Posted at https://www.clasp.org/blog/snap-participants-need-food-and-education-training-farm-bill-scrimps-both By Anna Cielinski The 2018 Farm Bill, H.R. 2, introduced by House Agriculture Committee Chairman Mike Conaway (R-TX) on April 12, would profoundly undermine access to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as food stamps). … Continued
From CLASP (http://www.clasp.org/): Washington, D.C.—In a continuation of the administration’s assaults on hard-working, low-income people, President Trump today announced his fiscal year 2019 (FY19) budget proposal. As expected, Trump proposes to finance the recent massive federal tax cuts for millionaires … Continued
Posted at https://www.chn.org/2017/10/20/51-senators-vote-slash-medicaid-order-pay-tax-cuts-rich/#.WepJdVtSwdU By Deborah Weinstein October 20, 2017 They also voted to cut Medicare, education, housing assistance, job training, home heating/cooling assistance, SNAP, Meals on Wheels, Head Start, environmental and public health protections, child care, help for people with disabilities… … Continued
Thanks to the Coalition for Low Income Pennsylvanians (CLIP) for alerting us to this article. July 31, 2017 The Conversation By Laura Hussey President Donald Trump’s proposed budget would slice US$21.7 billion over a decade, or 13.1 percent, from Temporary Assistance … Continued
Posted at https://www.chn.org/2017/07/17/resources-from-around-the-coalition-fy18-budget-priorities-edition/#.WW0H3oTysdU By CHN July 17, 2017 Editor’s note: The following blog post was wirtten by Raquel Douglas, CHN’s Summer 2017 intern. One in four renter households unable to afford rent. Billions of dollars in cuts proposed to SNAP, rental assistance … 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
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
Posted at https://itep.org/besides-eviscerating-the-safety-net-trump-budget-would-put-states-in-fiscal-bind/ There has been considerable discussion about the human impact of the Trump budget’s draconian cuts to what remains of the social safety net. A long-standing conservative talking point in response to such criticism is that states can … Continued
2016 marks the 20th anniversary of welfare reform–and TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) rolls have been declining in Pennsylvania. It isn’t clear what is happening with the families that no longer are receiving this benefit. Community Legal Services in … Continued
Posted at https://talkpoverty.org/2016/09/01/3-safety-net-improvements-help-keep-families-together/ September 1, 2016 | Megan Martin & Shadi Houshyar (AP Photo/Tamir Kalifa) There is a common narrative about the families who are involved with child welfare systems—one that portrays parents as abusive and unfit (or unwilling) to care for their children. … Continued