May 2012
Rally Against State Budget Cuts. HAP staff, along with over 200 other protestors, gathered to let Governor Corbett know that a budget that hurts the poorest and sickest among us hurts us all. Have you urged your state representative to restore budget cuts and raise revenue? Click Here Now!

Birth Certificate Clinic June 6

April 2012
HAP's SOAR Project is still the best in the country! Major researchers in the field of homelessness just published an issue brief: Establishing Eligibility for SSI for Chronically Homeless People.  They write: “The best performance by a SOAR project was Philadelphia’s Homeless Advocacy Project. It obtained 99 percent approval in an average of 32 days for 742 applications over a period of 4 years.”

Video: Marsha Cohen on CBS' Talk Philly

February 2012
HAP's Executive Director Marsha Cohen testified before City Council this past week. She spoke of the struggles families face as a result of the shortage of shelter beds in Philadelphia.

Winter 2012
HAP Board Member Blaine Stanley recognized by her alma mater, Duke Law School, for her work with HAP.

January 2012
HAP Executive Director Marsha Cohen on WHYY - Homeless advocates review Philly's progress on 10-year plan.

PECO congratulates HAP for 20 years of providing free civil legal services to homeless Philadelphians!