The Hill, July 16, 2018 “Faced with a choice between a House bill that increases hunger and throws out the lessons of experience and a Senate bill that builds on time-tested lessons to reduce poverty and hunger and support work, … Continued
ON JULY 21, JOIN THE PRESIDING BISHOPS OF THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH AND THE ELCA AS WE: PRAY for all those who rely on our nation’s social safety net programs to receive medical care or retirement income. Almighty and most merciful … Continued
From the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (http://www.cbpp.org): June ended with a huge victory in our efforts to protect food assistance for millions of people: The Senate passed a farm bill that protects and strengthens SNAP by an overwhelmingly … Continued
Posted at http://paenvironmentdaily.blogspot.com/2018/07/auditor-general-recommends-changes-to.html Posted: 10 Jul 2018 02:29 PM PDT Auditor General Eugene DePasquale Tuesday said his recent performance audits of two programs designed to keep low-income Pennsylvanians warm and safer through winter found the state failed to spend … Continued
Posted at https://www.chn.org/2018/07/11/fight-hunger-economy-improves-not-children/#.W0Yhi9VKgdU By David Elliot July 11, 2018 There is good news and bad news to report when it comes to food insecurity among households with children, according to a new analysis released by the Hamilton Project at the Brookings … Continued
From the Food Research and Action Center (http://www.frac.org): The Message: Don’t cut SNAP; don’t take food out of the refrigerators and off the tables of needy Americans. Instead, strengthen SNAP, including by improving benefit adequacy. Contact Senators: 1) Thank Senators … Continued
Posted at https://www.publicnewsservice.org/2018-06-27/childrens-issues/pa-kids-make-gains-but-census-undercount-could-hinder-progress/a63078-1 June 27, 2018 – Andrea Sears, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window Nearly one of every six Pennsylvania children is at risk of being overlooked as people are counted for the 2020 Census. (Bess-Hamiti/Pixabay) … Continued
From Project H.O.M.E. (http://www.projecthome.org): Evidence shows that work requirements do nothing to help people find or keep good jobs or reduce poverty. Your calls and emails about burdensome work requirements are having an impact in Harrisburg and the vote has … Continued
From Moms Rising (https://www.momsrising.org/): The world feels chaotic right now with everything happening on the news (not to mention getting your kids ready for summer!) —and there’s a lot to keep track of. It’s easy to feel down and helpless. … Continued
Posted at http://www.frac.org/news/house-passes-farm-bill-make-hunger-poverty-worse Statement attributed to James D. Weill, President, Food Research & Action Center (FRAC) WASHINGTON, June 21, 2018 — The passage of the House Farm Bill, H.R. 2, betrays the historic bipartisan commitment to making sure people who … Continued