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Tell us: What would life look like without worries about money?

As the city honors “economic mobility month,” Broke in Philly wants to hear from you.

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Full City spotlight: This L.A. org helps thousands trade gang life for restaurant jobs

Homeboy Industries trains people to work in the food service industry.

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January is Economic Mobility Action Month — and Broke in Philly is bringing you a new fact on the topic every day

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Some Penn students who need it got reloadable debit cards to help pay for their meals over winter break.

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Full City spotlight: This Brewerytown coffee shop helps former foster kids succeed

The Monkey & The Elephant keeps young adults off the streets and helps set them up for productive careers.

Most people in Philly’s lowest-income neighborhoods commute by car instead of public transit — it’s cheaper, safer and faster, they say

Despite Philly’s highest-in-U.S. poverty rate, there are many fewer people experiencing homelessness than other cities. Part of that’s thanks to Project HOME.

How life expectancy changes with neighborhood

If you grow up in Spring Garden, you can expect to live till age 87. In Mantua, only till 66.

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Broke during the holidays? Buying gifts on credit can be a costly solution

A present is much more expensive if you have to pay interest.

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Philly’s internet subscription rate *fell* from 2016 to 2017 by almost 3 percent

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Full City spotlight: This $20 million Seattle nonprofit helps vulnerable people find work in food

It's like a cross between Philabundance Community Kitchen and EAT Cafe, plus more.

Census data show poverty has worsened in neighborhoods like Fairhill, Eastwick and Holmesburg

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Racism and discrimination are linked to Philly’s food insecurity problem, per a new Drexel report

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How can Philly use the food boom to address pervasive hunger and poverty?

Have an idea? Apply to the Full City Challenge — you could win $5,000 to test it out.

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What Philly can learn from Albuquerque’s lauded approach to fighting endemic poverty

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Philadelphians with lower incomes encounter extra barriers while trying to make it to the polls

Knowing how to control a robotic arm is a marketable skill. NextFab got a grant to teach it to people experiencing poverty.

Philly is working to make sustainability affordable — providing solar energy at a low cost to residents

A deep dive into the connection between poverty and crime, especially in Philly’s Nicetown neighborhood

While poverty rates have gotten better nationwide, they pretty much stayed the same in Philly