From CLASP (http://www.clasp.org/): What’s at stake for low-income people in federal budget, health care bills? A U.S. House subcommittee is voting today on a bill that would slash federal funding for programs that support the economic security of children, families, … Continued
Posted at http://www.publicnewsservice.org/2017-07-11/budget-policy-and-priorities/dhs-proposing-cutting-heat-assistance/a58466-2 July 11, 2017 – Andrea Sears, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window Without heating assistance, people may turn to riskier ways of keeping warm. (Antonio Mette/Wikimedia Commons) HARRISBURG, Pa. – Responding to the threat … Continued
Posted at https://talkpoverty.org/2017/06/30/london-fire-happen-america/ June 30, 2017 | Miriam Pierson & Sarah Edelman Firemen examine inside the Grenfell Tower in London as firefighters continue to damp-down the deadly fire, Thursday, June 15, 2017. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein) At least 80 people are missing and presumed dead … Continued
From the Women’s Law Project (http://www.womenslawproject.org/): Scroll down for action. We strongly oppose Senate Bill 6. Read the letter we sent to Pennsylvania Senators urging them to oppose Senate Bill 6. Unfortunately, the Pennsylvania Senate just passed SB6 by a … Continued
The Housing Specialist – position based in Harrisburg, is the result of a partnership with PA Dept of Human Services to support implementation of DHS’s housing strategy for vulnerable populations. The Housing Specialist will support strategies and activities to expand the … Continued
This week the U.S. Conference of Mayors passed three resolutions urging Congress to move money out of the military and into human and environmental needs — exactly the reverse of Trump’s budget. Those historic actions came after more than 20,000 … Continued
From Hunger-Free Pennsylvania (http://www.hungerfreepa.org/): If you agree with the message below go to https://hungerfreepa.salsalabs.org/may2017emailactionalert/index.html TO TAKE ACTION TODAY! Please feel free to share this message far and wide! As a constituent who cares about the people in our community struggling … Continued
NOTE: The Pennsylvania Council of Churches signed this letter. Posted at http://www.thirdandstate.org/2017/june/pennsylvanians-ask-pa-congressional-delegation-reject-inhumane-cuts-vital-federal-budget-p Jun 19, 2017 04:24 pm | John Neurohr Nearly 70 Pennsylvania organizations signed on to the letter below asking members of the Pennsylvania congressional delegation to reject inhumane … Continued
From the Coalition Against Hunger (https://www.hungercoalition.org/): The President’s proposed budget plan for SNAP would abandon the American commitment to ensure no child goes hungry in this country and would leave the unemployed, the elderly, and low-income working families more likely … Continued
From Repairers of the Breach (http://www.breachrepairers.org/): The Moral Movement is continuing to grow and build power through fusion politics in North Carolina and across the country. Now, Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II, president and senior lecturer of Repairers of … Continued