
this
is
not
the
only
space
where
we're
having
conversations.
A
This
is
not
a
production
of
another
report
about
an
action
plan
that
we
hope
to
be
able
to
turn
over
to
the
administration
and
and
charge
them
with
significant
investments
for
next
year,
impacting
our
five
year
and
our
chin
and
and
our
10
year
plan,
and
that's
why
the
framing
the
data
and
how
we're
going
to
measure
and
monitor
our
progress
was
important
that
we
we
shaped
that
today,
with
the
support
of
our
and
his
team.
We
look
forward
to
doing
that.
C
Wanted
to
thank
everybody
who
is
here
for
their
work
for
their
hopefulness
and
encourage
them
to
do
two
things.
One
is
tell
the
success
stories
and
the
others
encourage
other
people
to
participate
in
this
process.
As
we
move
forward,
it's
really
important
again.
We
hope
to
get
out
into
the
neighborhoods
through
our
three
next
hearings
in
November,
but
just
to
again
bring
your
energy
out
to
the
community
and
back
into
all
the
other
activities
and
again,
thank
you.
Everybody,
yes,.
D
I
just
want
to
say,
even
though
the
three
of
us
are
sitting
up
here
and
we
look
really
good
and
smart
I
really
want
to
thank
the
team
of
people
who
are
working
with
us.
We
talked
about
staff
from
to
President
Clark's
office,
but
Marcus
Kellogg
from
my
staff
is
doing
a
hundred
other
things
that
I
have
him
doing,
is
doing
a
terrific
job
in
supporting
this
work
and
is
working
on
getting
other
things
scheduled.
I
know,
Eva
has
the
same
thing
with
people
on
her
team,
also
Mel
Wells
as
well.
D
So
this
really
is
I
think
an
act
of
love,
we're
all
committed
to
really
driving
this
forward,
and
so
everybody
is
volunteering.
So
please
give
us
the
best
of
your
time
and
energy
so
that
we
can
come
up
with
an
action
plan
that
is
going
to
get
the
rest
of
the
city
excited
about
the
fact
that
we
can
end
this.
It's
not
just
about
intervention
anymore.
It's
about
really
getting
to
the
place
that
we're
the
city
where
people
want
to
come
because
we
figure
it
out
how
to
solve
this
problem.