Posted at https://www.clasp.org/blog/honor-our-veterans-protecting-their-access-snap By Nune Phillips Veterans Day is a time to honor the brave men and women who’ve served in our Armed Forces. As we recognize their contributions and sacrifices, we must also acknowledge their challenges transitioning to civilian … Continued
From the National Alliance to End Homelessness (http://www.endhomelessness.org): The Alliance is proud to be a partner in National Hunger & Homelessness Awareness Week, taking place November 11-19. The week is a chance to educate your community, draw attention to the problem … Continued
From the Community Action Association of Pennsylvania (http://www.thecaap.org): The first two of these videos are posted at Journey to Self-Sufficiency—CAAP Video Series. CAAP is pleased to announce that we have created three new videos titled Journey to Self-Sufficiency. The final … Continued
The 2017-18 LIHEAP season begins November 1. CLICK HERE for the English and HERE for the Spanish versions of the 2017-18 LIHEAP application (form HSEA 1). On October 20th, the Office of Community Services (OCS) Division of Energy Assistance (DEA) released … Continued
From the Community Action Association of Pennsylvania (http://www.thecaap.org): CAAP is pleased to announce that we have created three new videos titled Journey to Self-Sufficiency. We will release one video per week for the next three weeks. In August, CAAP interviewed six … Continued
From the Kairos Center (https://kairoscenter.org/): AMERICA WILL BE is a film project documenting how organizers across the country are building the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival to help us become the nation we’ve not yet been. The project emerged … Continued
From the Kairos Center (https://kairoscenter.org/): “The God I believe in and the God in the Bible is one of action, one who defends life and stands against injustice.” —Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis Read this conversation between Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis … Continued
Posted at https://www.chn.org/2017/10/30/these-cuts-hurt/#.Wfd_5ltSwdU By Lecia Imbery October 30, 2017 Congress just passed a budget that calls for massive cuts in human needs programs. The devastating effect these cuts would have on millions of Americans is why CHN is cosponsoring the #TheseCutsHurt … Continued
Posted at http://www.publicnewsservice.org/2017-10-30/budget-policy-and-priorities/energy-help-for-low-income-pennsylvanians-still-precarious/a60068-1 October 30, 2017 – Andrea Sears, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window The Weatherization Assistance Program saves households an average of $283 per year. (StockSnap/Pixabay) HARRISBURG, Pa. — With cold weather on the way, … Continued
From the Community Action Association of Pennsylvania (http://www.thecaap.org): The Community Action Association of Pennsylvania (CAAP) is excited to announce the release of our new poverty report that we put together in collaboration with the Coalition on Human Needs. The report, … Continued