Hunger-Free Pennsylvania
State Budget Process Begins
Gov. Tom Wolf presented his 2018-19 General Fund budget proposal today. The election year spending plan avoids broad-based tax increases...
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Hunger-Free Pennsylvania
May 3, 20172 min read
Budget Scenario: 'Advocates Wanted'
Your role as an anti-hunger advocate just got a little bit tougher --- even as it became all that more important. In case you missed the...
Hunger-Free Pennsylvania
Apr 7, 20172 min read
State Budget Plans Progress
Pennsylvania’s budget process is moving along. On Tuesday, April 4, the House of Representatives passed its version of the 2017-18...
Hunger-Free Pennsylvania
Feb 7, 20172 min read
Governor Unveils Proposed FY 17/18 Budget
Gov. Tom Wolf today unveiled his proposed budget for the 2017-18 fiscal year. The spending plan keeps funding flat for the State Food...
Hunger-Free Pennsylvania
May 10, 20162 min read
Advocacy Update: Hunger Transcends Political Boundaries
Last month, the state’s 2015-16 budget impasse finally came to an end --- more than nine months after it started. But there was little...
Hunger-Free Pennsylvania
Jan 18, 20162 min read
Important State Advocacy Action Alert!
Hunger-Free Pennsylvania is working with other concerned organizations throughout our state to ask Governor Wolf to provide adequate...
Hunger-Free Pennsylvania
Jul 10, 20142 min read
2014-2015 General Fund Budget Passage
2014-2015 General Fund Budget Passage On Thursday, July 10, Gov. Tom Corbett finally signed the 2014-15 General Fund budget and...
Hunger-Free Pennsylvania
May 29, 20144 min read
Hunger-Free Pennsylvania Turns 30
Hunger-Free Pennsylvania Executive Director Sheila Christopher has been volunteering or working for the organization almost as long as it...
Hunger-Free Pennsylvania
Feb 25, 20141 min read
Making the Rounds
Photo courtesy of the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank In November, 1,240 hunger relief organizations, religious congregations,...
Hunger-Free Pennsylvania
Feb 4, 20142 min read
Governor’s Budget Proposal Rejects Funding Increase Request
Today, Governor Corbett's proposed budget was announced and effectively flat-funds SFPP at $17.338 million. If funding simply kept pace...
Hunger-Free Pennsylvania
Jan 28, 20142 min read
Food Stamps: Victory! (By losing?)
The House and Senate Agriculture committees have announced a compromise on the federal farm bill, potentially ending a two-plus-year...
Hunger-Free Pennsylvania
Nov 18, 20132 min read
Your Message was Delivered
Members of Hunger-Free Pennsylvania were in Harrisburg today to hand-deliver a letter signed by 1,240 hunger relief organizations,...
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