HARRISBURG, Pa. (WJAC) — The Department of Human Services announced Tuesday that the state has received $224 million in food assistance for families with young kids. The state received approval from the USDA to extend pandemic electronic benefit transfer to families enrolled in the state’s SNAP program.
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As part of the latest COVID-19 relief package, the federal government has expanded the child tax credit and made it available to all families with children except those with the highest incomes.
Pennsylvania Department of Human Services: Public assistance enrollment up since start of pandemic
HARRISBURG, Pa. — The Pennsylvania Department of Human Services provided an update Thursday on public assistance enrollment numbers for March 2021.
Biden speech: Key takeaways from his $1.8 trillion ‘American Families Plan’
President Joe Biden will lay out the contours of his latest ambitious legislative proposal — his “American Families Plan” — in his address Wednesday night to a joint session of Congress, calling on lawmakers to pass what the White House is calling “a once-in-a-generation investment in our nation’s future.”
Pennsylvania should increase early childhood investment by $250 million, national report says
Pennsylvania would need to increase its spending on preschool by $250 million per year to assure all eligible children have access to a high quality program, according to the annual report by the National Institute of Early Education Research.
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"There's an increasing number of kids going without health insurance or have lost health insurance over the past year," said Becky Ludwick, Vice President of Public Policy at Pennsylvania Partnerships for Children via @PNS_News @PrettyBlue73
There’s a lot to do to get kids ready for school. Check health insurance off your list today! #Medicaid & #CHIP enrollment is open year-round. Learn more at https://www.compass.dhs.pa.gov/home/#/ #B2Skidscovered
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There’s a lot to do to get kids ready for school. Cross health insurance off your back-to-school checklist today! #Medicaid & #CHIP are open for enrollment 365 days of the year. No family makes too much money to qualify for CHIP. https://www.compass.dhs.pa.gov/home/#/ #B2Skidscovered