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Loraine Ballard Morrill speaks with John Barber III Chief Development Officer for the Fund for the School District of Philadelphia about a new online crowd funding platform developed for Philadelphia Public Schools, that allows any donor give directly to addres a school’s needs identified by the principal. It’s called Philly FUNDamentals. http://thefundsdp.org/

Patricia King Manager of Universal Services for PECO discusses LIHEAP – the Lower Income Energy Assistance Program a federal program that provides assistance to individuals who are having trouble paying their electric, natural gas or other heating bills. https://www.peco.com/MyAccount/CustomerSupport/Pages/LIHEAP.aspx
Contact your local County Assistance Office (CAO) by phone or in person.
Call the LIHEAP Client Helpline at 1-866-857-7095.

Finally a Loraine has a conversation with Jen Weikert, Executive Director of College Possible Philadelphia which served 800 students during the 2016-2017, is closing Pennsylvania’s degree divide and building a competitive workforce for the future. College Possible Philadelphia’s AmeriCorps coaches guide low-income students through all aspects of preparing for, applying to and enrolling in college and support students all the way through college graduation.
Students who are guided by College Possible have a 98 percent college admission rate and are four times more likely to graduate from college than their low-income peers. Loraine also speaks with Cabrini College student Charma Imani who credits College Possible for her academic success.

College Possible Philadelphia
2000 Hamilton Street, Suite 303
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19130

Phone: 215-309-7300
PHLInfo@CollegePossible.org
http://www.collegepossible.org/philadelphia/