An 11th-hour adjustment will give Pennsylvania recipients of a soon-to-close public welfare program one more month of benefits. The state budget will eliminate the general assistance program, which provides about $200 a month in cash assistance to about 70,000 very low-income clients. About... Read more...
Before Miriam Boss got food stamps, the 87-year-old Pennsylvanian was living on only her $1,000 monthly Social Security check. She says making ends meet was always a struggle, and she often went hungry. Now, Pennsylvania governor Tom Corbett wants to enact a new policy that would disqualify tho... Read more...
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12/07/2011,
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The clock is ticking for the state Department of Public Welfare. Under the budget Gov. Tom Corbett signed late Thursday, the department has to cut hundreds of millions of dollars in expenses while still providing services required by law. To help, state lawmakers gave the agency a controversial ... Read more...