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Kensington Revival Plan

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New report examines effectiveness of Wellness Court

(Kensington Voice) Kensington Neighborhood Wellness Court is a fast-track court that targets unhoused people who use drugs by arresting them for low-level crimes and offering either diversion to drug treatment or a same-day trial. Of the 87 people who were arrested between January 22 and May 21, only eight have been documented as completing the program, according to Kensington Voice’s findings.

Not long after taking office in in 2024, Mayor Parker walked the streets of Kensington, a neighborhood that has long suffered from crime, blight and open-air drug activity. The visit, which wasn't her last, was part of a broader Kensington Community Revival plan. Here are some of the steps Mayor Parker has taken related to the neighborhood thus far:

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The Philadelphia Citizen

Does The Kensington Wellness Court Work?

The $5.5 million pilot program is a key part of Mayor Parker’s plan to address the addiction and homelessness issues in the ravaged neighborhood. Nine...
Aziz poses for a portrait at the recovery home where he lives in South Philadelphia on June 4, 2025. (Photo by Solmaira Valerio)
Kensington Voice

New Kensington ‘fast-track court’ lands most with warrants, back into the cycle of addiction and homelessness

Kensington Voice collected and verified data on 87 people who were arrested during the first months of the program and tracked their journeys through...

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