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. through a month-to-month lease, until another nearby office can be found.
The office had been set to close in May, with employees moved to a McKeesport location, prompting an outcry from advocacy groups that said the change would be disruptive to low-income clients who would have difficulty traveling there.
Despite word of the state’s reversal, planned demonstrations still took place Tuesday outside several DPW offices. Instead of decrying the moves, the gatherings celebrated that the office would be staying put, at least for the time being, said Ken Regal, executive director of Just Harvest, an anti-hunger group that advocates for food stamp clients….
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