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INQUIRER EDITORIAL: Don't need test for food stamps
Instead of helping people who have fallen on hard times, Pennsylvania made it harder for them to get food stamps, and hundreds of families may be going hungry at times as a result.
Instead of helping people who have fallen on hard times, Pennsylvania made it harder for them to get food stamps, and hundreds of families may be going hungry at times as a result.
The state imposed an assets test to determine food-stamp eligibility a year ago. Since then, nearly 4,000 households have lost or been denied benefits after being deemed too wealthy. Another 111,000 households were rejected for failing to provide proper documentation for the test.
THE MORNING CALL: Corbett's asset test finds little abuse in $2.6 billion food stamp program
"So far the test has not uncovered a lot of fraud. But it has caused a lot of confusion and heartache."
Reinstituted test examines applicants' personal wealth and income to determine eligibility.
By Steve Esack and Daniel Patrick Sheehan, Of The Morning Call
It's the question Kathryn Hoffman hates to ask, especially of the elderly people who come into her office looking for help.
Do you have a burial plot? How much is it worth?
Walk Celebration & Soup Kitchen Cook-Off
The Coalition Against Hunger will present checks to beneficiaries of this year's Walk+Run Against, plus our annual Soup Kitchen Cook-Off.
Representatives from more than 100 food pantries and hunger-relief agencies that benefit from this year's Walk+Run Against Hunger will gather for the annual Walk Celebration and Soup Kitchen Cook-Off. Walk beneficiaries will receive checks for the funds they raised through this year's event.
No Walk Celebration would be complete without our annual Soup Kitchen Cook-Off. Food pantry coordinators will submit their best dishes to be judged by Philly Chef Delilah Winder.
For more info, contact the Coalition: 215-430-0555, info@hungercoalition.org.
PHILADELPHIA TRIBUNE: Thousands take part in Walk+Run Against Hunger
Over a hundred teams registered for the Walk+Run event this year, many of them churches and local organizations who provide food relief and other community services for those in need.
By Nathaniel Lee
WDAS: Patty Jackson supports the Walk+Run Against Hunger
The Coalition's Julie Zaebst talks about how the event supports more than 100 food pantries and hunger-relief agencies.
The Coalition's Julie Zaebst talks about how the event supports more than 100 food pantries and hunger-relief agencies.
Watch the video at www.wdasfm.com.
PHL17: "Eye Opener" visits Pennypack Farm, a beneficiary of the Walk+Run Against Hunger
See how this event helps Pennypack offer fresh, affordable produce to low-income families in Philadelphia.
See how this event helps Pennypack Farm offer fresh, affordable produce to low-income families in Philadelphia.
Watch the video on PHL17.com.
Jewish Communal Action Against Hunger
Please join the Kehillah of Old York Road for special program about hunger issues and we all can advocate.
Please join the Kehillah of Old York Road for a special program:
You will about:
- pressing public policy issues surrounding hunger locally, statewide and nationally
- advocacy and how we as a community can make a profound difference
- how to become an advocate against hunger in our community
Presented by the Coalition Against Hunger, Mazon, Jewish Federation Center for Social Responsibility and supported by the synagogues of the Kehillah of Old York Road
BUCKS COUNTY COURIER-TIMES: Report: Financial recovery doesn't put food on the table
Wall Street is back on track, but that hasn’t helped put food on the table for an estimated 86,926 Bucks and Montgomery county residents still on food stamps, according to latest report from the Coalition Against Hunger.
By James McGinnis Staff writer
Wall Street is back on track, but that hasn’t helped put food on the table for an estimated 86,926 Bucks and Montgomery county residents still on food stamps, according to latest report from the Coalition Against Hunger.
One in 17 Bucks and Montgomery county residents receives nutritional assistance from the government, according to latest State of Hunger: Pennsylvania report released Friday.
The number of locals on food stamps edged up slightly, with 37,965 Bucks residents in the program — an increase of 355 over the prior year.
THE SENTINEL: Food stamp participation spikes in Central Pennsylvania
A new report on statewide participation in SNAP says Cumberland County has the highest percentage-increase in the program.
Naomi Creason
City Editor
A new report on statewide participation in the food stamps program says Cumberland County has the highest percentage-increase in the program, though area officials note the county is still in good shape compared to the rest of the state.
NEWSWORKS: Map of Pennsylvania food insecurity by county
By Shannon McDonald
Philadelphia has a 22 percent "food insecurity" rate.
That number is 13.7 in Delaware County, 9.7 in Chester County, 10.5 in Montgomery County and 10.1 in Bucks County, and represents the amount of people who have trouble accessing food and meeting the healthy diet standards of the USDA. The figures are part of the Coalition Against Hunger's "State of Hunger: Pennsylvania 2013" report, which evaluates food needs and access by county, and looks at the number of people getting food assistance in the state.