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Pennsylvania DHS warning of SNAP scam as benefits run out

Pennsylvania’s Department of Human Services is warning Pennsylvanians who receive SNAP benefits about an ongoing phone scam ...

Pa. hospital giant donates 1M meals for families about to lose SNAP benefits

Federal food assistance is about to run dry in just over a week amid the protracted government shutdown. WellSpan is stepping ...

A ‘Real Disaster’ Could Unfold From The Shutdown — And Trump Isn’t Doing Anything

Food insecurity experts say this is the first government shutdown in which SNAP benefits have been at such severe risk.
WHYY

Nearly 2 million Pennsylvanians face looming SNAP funding freeze. Here’s how to find alternative food resources — and how to help

If the federal government shutdown continues into November, SNAP payments will dry up for nearly 472,000 residents in Philadelphia alone.

Even before the shutdown imperiled SNAP benefits, the federal budget bill did. But we can take action.

Without a citywide effort to protect access to SNAP, work requirements will leave Philadelphians without food on the table.
Centre Daily Times on MSN

Shutdown to strand Centre County’s 9K SNAP recipients, strain area food banks

The agency noted in a press release that SNAP recipients could stretch unspent funds throughout the freeze, as they expire at ...

Pittsburgh-area woman in limbo as government shutdown impacts benefits and services

Due to the shutdown, Pennsylvania Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program recipients will not receive the benefits slated ...
WJAC-TV on MSN

Local food pantry shares concerns over rising demand tied to cuts to SNAP benefits in PA

Pennsylvania is one several states warning SNAP recipients that if the government shutdown continues, benefits may not be available in November.On Friday, we sp ...

Arizona joins 22 other states in letter to USDA over halted SNAP benefits

Kris Mayes is one of 23 state attorneys general that penned a letter to the U.S. Department of Agriculture over paused food ...
The Indiana Gazette

Local agencies react to possible November end to SNAP payments

Local agencies, such as the Indiana County Community Action Program, react to possible November end to SNAP payments.

Morning Roundup: Man stabbed in Pittsburgh's East Hills; officials warn of scam targeting SNAP users

Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Friday, Oct. 24: Man stabbed in Pittsburgh’s East Hills ...

WellSpan announces plans to provide 1 million meals to Central PA food banks

YORK, Pa. — WellSpan Health on Friday announced plans to donate the equivalent of one million meals to the Central ...