Category Archives: Human Needs

Protect SNAP in the Farm Bill

Posted on May 16, 2013 by Sandy Strauss

From Share Our Strength (http://strength.org/): It’s time to make your voice heard. This week, Congress is working on the Farm Bill, legislation that includes funding for SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, formerly food stamps). Half of all SNAP participants are … Continue reading →

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Support the Low Income Housing Tax Credit

Posted on May 15, 2013 by Sandy Strauss

From Housing Alliance of Pennsylvania (http://www.housingalliancepa.org/): As you know, the Low Income Housing Tax Credit is America’s main tool for creating quality affordable homes for hardworking families, veterans, seniors, people with special needs and those experiencing homelessness.  Tomorrow the Senate Finance … Continue reading →

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Request the Highest Possible Level for HUD

Posted on May 8, 2013 by Sandy Strauss

From Housing Alliance of Pennsylvania (http://www.housingalliancepa.org/): The T(ransportation)HUD allocation uniquely promotes the well-being of our home communities by providing essential seed capital and program funding that enables public and private partners to build critical transportation infrastructure, spur economic development in … Continue reading →

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PA Study Finds Nonprofits Aren’t Getting Rich Off the Public Dollar

Posted on May 2, 2013 by Sandy Strauss

Posted at http://thirdandstate.org/2013/may/pa-study-finds-nonprofits-arent-getting-rich-public-dollar May 01, 2013 10:08 am | Sharon Ward On April 16, the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee (LBFC) quickly and quietly disposed of a study of the salaries of nonprofit and for-profit human service providers. The study … Continue reading →

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The President’s FY 2014 Budget: Important Initiatives Face Uphill Battle

Posted on April 23, 2013 by Sandy Strauss

From the Coalition on Human Needs (http://www.chn.org): President Obama released his FY 2014 budget on April 10 in a Rose Garden speech whose audience included many who strongly support one of the budget’s key initiatives:  Preschool for all four-year olds … Continue reading →

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Help #TalkPoverty—Download the Toolkit to Take Action Against the Sequester!

Posted on April 23, 2013 by Sandy Strauss

From Half in Ten (http://halfinten.org/): Beginning March 1 the automatic across-the-board cuts to the budget known as the “sequester” went into effect. More than one month later, devastating cuts to crucial programs and services such as Head Start, nutrition assistance … Continue reading →

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Five Former PA Governors Support Name Change for Dept of Public Welfare

Posted on April 19, 2013 by Sandy Strauss

March 28, 2013 Posted at http://s.pennlive.com/gYYcOhj Words matter. Names matter. Stigma lasts. These should be reasons enough for Pennsylvania to change the name of our Department of Public Welfare (DPW). If providing “welfare” to “welfare” recipients is what the Department … Continue reading →

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Urge Congress to Support a Full, Multi-Year Reauthorization of the Farm Bill

Posted on April 12, 2013 by Sandy Strauss

From the PC(USA) Office of Public Witness Our nation’s food and farm policies, as embodied in the farm bill, affect people from rural America to inner cities, from our local communities to less industrialized regions around the world. The farm … Continue reading →

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Urge Your US Representative to Support the Common Sense Housing Investment Act

Posted on April 12, 2013 by Sandy Strauss

From the National Low Income Housing Coalition (http://www.nlihc.org): On March 15, Representative Keith Ellison (D-MN) introduced H.R. 1213, the Common Sense Housing Investment Act of 2013 (http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/113/hr1213). The bill would advance efforts to fund the National Housing Trust Fund through … Continue reading →

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Bread for the World Offering of Letters Advocacy Workshops

Posted on March 22, 2013 by Sandy Strauss

From Bread for the World (http://www.bread.org): Save the dates for one of the four Bread for the World advocacy workshops coming to your area: Harrisburg area, Thursday, April 18, 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. (http://bread.convio.net/site/Calendar/1261423254?view=Detail&id=106641) Philadelphia, Saturday, April 20, 9:30 a.m. to … Continue reading →

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