“The recession may be officially over, but wages are low; many workers qualify for public assistance. Millions of people still can’t find stable employment. Imagine trying to find a job […]
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Rule would require more healthy choices for food stamp users
At the tiny Schwartz Supermarket in the Marshall-Shadeland neighborhood in Pittsburgh’s North Side, market owner Abdul Rahim does a brisk business, greeting some customers by name as he sells chips, […]
Helping SNAP Recipients Keep Their Benefits
Beginning June 1st, nearly 10,000 residents of Allegheny County will see their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits taken away. SNAP provides food stamps for unemployed or underemployed adults across […]
Pennsylvania nonprofits work to help those facing food stamp restrictions
“Western Pennsylvania nonprofits are hustling to blunt a clamp-down this spring on food stamp benefits, promoting volunteer work and other provisions that can keep low-income households eligible for the aid. […]
Letter to the Editor: Pa. budget promises
“We want our legislators to live up to their promises to voters and to the compromise budget their leaders and Gov. Tom Wolf agreed to. And we don’t want to […]
Three-month time limit on food stamps to affect many in Allegheny County
A three-month time limit on food stamps for unemployed or underemployed adults ages 18 to 50 who aren’t disabled or raising minor children will apply to most of Allegheny County […]
Fighting Hunger For The Holidays, And Year Round
Many people are eager to give back during the holiday season, collecting toys for children in low-income families or serving Christmas dinner at a soup kitchen… But some of the […]
Jobless rate puts some at risk for food stamps in Pa.
About 30,000 people in Pennsylvania could lose their food stamp benefits early next year — about 8,000 of them in Allegheny County — due to the return of a three-month […]
Fresh Access grows sixfold in two years
It was 2004, and the hunger advocacy and policy group, Just Harvest, realized it had a problem. It had been working for the past 18 years to put healthy food […]
Mapping hunger: Where are Pittsburgh’s food deserts?
Larimer is a neighborhood of opposites: Sitting on the southern border is the booming Bakery Square development, filled with shops, restaurants and Pittsburgh’s Google offices, a glowing symbol of the […]
