Gov. Wolf has announced the end of Corbett’s disastrous Healthy PA and the launching of Medicaid Expansion for uninsured low-income Pennsylvanians. This is a huge victory for all those who […]
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Just Harvest joins new Making Work Pay PA Coalition
Just Harvest has joined a group of 27 advocacy and direct service organizations from across Pennsylvania that are coming together to help working families.
Our recommendations to Governor-elect Tom Wolf on hunger and poverty policy
Later this month, Tom Wolf will be sworn in as Pennsylvania’s new governor. Here are the policy recommendations we made to him and his team to help end poverty and hunger […]
Testimonial: Just Harvest can cut through barriers to benefits
Here’s what a new client had to say about us after we helped him. His food stamps had been terminated through no fault of his own – an all too […]
Bill to change Welfare Department’s name doesn’t change stigma
A bill changing the name of the PA Department of Public Welfare is making it’s way through the state legislature. But a new amendment to the bill will undo what […]
Meeting with DPW officials shows customer service campaign is working
Earlier this month, several Just Harvest staff met with Department of Public Welfare top officials. We discussed progress the DPW had made on our list of demands regarding critically-needed customer […]
Real change is underway at the Department of Public Welfare
Just Harvest has been working hard to improve DPW’s treatment of those in need. With you at our side, sharing ideas and speaking out, we’ve made a lot of progress. […]
March Advocacy in Action: Expanding the EITC, the Food Security Partnership, and DPW barriers to benefits
Here are this month’s highlights from the federal, state, and local policy issues we work on: expanding tax credits for low-income workers; the Food Security Partnership’s work to close the […]
Rally and Twitterstorm to save the DPW Greater Pittsburgh East County Assistance Office in East Liberty!
The state’s Department of Public Welfare is planning to close the Greater Pittsburgh East CAO, which serves more people in need than any other office in the county. Join us […]
DPW caseworkers and clients meet to improve customer service
Yesterday evening, at Just Harvest’s office, something incredible happened: Department of Public Welfare caseworkers and clients came to a new understanding about their relationship and their shared struggles.
