{"id":12089,"date":"2012-08-16T20:25:00","date_gmt":"2012-08-16T20:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/librarynews\/?p=12089"},"modified":"2013-10-24T19:21:36","modified_gmt":"2013-10-24T19:21:36","slug":"philadelphia-where-to-turn-information-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/librarynews\/2012\/08\/16\/philadelphia-where-to-turn-information-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Philadelphia: Where to Turn?&#8221; Information Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-12094\" alt=\"Love Park sculpture in front of fountain in downtown Philadelphia.\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/librarynews\/files\/2012\/08\/philadelphia-love-statue-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-12096\" alt=\"Philly Goes to College Logo.\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/librarynews\/files\/2012\/08\/phillygoes2college-150x150.png\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12090\" alt=\"Coalition Against Hunger Logo.\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/librarynews\/files\/2012\/08\/coalitionagainsthungerlogo-e1345147437860.png\" width=\"121\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The<a title=\"Philadelphia: Where to turn? Information Guide.\" href=\"http:\/\/guides.temple.edu\/phillyhelp\" target=\"_blank\"> &#8220;Philadelphia: \u00a0Where to Turn?&#8221; information guide<\/a> provides information on services to help our city&#8217;s residents. \u00a0The guide lists where to find food assistance programs, shelters, and health services, as well as information on job-skills development, educational programs, and community centers, addressing the needs of many Philadelphians. The resources in the guide range from municipal and state programs to programs sponsored by non-profit organizations. These resources were selected for the free or low-cost quality services they provide.\u00a0&#8220;Philadelphia: Where to turn?&#8221; also provides information on volunteering opportunities in the city. The guide will continue to grow as new services become available.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Philadelphia: Where to turn?\" href=\"http:\/\/guides.temple.edu\/phillyhelp\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0&#8220;Philadelphia: Where to turn?&#8221;<\/a> provides access to information on services available to Philadelphia residents who are in need of assistance. You can use this guide to find:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Food assistance<\/li>\n<li>Shelter\/housing<\/li>\n<li>Health services<\/li>\n<li>Educational opportunities (G.E.D., adult education, etc.)<\/li>\n<li>Job training\u00a0and\u00a0employment\u00a0opportunities<\/li>\n<li>Legal help<\/li>\n<li>Resources for New Americans (E.S.L.,citizenship test\u00a0preparation, etc.)<\/li>\n<li>Volunteer\u00a0opportunities<\/li>\n<li>Community centers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>Temple University Libraries would like to thank our library intern, Joseph Schaffner, for creating this guide.<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/librarynews\/files\/2012\/08\/owl_line.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-12093\" style=\"border: 0px\" alt=\"null\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/librarynews\/files\/2012\/08\/owl_line.gif\" width=\"582\" height=\"27\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/librarynews\/files\/2012\/08\/owl_line.gif 582w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/librarynews\/files\/2012\/08\/owl_line-300x13.gif 300w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/librarynews\/files\/2012\/08\/owl_line-500x23.gif 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 582px) 100vw, 582px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The &#8220;Philadelphia: \u00a0Where to Turn?&#8221; information guide provides information on services to help our city&#8217;s residents. \u00a0The guide lists where to find food assistance programs, shelters, and health services, as well as information on job-skills development, educational programs, and community &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/librarynews\/2012\/08\/16\/philadelphia-where-to-turn-information-guide\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":671,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[97,3],"tags":[11,100,102,110,104,103,105,9,106,101,6,108,109,107],"class_list":["post-12089","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-current-issues","category-library-news","tag-at-your-service","tag-community-service","tag-education","tag-homepage","tag-law","tag-legal-services","tag-legislation","tag-noteworthy","tag-philadelphia","tag-social-services","tag-top-news","tag-urban","tag-urban-studies","tag-volunteering"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/librarynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12089","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/librarynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/librarynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/librarynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/671"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/librarynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12089"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/librarynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12089\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/librarynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/librarynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12089"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/librarynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}