Access to timely medical care and healthy food is a matter of life and death for people with chronic health conditions. Medicaid and SNAP work together to keep Pennsylvania’s older adults and people with disabilities safe in their homes, rather than being institutionalized. However, proposed Medicaid and SNAP cuts would cause people with disabilities and…
SNAP helps more than 2 million Pennsylvanians keep food on the table. Pennsylvania is stronger when families facing food insecurity can access nutritious meals through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). But massive SNAP cuts threaten to undermine our most effective and important tool to fight hunger. Children who receive SNAP have better health and…
Medicaid keeps workers healthy and employed. Work requirements make entire families sicker when people lose coverage. Medicaid is an efficient, effective program for keeping 3 million Pennsylvanians healthy. Studies show that Medicaid provides access to comparable care at a significantly lower cost than private health insurance. The PA Department of Human Services found that Medicaid…
Great news! Three big changes are coming to the SSI program on September 30, 2024. These changes will help thousands of people get more SSI benefits. Previously, the Social Security Administration (SSA) reduced SSI benefits for people who received help from friends, family, or others in certain situations. This is called In-Kind Support and Maintenance…
El verano está a la vuelta de la esquina y este año hay un nuevo programa federal permanente de nutrición infantil destinado a mantener a los niños alimentados durante los meses de verano cuando no hay clases: SUN Bucks (también llamado EBT de Verano). Los niños elegibles recibirán una tarjeta EBT que podrán usar para…
IF YOU HAD YOUR SNAP BENEFITS STOLEN THROUGH A SCAM OR CARD SKIMMING, YOU CAN FILE TO HAVE YOUR FOOD STAMPS REPLACED. *Note: The information on this page is specific to Pennsylvania residents Laws that protect credit and debit card users from fraudulent charges do not protect EBT cards. Over the last two years, across…
SUN Bucks (also called Summer EBT) is a new permanent federal child nutrition program aimed at keeping kids fed during the summer months when they are not in school. Eligible children will receive an EBT card that can be used to purchase groceries. The program will be run by the PA Department of Human Services,…
If your grandchild is in your care and lives in your home, your grandchild or grandchildren can receive a cash assistance grant of $205 a month ($316 for two children and $403 for three children) just for the grandchildren. Your income does not get counted. You can work or get social security or have savings.…
The policies of the Social Security Administration (SSA) to collect overpayments currently create serious hardship for people struggling to afford the basic necessities. There is extensive latitude within the Social Security Act for SSA to do a better job at waiving overpayments or making repayment less onerous for people with modest incomes, for the vast…
There have been special COVID rules for Medical Assistance (MA) since March 2020. Under the COVID rules, MA stayed on even if you did not renew it. On 4/1/2023, the special COVID rules will end. When your next renewal is due after April 1, 2023, you must renew MA to keep it! When to renew…
