The Philadelphia Housing Authority’s Summer Food Service Program kicks off later this month to combat poverty by providing nutritional meals for city youth and jobs for PHA clients and local residents.
The SFSP program runs June 27 to August 26. It will be held at 19 PHA sites throughout the city and provide 40 part time jobs for PHA clients and local residents.
Last year, SFSP provided over 68,000 meals to children aged 3 to 18 who live in the city’s public housing and surrounding neighborhoods. Children who do not live near PHA sites can still go to one of 150 additional sites operated by the City’s Department of Parks and Recreation, which will also offer breakfast and lunch.
The housing authority plans to host the program at the following sites this year: Abbottsford Homes, Arch Homes, Bartram Village, Cambridge/John F. Street Center, Champlost, Fairhill, Haddington Homes, Harrison Plaza, Hill Creek, Johnson Homes, Morton Homes, Norris Apartments, Oxford Village, Paschall Village, Raymond Rosen, Spring Garden, West Park Apartments, Whitehall, and Wilson Park.
“It’s important that our young people have access to good, nutritional meals. That is why PHA is pleased to sponsor this program with a contribution over $350,000 of its own funds to the program this year,” PHA President and CEO Kelvin Jeremiah said.
The part-time jobs program from the PHA will include program monitors, site supervisors, food service workers, and accountants.
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