News Item Types Archives: Barriers

The Trump administration is considering tightening work requirements for Americans on food stamps. View the news video at pittsburgh.cbslocal.com.

“Gov. Tom Wolf has signed a bill into law with a broad array of measures that supporters say will deter fraud in public assistance programs but that critics say are […]

“Hungry people, experts will tell you, are always silent. On Tuesday, they lined up in a quiet queue in the courtyard of St. Francis Inn Ministries in Kensington, awaiting breakfast under […]

“As of Monday, Pennsylvanians once again can apply for General Assistance, a monthly cash program that aided the poorest individuals in the commonwealth before it was eliminated by the Legislature […]

“On Friday Congressman Keith Rothfus, a conservative Republican from Sewickley, joined Democrats in voting down a farm bill that would have imposed new limits on food benefits. Opponents of the […]

“Colloquially it’s called the Farm Bill, but the legislation that narrowly failed to pass Friday in the U.S. House of Representatives is actually the largest federal source of conservation funding […]

“House Republicans continued their push to compel able-bodied adults to get jobs or risk losing access to government safety net programs on Tuesday. The state House voted 115-80 to pass […]

“At a state budget hearing last month, the then-acting Human Services secretary, Teresa Miller, was asked a question by a legislator: “Is Medicaid health care or is Medicaid welfare?” “Medicaid […]

“Students at Pennsylvania’s community colleges could now be eligible for food stamps, due to a change in how state officials interpret a federal rule. Federal food stamp rules say students […]

“Valkyrie Speaker was one of several who shed tears while sharing experiences of financial struggle before and during college Wednesday afternoon. ‘When I applied to Pitt, I was homeless,’ Speaker […]