Shared Prosperity Progress Report

Posted by Mayor's Office of Community Empowerment and Opportunity on December 01, 2014

The City of Philadelphia released the first year progress report for the Mayor’s Office of Community Empowerment and Opportunity’s (CEO) comprehensive plan to combat poverty, Shared Prosperity Philadelphia, at the Uniting to Fight Poverty Summit, which was held at the Community College of Philadelphia’s Center for Business and Industry and co-sponsored by CEO and Councilman Curtis Jones.

In its first year, Shared Prosperity Philadelphia forged partnerships with government, nonprofit and philanthropic organizations, academic institutions and business to expand services to thousands of Philadelphians.

The progress report measures Shared Prosperity’s implementation of the principles of collective impact in five areas: job creation and workforce development; access to public benefits; early learning; housing security and affordability; and economic security and asset building.

The report also detailed the City’s selection for several federal and national designations:
* Citing Shared Prosperity’s collective action model as well-suited to “place-based initiatives”, Philadelphia was awarded three major “place-based” designations: two federal CHOICE grants to improve housing and neighborhoods in North Philadelphia; and West Philadelphia as one of the first five Promise Zones in the nation.
* Philadelphia was also chosen as one of three “City Accelerator” projects in the U.S. The initiative, sponsored by Living Cities and the Citi Foundation, will provide technical assistance to increase access to City benefit programs like property tax and utility bill relief.

Read the progress report here.

http://sharedprosperityphila.org/shared-prosperity-progress-report-2014/