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Philly Delegation Goes to NYC
Senator Visits UAC
Coalition Releases Foreclosure Prevention Resource Guide
A practical and comprehensive guide for residents, housing counselors, lawyers, and mortgage lenders
The national foreclosure crisis continues to have a devastating effect on communities across the Philadelphia region. The Urban Affairs Coalition (UAC), a nonprofit organization that works to build wealth in urban communities, has released the newest edition of its Foreclosure Prevention Resource Guide. The Guide is designed to help residents, housing counselors, lawyers, and mortgage lenders navigate the mortgage foreclosure process.
Urban Affairs Coalition Launches New Website
New site includes jobs listings and career resources
Job seekers might want to visit the Urban Affairs Coalition's (UAC) new website. The site wwww.uac.org, which launched today, features an extensive Job Opportunities and Career Resources section as well as a directory of services offered by UAC and its partner organizations, including free computer training, financial education workshops, resources for entrepreneurs, and free tax preparation services.
Comcast Offers Low-Cost Internet and Computers
Tens of thousands of Philadelphia-area households could get low-cost computers and Internet service under a new program from Comcast.
When Comcast was seeking FCC approval of its acquisition of NBC Universal, the company committed to a program to help bridge the digital divide. The result is its Internet Essentials programs, which executive vice president David Cohen said is available nationwide to any family in a Comcast service area with a child eligible for free school lunches.
CEO File: Stay Curious, Engaged and Passionate
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name: Sharmain Matlock-Turner.
Age: 61.
Title: President and CEO.
Company: Urban Affairs Coalition.
Description: The UAC develops programs, shares services and provides fiscal sponsorship to nonprofits.
Number of Employees: 400.
Budget in last fiscal 2011: $29 million.
Freedom Rings Partnership Holds Graduation
PFCU’s Financial Educator Named “Top Educator”
Philadelphia, PA, August 5, 2011 – Philadelphia Federal Credit Union’s Accredited Financial Educator, Karl Bernhard, was recently named one of the “Top Educators” involved in the financial workshop program offered by the Urban Affairs Coalition (UAC). |
Board Members Honored
DRWC Pledges to Spend About $1 Million Annually With Women- and Minority-Owned Businesses
The Delaware River Waterfront Corporation aims to purchase about $1.05 million worth of goods and services from minority and women-owned businesses this fiscal year.
DRWC set that goal and other related objectives when it adopted a new equal opportunity program at its last meeting.