The idea that only some Americans in poverty deserve help stems from assumptions about poverty and work that don’t match up with reality.
Archive | Barriers to Benefits
Top 7 myths about the food stamps time limit
The food stamps work requirement is seen as an employment incentive for people in poverty. Here’s why it’s completely misguided.
To Harrisburg: What we need in a Pennsylvania budget
One year ago, Gov. Wolf released a budget for 2015-16. That budget is now 216 days late and $318 million short. Today, we join a broad coalition in making recommendations […]
8,000 at risk of losing food stamps
Starting next year thousands of PA residents will lose their SNAP benefits. Why this is happening and how to help those facing food stamp work requirements.
Our statement on PA’S frozen budget
It is now well past the June 30 deadline for a 2015-16 PA budget and negotiations between Gov. Wolf and state Republican legislators are said to be frozen.
The Five R’s: What Pennsylvania needs in a state budget
Today is the deadline for PA to pass a new state budget. Every budget is an expression of priorities, and getting those priorities wrong is what got Gov. Corbett booted […]
Pennsylvania House Bill 222 means former drug felons get no help out of poverty
One in four working-age Americans have a criminal record. Many are struggling to find work and be productive members of society. Should we be making it even harder?
Pennsylvania House Bill 934 would boost education as a path out of poverty
An important bill is moving through the Pennsylvania legislature. It would help single mothers and college students in need complete their education and get back on their financial feet.
VICTORY! Gov. Wolf eliminates the Food Stamp Asset Test!
Yesterday evening, Gov. Wolf announced that as of April 27 he was ending the state’s food stamp asset test. This is great news for all those at risk of hunger […]
Help stop food stamp cuts – a key part of the new GOP budget
Congress has taken its first official steps to advance a GOP-sponsored budget, which, if passed, would be disastrous for low- and middle-income Pennsylvanians.
