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

Facing many serious identity theft incidents happened in the Chinese Community in Northeast Philadelphia, o n 4/24/2024, NEPCA sent the following email to the Philadelphia Mayor, City Council members, Northeast Philadelphia State representatives, State Senator, and Congressman Boyle.  ---------- Forwarded message --------- Dear elected officials,    I would like to bring to your attention that serious identity theft (IDT) crimes have taken place in the Northeast Philadelphia Chinese community and they may have spread out quickly. From 4/8/2024, the Northeast Phila. Chinese Association (NEPCA) has registered information of 16 Chinese IDT victims and gave the victim list to Office Mark Mroz of the 2 nd PD on 4/22/2024 to assist with solving the crime.  He also advised everyone should help to alert everyone else about the identity theft crime to fight this crime together.   Please make changes to public procedures for prevention measures and provide m...

身份盗窃防范网络研讨会 Identity Theft Information & Q-A with Police officer, 4/22/2024 (English & Chinese):  https://youtu.be/uCiEkhfyL5E?si=AR51AxP5Sa2keZ3N 东北费城公益协会免费网上講座活动通知 (国语主讲) 费城东北区华人社区近日发生了多起身份盗窃案列。我们希望这次研讨会 能帮助公众提高对身份盗窃犯罪的了解、采取预防措施以及如果你不幸成 为受害者该怎么办。 日期:星期一 2024 年 4 月 22 日 時間:晚上 6 點 – 7:30 Zoom 会议 网址 URL: bit.ly/NEPCA-IDT-INFO 或访问网站:https://zoom.us/ 输入会议 ID:868 0046 1536 ; 密码:123 主持人: Pearl 黄明珠女士,东北费城公益协会会长,创始人 嘉賓: Mark Mroz, 第二警区社区联系警官 徐越虹 Coco Xu, 南费城受害者、证人服务中心社工 受害者分享经历 本活動由東北費城公益協會(NEPCA)主办 東北費城公益協會旨在為亞裔人們獲得社會資源和資訊,同時為文化和語言差异做橋樑,輔持安家立業,豐富生活, 和融入美國社會並為之做出貢獻 (Zoom Presentation in Chinese Mandarin) Many identity theft cases have happened recently in the Northeast Philadelphia Chinese community. We hope that this seminar can help our community raise awareness of identity theft crimes. Time: Monday, April 22, 2024, 6 pm – 7:30 pm (EST) Zoom Meeting URL: bit.ly/NEPCA-IDT-INFO or go to website: https://zoom.us/ Enter meeting ID: 868 0046 1536 Passcode: 123 Moderator: Mingchu Pea...

Identity theft may already happen to you or someone you know - Some helpful info. to share 大家 不时要 到 PENNDOT.GOV 查一下你的 driver license 的地址， 身份被盗发生很快。 上 penndot.gov 输入你的驾照号码，出生日期，工卡后面4个数字.  driver license 被盗后， 电话号码就被偷走， 跟随银行被掏空了。 ==== 东北费城公益协会（NEPCA）敬启  4/16/2024 Northeast Philadelphia Chinese Association (NEPCA)   http://www.nepca.us/

  免费公民身份申请作坊 星期五, 3/22/2024   (没有中文翻译) 星期五, 4/12/2024  (有中文翻译) 上午10点至下午12点 地点:  4261 N. 5th Street                              Phila., PA 19140        参加条件:  18岁以上, 并 懂得基本英语 , 或拥有语言或医疗的豁免资格 持有绿卡5年以上, 或与美国公民伴侣结婚3年以上 带来绿卡以及任何其他身分證明文件，包括護照、結婚/離婚證明、子女出生證明等。 参加者需要事先通过筛选   请尽早 拨打 347-719-1402 , 用 英语 留言或送短讯说明 “interest in naturalization”. 工作人员会与您联络,访问您的申请资格. 若符合条件,即邀请您来参加以上活动来完成填写 N-400 表格 和做后续安排. 如果您未及格，我們將為您提供資源（例如語言課程）以更好地为下一次做好準備。 * Esperanza Immigration Legal Services (EILS) (埃斯佩兰萨移民法律服务处) 提供免费法律服务,但申请者可能要自付移民局所征纳的费用. 根据申请者的家庭收入,也许您有資格得到減免移民局的征费。 * EILS 主要是为西班牙裔公益服务的机构.今初步开放给华人民众, 中文翻译还没完善. 因此,建议申请者自带翻译人 或要懂得用英语沟通. 不便之处,敬请谅解. * The Chinese translation of the above services may not yet ready. It is recommended that applicants bring their own Chinese translators or be able to communicate basic Eng...

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...