Blog

Learn more about new partnerships, community-wide events, pilot programs, and the success of our participants.

Expanding Impact: ECS Approved to Lead Neighborhood Advisory Committee

ECS was recently notified that we have won approval to be part of the City’s Neighborhood...
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Housing

Empowered Women Empower Women

It makes a world of difference for mothers at St. Barnabas Mission to know they are not alone on their journeys.

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ICYMI: Facebook Live with David Griffith, executive director, and Arley Styer, chief of programs

On January 7, I participated in a Facebook Live event to discuss my role as Head Coach at Episcopal Community Services and how the agency is helping people move out of poverty—for good.

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Workforce Development

Rising to the Occasion

Linda is a force to be reckoned with. She has had her struggles in the past but dogged in her ways, nothing holds her back.

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Children & Youth

Ernest, and His Ways

Ernest is getting individualized support that gives him the confidence to reach new heights.

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Volunteers

Volunteer Opportunity: Be A Mock Interviewer

Are you looking for the right opportunity to inspire others?

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News

Upward Economic Mobility

For an individual living in poverty, especially deep poverty, life is experienced in a state of constant stress, making it especially difficult to deal with issues of family, health, finances, education, and meaningful employment.

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Advocacy

Back to School: Engaging Fathers in Children’s Futures

Beginning late last month, children of all ages across Philadelphia and throughout the region began heading back to school. It’s a time of hope and promise as we look to the future.

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Event

Quest Documentary Screening and Q&A

The night before the Forum on Justice & Opportunity, we will host a screening of Quest, the debut documentary by Philadelphia-based director Jonathan Olshefski and producer Sabrina Schmidt Gordon.

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Volunteers

Celebrating 40 Years of Dolphin Companions

Forty years ago, the Rev. Virginia C. Thomas founded Dolphin Companions to alleviate the loneliness of seniors.

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Advocacy

What we’re reading: $2.00 A Day: Living on Almost Nothing in America

Episcopal Community Services and the Advocacy Committee of our Board of Trustees welcome you to join us over the summer months in reading $2.00 A Day: Living on Almost Nothing in America.

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