From the Food Research and Action Center (http://www.frac.org): The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced today the extension of critical child nutrition nationwide waivers through September 30, 2021. This extension will ensure schools, local government agencies, and private nonprofit organizations have the time, consistency, and flexibility necessary to … Continued
From Consumers United for Fairness (https://cuffnow.com/): Just an update to remind you: Your calls, postcards, donations, and petition signatures in the past year paid off when the U.S. Senate passed the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan bill, 50-49. The bill … Continued
From Moms Rising (https://www.momsrising.org/): We are in the final stretch to passing the American Rescue Plan thanks to all the phone calls, tweets, emails, and stories you have sent to the U.S. Congress the past few months. The House of Representatives … Continued
Despite a donation drive for diaper banks last year, since then, the problem has only gotten worse: Historically, most diaper bank clients live below the poverty line, a federal threshold capped at $26,500 a year for a family of four. … Continued
03/02/2021 Harrisburg, PA – The departments of Human Services (DHS) and Education (PDE) today submitted for federal approval the Wolf Administration’s plan to issue more than $1 billion in federally-funded benefits to the families of Pennsylvania children who have attended school … Continued
From the Coalition on Human Needs (http://www.chn.org): We are getting closer to sending much needed relief to struggling families and cash-strapped states. The House voted 219-212 on Saturday to send the $1.9 trillion pandemic relief package to the Senate. Now, … Continued
From the Coalition on Human Needs (http://www.chn.org): “The House passed essential COVID-19 relief legislation on Saturday. Now, we need the Senate to act swiftly. Millions of families are struggling to make ends meet during the pandemic, and states, schools and … Continued
From the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center (http://www.pennbpc.org): U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is planning to hold a vote on President Biden’s American Rescue Plan by the end of this week. This comprehensive pandemic relief package will deliver vaccines to combat … Continued
From Moms Rising (https://www.momsrising.org/): We don’t need to tell you that families are struggling. Everything is harder in a pandemic—affording rent, paying our bills, putting food on the table, affording childcare, and trying to do our jobs. This is why … Continued
A nationwide ban on housing foreclosures has been extended to June 30 by President Joe Biden, NBC News reports, with The White House citing an estimated 10 million Americans who are currently behind on their mortgage payments. A federal moratorium on evictions of … Continued