Only 8.4% of Pennsylvania adults are eating the recommended serving of fruit per day. Healthy food is too expensive for the 1 in 9 food insecure Pennsylvanians. Unhealthy diets and […]
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Increase the SNAP minimum benefit in PA
Reach out to PA state senator and representative to include Gov. Shapiro’s increase to SNAP in the upcoming state budget.
Ending Medical Debt is Critical to Ending Hunger
Medical Debt is still the number one reason for bankruptcy in America. Contact your PA Senator to support stronger patient protections that can help prevent debt!
Discounts for government assistance recipients in the Pittsburgh area
Summer is a great time to explore Pittsburgh, and these discounts for low-income households make it more affordable.
Pennsylvania Senate should pass a state Earned Income Tax Credit
The PA House has passed HB1272, which would boost the income of eligible workers with children in Pennsylvania. Urge the state Senate to make it law.
PA should address child hunger through free school meals
More children are going hungry as pandemic nutrition supports end. It’s time for Pennsylvania to make school meals free.
2023 Empty Bowls event comes at a time of rising need
With Pennsylvanians facing greater food insecurity, this year’s Empty Bowls fundraiser will provide critical support to anti-hunger efforts.
PA has one of the worst welfare programs in the country
A new state legislative effort to modernize TANF aims to get children in PA out of deep poverty, but it faces an uphill battle.
Tens of Thousands of Pa. Families Still Haven’t Received Federal Nutrition Benefit
A recent state announcement about unactivated P-EBT cards highlights ongoing failures in Pandemic EBT benefit distribution.
PA SNAP households denied emergency allotments will now get them
PA Dept. of Human Services (DHS) is paying retroactive emergency allotments to SNAP households who were denied them from September 2020 to March 2021.
