Current Campaigns

Recession & Support for Workers

John Groom listens during the recession workshop. "You are not alone with what's going on in our world," volunteer Deborah Jackson-Smith said.
PHOTO: Elizabeth Robertson
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New Links:

Apply Online: Unemployment Compensation

Click here for more Jobs/Recession information

COMPASS is an online application for Pennsylvanians to apply for many health and human service programs.Unemployed workers can apply for Food Stamps and Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program and other programs at the Pennsylvania Compass link.
Click here.

Press coverage:

Help for Mortgage Foreclosure

Call the Unemployment Information Center at
215-557-0822 for help if you are behind on your mortgage. Our housing counselors may be able to help you.

Another Take on Solving the Foreclosure Crisis Loans to Jobless Homeowners

PDF | Web Page

Information on foreclosure prevention

Jobs

PUP Jobs Club

other campaigns

minimum wage campaign

Our office is located at:
112 North Broad Street, 11th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19102-1510

Top News

Homeowners offered relief in Philadelphia program

PA Legal Aid Network honors PUP director, John Dodds with 2007 Excellence Award (video)

Housing

Another Take on Solving the Foreclosure Crisis
Loans to Jobless Homeowners

PDF | Web Page

Link to Pennsylvania's Here To Help Web site

PA Homeowners' Emergency Mortgage Assistance Program (HEMAP)

FAQs on avoiding foreclosure (links to FHA website)
PA Homeowners' Emergency Mortgage Assistance Program (HEMAP)
Federal Housing Administration Web site

Health CARE

health care rally

Upcoming Events

"Eyes on the Prize"

America’s Civil Rights Movement
Showing of the award winning documentary of the history of the struggle to win civil rights in America.
Thursday’s in February starting February 4
6:30 PM
PUP Office
112 N. Broad St., 11th Floor
RSVP to 215-557-0822
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Commuter Options

As of July the Philadelphia Unemployment Project’s Commuter Options Program has 32 van and car pools that transport Philadelphia workers to their jobs.

July 2009 Update

Commuter Options Press Coverage

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The Philadelphia Unemployment Project is a membership organization of low-wage workers and the unemployed. PUP has fought for jobs and for economic justice since 1975. We are also an unemployed workers center that helps people win unemployment cases, save their houses, and get access to health care.

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