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112 North Broad Street, 11th Floor Philadelphia, PA 19102-1510 ph:215-557-0822 fax:215-557-6981

Recession &
Support for Workers

Information Online:
Unemployment Compensation &
Filing bi weekly claims

Click here: 99ers: The Real Lives of the Long-Term Jobless - Video - TIME.com


Click for Benefits for Laid Off Workers

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Help for those whose benefits are exhausted

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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.
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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.

Information on foreclosure prevention


other campaigns

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

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Housing

Another Take on Solving the Foreclosure Crisis
Loans to Jobless Homeowners

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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

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HEALTH CARE RALLY


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Upcoming Events

Spring Jazz Fest

Friday, June 8, 2012
6:00 to 10:00 PM
First Unitarian Church of Philadelphia
2125 Chestnut Street
Honoring Liz McElroy and Katie Sipp
and featuring:
Eubie Nieves and the Good Budz
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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.

Recent Events

HEMAP Lobby Day and Rally
April 3, 2012
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Save Our Homes Coalition at City Council
March 29, 2012
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PUP Toy Drive
December 22, 2011
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Stop Foreclosures! Rally
November 3, 2011
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HEMAP Rally and Lobby Day
September 27, 2011
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PA Save Our Homes Coalition Press Conference
August 11, 2011
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2011 PUP Jazz Fest
May 27, 2011
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Rally To Stop Sheriff's Sale
March 24, 2011
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Commuter Options

PUP van pool

As the jobless recovery continues the Commuter Options program continues to offer a path to employment for Philadelphia workers.  Commuter Options van and car pools provide transportation to nearly 100 workers daily to jobs in the suburbs.

August 2011 Update

Commuter Options Press Coverage

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Spotlight on PUP

Looking For Jobs At Xfinity Live!

Homeowners protest upcomming sheriff's sale (video)

Click here: 99ers: The Real Lives of the Long-Term Jobless - Video - TIME.com

Job Seekers Have A New Worry: Unemployment Bias

Phila. Project joins effort to restore Pa. mortgage assistance

See what the Philadelphia Unemployment Project has to offer!

Study: Organizing In Pennsylvania Worth The Investment

Philly Anti-Jobless Group Gives Holiday Gifts to Affected Kids

Local Program For Long-Term Unemployed

November Newsletter

Lobbying to keep a Way to Work

‘Way To Work’ Program Ending In Philly

Fighting against foreclosures, with U.S. Rep. Chaka Fattah & John Dodds (WHYY Radio Times)

Extension To Unemployment Benefits A Lifeline

Philadelphia to launch scam-alert program on mortgage modifications

Seeds of a Movement for the Unemployed

December 3rd Jobs Summit in D.C.

Young advocates push for health

Photos of rally outside TARP Oversight Committee hearings

Philadelphia Residential Mortgage Foreclosure Diversion Pilot Program

Interview on Radio Times about the Philadelphia Mortgage Foreclosure Diversion Program (audio clip)

PUP Slide shows

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