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For the first time, some farmer’s markets will allow you to use food stamps. KDKA’s Sarah Arbogast reports.

When the Citiparks farmers markets begin operating Monday, May 13, two of them will enable customers to pay with food stamps — Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, benefits — using […]

Nonprofits need training on how to find and use their boards wisely – and potential board members need training on how even to get started working on a board. That’s […]

According the Food Research and Action Center, 21 percent of families with children in Allegheny County`s congressional districts — or about one in five families — are unable to afford […]

PITTSBURGH  — Barney Oursler and Tara Marks joined KDKA Radio’s Chris Moore to talk about low income problems in Pittsburgh. Oursler is the Executive Director of Pittsburgh United and Marks is the co-director […]

Social-service advocates gathered outside Piatt Place, the Downtown building where Gov. Tom Corbett has a regional office, to protest the governor’s proposed budget and urge him to use of an […]

In the spirit of my hunger awareness commitment this year, I have a thought for you: Wouldn’t it be wonderful if there was a group of people who organized to speak on […]

HARRISBURG — Some welfare recipients soon could have one more hurdle to clear in order to receive benefits. The state House in a 164-23 vote Wednesday night approved a bill […]

Valerie Bowens works part-time and takes care of her 82-year-old mother. On three separate occasions over the past nine months, the welfare office has tried to stop their food stamps […]

Advocates for low-income Pennsylvanians are sounding the alarm about a package of bills in Harrisburg that places serious roadblocks in front of anyone seeking assistance through food stamps, welfare or […]