From Creation Justice Ministries (http://www.creationjustice.org/): This gift-giving season, consider ways to counteract the “throwaway culture.” Find gifts that benefit the most vulnerable through vendors such as the Presbyterian Giving Catalog, Episcopal Gifts for Life, or the Church World Service Best Gift programs. You can … Continued
Posted at https://www.chn.org/2018/10/25/week-with-nuns-on-the-bus-19460/#.W9MrSXtKgdU By Richelle Friedman October 25, 2018 Editor’s note: This post was written by Richelle Friedman, CHN’s Director of Public Policy. Richelle is currently spending a week with NETWORK’s Nuns on the Bus. The full Nuns on the Bus tour … Continued
From Keystone Research Center (http://www.keystoneresearch.org): Incomes for the bottom 60% of households remain at or below their levels of a decade ago. Income of top 1% of city’s families up 32%. Read the full report here. HARRISBURG, PA – The … Continued
From the Coalition for Low Income Pennsylvanians (https://www.papovertycoalition.org/p/welcome.html): Many working families struggle to make ends meet, while threats to SNAP, housing and Medicaid could increase hardship While poverty declined in Pennsylvania from 12.9 percent in 2016 to 12.5 percent last … Continued
Posted at https://www.publicnewsservice.org/2018-10-22/poverty-issues/report-finds-millions-in-pa-still-in-or-close-to-poverty/a64362-1 October 22, 2018 – Andrea Sears, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window More than 12 percent of Pennsylvania households have difficulty affording food. (USN/wikimedia commons) HARRISBURG, Pa. — More than 1.5 million Pennsylvanians still … Continued
Posted at https://www.chn.org/2018/10/19/new-study-shows-expanding-medicaid-improves-access-care-low-income-adults/#.W8oVVXtKgdU By Lecia Imbery October 19, 2018 We know that states that expanded their Medicaid program have far fewer uninsured working-age adults. Now, thanks to a new study from the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office (GAO), we know that such health insurance … Continued
From Prosperity Now (https://prosperitynow.org/): While it is widely understood that the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) was constructed to make the rich even more rich, the legislation’s effect on the ever-growing racial wealth divide has been largely underreported, if … Continued
Last night the General Assembly passed SB 6, which is now in the Governor’s hands. This bill makes a number of changes to SNAP and cash assistance eligibility to reduce access to benefits. Most notably, it would charge $100 for … Continued
From the Pennsylvania Health Access Network (http://www.pahealthaccess.org): Bad news. HB 2138 – the bill that would impose harmful work requirements on people who rely on Medicaid – was passed yesterday by the PA Senate. Governor Wolf has already pledged to … Continued
From the Coalition on Human Needs (http://www.chn.org): When the next Congress is sworn in, we know that there will be at least 56 new members. It is imperative that we show them and returning members that the human needs community … Continued