The Department of Homeland Security released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) last week proposing to change public charge rules. The proposal will cause even more harm, confusion, and fear in our community.

Read our November newsletter to find updates and important information from Just Harvest. Approximately 2 million people rely on SNAP in Pennsylvania to keep food on the table – including about 1 in 8 people here in the Pittsburgh region. Your support is needed more than ever.

On September 25, 2025, the USDA Food and Nutrition Service published a proposed rule that would radically change the staple foods that stores are required to stock in order to participate in SNAP. This rule will make it extremely difficult for small retailers to meet the expanded stocking requirements, which could force small retailers to lose their SNAP license and reduce community food access across the county. 

SNAP, the lifeline supporting more than 1.9 million Pennsylvanians, is being paused in Pennsylvania. If Congress fails to act, low-income households will not receive November SNAP payments.

Congress is recklessly treating our most essential food and healthcare programs as political leverage – all the while, dehumanizing our undocumented neighbors – and denying our most vulnerable people from critical assistance.