Some Millvale residents say they hope a new community development initiative will bring a fresh food market to the borough. Local officials and Millvale Borough Development Corporation representatives kicked off […]
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More than $200,000 in welfare benefits given to dead Pennsylvanians, audit reveals
A Pennsylvania woman died two years before an unidentified welfare recipient used her Social Security number to collect $32,000 worth of public subsidies, according to a report state Auditor General […]
New farmers’ market opens in Squirrel Hill
City residents can find the freshest offerings from local farms on Sundays in the Beacon-Bartlett parking lot off Murray Avenue, behind the former Gullifty’s restaurant. Food stamps via EBT are […]
SNAP Expands at Local Farmers’ Markets
Just Harvest’s Fresh Access program is expanding. Fresh Access enables Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP – formerly known as food stamps) shoppers to use their benefits at participating farmers’ markets. […]
Letter to the Editor: Tax preparers’ role
The Associated Press news story “IRS pays billions not owed” ignored several essential facts. The figure of $13 billion in errant Earned Income Tax Credits comes from the Treasury Department’s […]
Pennsylvania denies 75 percent of welfare applicants
The vast majority of applicants for welfare benefits in Pennsylvania are rejected every month, data from the state show, and some blame a 2012 change in state law for sharply […]
Protest about welfare office closure plans turns to victory rally in McKeesport
The state Department of Public Welfare’s decision not to close its East Liberty assistance office nor consolidate it with those in McKeesport or New Kensington turned scheduled protests Tuesday into […]
State welfare officials say they will keep office open in East Liberty
The state Department of Public Welfare has reversed a decision to close an assistance office in East Liberty next month and will stay at its location at 5947 Penn Ave. […]
Clients first: DPW forgot the first rule of customer service
Let’s hope the department comes through. Officials at the state Department of Public Welfare are backpedaling now. They made a senseless decision to temporarily shut down their busy East Liberty […]
DPW Closing East Liberty Office
A Department of Public Welfare office in Pittsburgh is closing, and Just Harvest is taking a stand for the workers and families that will be affected. Starting May 2, families […]
