These Programs Can Help Foster Care Youth Succeed at College 

Kutztown University hosts the Providing Resources and Opportunities for Future Standouts (PROFS) program.

This program, one of approximately 20 across Pennsylvania, focuses on providing support for foster care youth in college.

This article discusses national data on foster youth and college enrollment as well as highlights programs that address challenges and opportunities for foster youth pursuing higher education.  

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New PA Housing Program Seeks to Help At-Risk Populations

A new $35 million housing initiative originating from the American Rescue Plan will assist at-risk populations secure housing.

Distributed by the Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency, the statewide program will preserve and expand Pennsylvania’s affordable rental housing.

This program offers 0% interest and deferred-payment loans to private and nonprofit developers, and targets people facing homelessness, survivors of domestic violence, and other at-risk populations.  

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Philly Community Garden Buys Vacant Land

Philadelphia-based nonprofit Original American Foundation is buying vacant land to foster community gardens.

The gardens are used for growing crops and produce, planting trees, teaching residents and youth carpentry and gardening skills, and hosting community connection events.

Expanding to dozens of locations, the organization delivers free bags of produce to local households and is aiming to grow more seeds in a greenhouse.



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Homelessness and Housing Program Trends by State

Hundreds of thousands of people across the United States do not have a safe, stable place to sleep.

Although the homelessness crisis affects every state, data on at-risk populations vary along with state’s approach to addressing housing gaps.

The Urban Institute has developed a tool to monitor recent state-by-state data on homelessness and housing inventory as well as helpful resources. 



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Tracking Applications for Rural Health Transformation Funds

Approximately $50 billion will be distributed to each state to expand access to healthcare through the Rural Health Transformation Fund Program.

Project narrative makes up most of states’ applications, which describe proposed initiatives.

This article explains how KFF Health News is collecting and posting healthcare application materials on a state level. 



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Measuring US Workers’ Capacity to Adapt to AI-Driven Job Displacement

Current artificial intelligence measures overlook workers’ varied ability to navigate job displacement, with an estimated 6.1 million workers, especially in administrative and clerical roles, lacking adaptive capacity.

Regions in the United States such as the Midwest, experience a higher level of highly AI-exposed occupations with low adaptive capacity.

This article describes how AI’s job displacement potential may affect different industries and how workers can adjust. 



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