| Neighborhood
& Community Services |
| The Campaign
for Working Families
A partnership that
promotes increased resources for low wage working families
by providing free filing of the federal Earned Income Tax
Credit (EITC) and connecting Philadelphia residents to other
tax credits, work supports and asset-building resources.
Trains volunteers and operates free tax filing sites throughout
Philadelphia. Click here for more information. |
Khadijah Jones
Director
1207 Chestnut Street
5th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Phone: (215) 851-1885
Fax: (215) 851-1739
Email: kjones@gpuac.org
Web site: www.phillyfreetaxes.org |
Foreclosure Prevention
The GPUAC Foreclosure Prevention Resoure Guide, Summer/Fall 2009 Edition, is designed to help professionals assist their clients in navigating the mortgage foreclosure process. The Guide provides up-to-date information relevant to the Philadelphia five-county region. To receive a hard copy, e-mail Rachel Moore at rmoore@gpuac.org or click here to download a copy. |
Donald C. Kelly
Director
Community & Economic Development
1207 Chestnut Street
5th floor
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Phone: (215) 851-1738
Fax: (215) 564-9912
Email: dkelly@gpuac.org |
Grand
Central Inc.
Philadelphia's kinship
care resource center bringing together a consortium of community-based
and public agencies, family members and community leaders
to serve all who are caring for others' children, including
relatives and family friends. |
Chartan Nelson
Director
1211 Chestnut Street
Suite 200
Philadelphia, PA
19107
Phone: (215) 557-1554
Fax: (215) 557-6882
E-mail: grandcentralinc@msn.com
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North Philadelphia Human Services Development Corp.
Creating opportunities and making connections to strengthen
families in North Philadelphia.
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Gerald Wright
1207 Chestnut Street
4th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Phone: (215) 851-1835
Fax: (215) 851-1922
Email: gwright@gpuac.org |
Nu Sigma Youth
Services
A youth development
and cultural enrichment program for African American male
youths ages 6 through 18. The program has 5 goals: Increase
skills among participants to resist peer pressure through
leadership development and training; Increase the knowledge
of participants of the negative consequences of involvement
with negative behaviors such as substance abuse, violence
and high-risk sexual activity; Increase awareness of cultural
values and heritage; Increase awareness of careers and
educational opportunities; Provide on-going support for
program participants through mentoring by African American
males.
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Darryl
L. Coates
Executive
Director
1207 Chestnut Street
3rd Floor
Philadelphia, PA
19107
Phone: (215) 851-1848
Fax: (215) 665-9886
Email: dcoates@gpuac.org
Web site: www.nusigma.org |
| Philadelphia Anti-Drug/Anti-Violence Network (PAAN)
Promotes
community safety through services that reduce drug abuse
and violence as well as to help at-risk youth develop positive
alternatives that will return them to the mainstream of society.
Since its inception in 1989, PAAN has utilized its expertise
to meet these objectives through street-based community outreach
and intervention programs. PAAN is the premier street-based
and community violence prevention agency in the City. It
uses a diverse staff consisting of non-civil service, grassroots
and professional workers (70% African-American, 10% Asian,
10% Caucasian, and 10% Latino) to connect with citizens within
their own neighborhoods.
Nat'l
Drug Czar speaks at PAAN, click here to learn more |
Darryl Coates
Executive
Director
Lehigh Pavilion
Suite 200
2700 North 17th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19132
Phone: (215) 940-0550
Fax: (215) 940-0519
Email: dcoates@paan.info
Web site: www.paannetwork.org
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| Saving Homes Saving Neighborhoods
A campaign in West Oak Lane and Southwest Philadelphia to help homeowners who are behind paying mortgages and are worried about their future. Addresses the impact of predatory lenders head-on by working at the neighborhood level and going door-to-door to provide easy access to advice, counseling and good loans.
A program developed by GPUAC, The Reinvestment Fund (TRF), Consumer Credit Counseling Service of Delaware Valley (CCCS) and Community Legal Services (CLS), in partnership with Southwest CDC and OARC/West Oak Lane CDC.
Click here for more information. |
Khadijah Jones
Director of Working Families Division
1207 Chestnut Street
5th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Phone: (215) 851-1885
Fax: (215) 851-1739
Email: kjones@gpuac.org
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| Thanksgiving
Basket Program
Distributes turkey
baskets - with all the trimmings - to disadvantaged families
throughout Philadelphia. The 2008 program was co-sponsored by the Brown's
Family ShopRite, The Pepsi Bottling Group, and Pennsylvania State Representatives Harold James, W. Curtis Thomas, Ronald
Waters, and Jewell Williams.
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Amelia Schmertz
Director of Advancement, GPUAC
1207 Chestnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Phone: (215) 851-1916
Email: aschmertz@gpuac.org |
Town Watch Integrated Services
Implements crime prevention strategies by organizing neighborhood patrols. Call to volunteer or visit the web site.
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Anthony Murphy
Director
1441 Samson Street
2nd floor
Philadelphia, PA 19102
Phone: (215) 686-1453
Fax: (215) 686-1458
Email: Anthony.Murphy@phila.gov
Web site: www.phila.gov/townwatch |