April 6, 2021
Martin Juarez and his wife Teresa Servin-Juarez live in Kansas with their four girls, ages 2-13. As a machinist for the hospital system, Martin works tirelessly to ensure that their medical equipment, including respirators, are fully functioning. When Martin tested positive for COVID-19 in November 2020, his workplace was able to offer him emergency paid leave to take time off of his essential work and focus on recovery. “It helped with our finances, so we could keep up with basic necessities ,” Teresa said. “The girls and I didn’t get sick because we took precautions, and after two weeks he was able to return to work easily after he felt better. ”
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Penn State Center Philadelphia collaboration is providing meals during COVID-19
January 20, 2021
PHILADELPHIA Food insecurity for many people was not created by the COVID-19 pandemic, but the crisis is exposing it as a global issue and in many cases, making it worse. In Philadelphia, the People’s Kitchen is a community-driven program that was co-created during the COVID-19 pandemic as a response to food insecurity, unemployment, immigration and land use and development. The Penn State Center Philadelphia, a service of Penn State Outreach, is a collaborator on the project along with the Food Decisions Research Lab in the College of Health and Human Development at Penn State, 215 People’s Alliance and South Philly Barbacoa.