The freezing cold is hitting hard, especially for some of our most vulnerable residents. Organizations are stepping up to help people sleeping on the streets.
Every day, a team of outreach workers from a nonprofit called Mental Health Partnerships (MHP) drives around Upper Darby to check on people experiencing homelessness. Teresa Purdy, program manager for Delaware County Outreach at MHP, said these welfare checks took on a greater sense of urgency when it’s freezing cold.
“It’s so dangerous, like, you can actually lose your life,” Purdy said. “It’s a matter of life and death.”…