SNAP households will no longer automatically get the maximum benefit allowed through a second payment every month.
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SNAP households will no longer automatically get the maximum benefit allowed through a second payment every month.
The Child Tax Credit (CTC) was expanded for 2021 to help people through the COVID-19 pandemic and address child poverty.
A recent state announcement about unactivated P-EBT cards highlights ongoing failures in Pandemic EBT benefit distribution.
Allegheny County Council is poised to approve $100 million in federal pandemic relief funds without any public input.
Our executive director Ken Regal says the city’s planned use of federal American Rescue Plan dollars doesn’t contain much rescuing.
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It is now up to the Board to quickly authorize a paid sick days policy that protects everyone who works in the county.
Answers to frequently asked questions about the first two stimulus payments from the federal government to help people through the COVID-19 pandemic.
PA Dept. of Human Services (DHS) is paying retroactive emergency allotments to SNAP households who were denied them from September 2020 to March 2021.