東北費城公益協會 Northeast Philadelphia Chinese Association (NEPCA) of Culture Trust

Update Petition Counts:  1310 as of 4/7/2024        Philadelphia’s City Health Centers offer very low-cost health care to all residents of the city but are overcrowded. Public Health Center 10 on Cottman Avenue is the only city health center serving the entire Northeast so it can take up to a year for a new appointment.      Two new Health Centers are included in the Philadelphia City budget in the lower Northeast, one at the Frankford Transportation Center (Bridge and Pratt) and one at the old Friends Hospital on Roosevelt Blvd near Langdon St. Together, they will provide care for over 46,000 patients a year, mostly at the Friends site.    Despite the critical need for more capacity for City Health Centers , t here is opposition to the Health Center at the Friends Hospital site. The opposition can put a five years delay for the City to locate another suitable site.      Therefore, community, religious, labor, immigrant a...

  Today, March 14th, 2024, marks the sixth anniversary of the Northeast Philadelphia Chinese Association (NEPCA). Thanks to the NEPCA volunteer team and your family for supporting NEPCA’s community work. We also take this opportunity to pay tribute to the former founding board members: Tommy Liu, Maranatha Chung, Joyce Pu, Yingzhang Lin, and Yuming Wang, who laid the foundation for this association. In fact, NEPCA's founding was facilitated by the office of State Representative Jared Solomon on 3/14/2018, answering the needs of the underserved Chinese community in the Northeast Philadelphia region. We also thank our current NEPCA of Culture Trust advisory committee for your guidance.  Over the past six years, NEPCA has lived up to expectations. It has attracted over 300 caring Chinese community members to participate in community activities. Our volunteer team collaborates with other ethnic and social service groups, striving for equal access to public services and resources f...

Pennsylvania Homeowner Assistance Fund Reopening   Pennsylvania Homeowner Assistance Fund Reopening The PHFA will be reopening the PA Homeowner Assistance Fund on Monday, March 18 , to eligible new applicants until the balance of the funds has been exhausted.   The program aids with the following mortgage and housing-related expenses to address mortgage delinquencies and avoid default, foreclosure, and displacement as a result of COVID-19 pandemic related financial hardships. The maximum amount of assistance for any homeowner under the PAHAF is $50,000.   Minimum eligibility criteria include:   Homeowner owns and occupies the property as their primary residence. Property is in Pennsylvania. Homeowner is at least 30 days past due on the mortgage payments and/or housing-related expenses for which they are requesting PAHAF assistance, except for forward mortgage assistance, for which, as a standalone option, m...

In February 2024, Esperanza Immigration Legal Services (EILS) and the Northeast Philadelphia Chinese Association (NEPCA) entered into a partnership to make EILS legal services available to the Chinese community.  NEPCA will help promote EILS legal services to its WeChat network.  In the early phase, Chinese clients would need to be able to communicate in English to get services. We anticipate that Chinese language services will be more available in the future as demand builds up.  EILS has been serving the Spanish community for many years. We are grateful to EILS for extending its services to the Chinese community.  NEPCA and EILS are looking forward to building a better community together! Cheer!

  Northeast Philadelphia residents, advocates call on city to expedite plans for 2 new public health centers By Nicole Leonard February 20, 2024 Source:   Northeast Philadelphia residents, advocates call on city to expedite plans for 2 new public health centers https://whyy.org/articles/northeast-philadelphia-two-new-public-health-centers/ Philadelphia city leaders announced plans to build two new public health centers near the Frankford Transportation Center and Friends Hospital.   When Philadelphia officials announced last year that two new city health centers would open in Northeast Philadelphia, many residents were thrilled. They say this part of the city has become a “health care desert” for affordable and low-cost services. “I was very excited to think, finally, the city is doing something right,” said community leader Mingchu Pearl Huynh, president and founder of the Northeast Philadelphia Chinese Association. But these two new health centers may...

May the dragon's spirit bring us all positive energy and good fortune! 龙年大吉, 万事如意! Happy Lunar New Year!   (it is 2/10/2024) Please also help support the two health centers in the Northeast by signing the online petition to help improve healthcare services for hundreds of thousands of people.  This link will take you to the online petition at Change.org for more details: https://chng.it/cs5HVnMr6n or  by scanning this QR quote   A good deed a day, chase the evils away! Northeast Philadelphia Chinese Association (NEPCA) http://www.nepca.us/

February| febrero 2024 WATER CONNECTS US Celebrate Black History Month The annual celebration of achievements by African Americans is a time to recognize their central role in our nation's history. We must recognize these contributions -- and address our legacy of racism -- throughout the year. Join us in learning about and being insp...