October 17, 2022 | 10:24 AM
Pennsylvania’s pandemic water aid program will end Oct. 28
A $43 million federally-funded water assistance program for Pennsylvanians will end later this month.
tag | general assistance program
August 1, 2019 | 5:43 AM
Cash assistance program for the poor in Pa. ends today
“Our main concern is for our clients. Our clients will not be having any subsistence income.”
July 23, 2019 | 5:18 AM
Advocacy groups attempt to halt imminent General Assistance repeal
The move has been expected ever since the GOP-controlled legislature shoehorned the contentious repeal into a budget bill
July 4, 2019 | 9:30 AM
Democrats launching plan to save General Assistance, again
General Assistance was already repealed once, in 2012. Democratic Governor Tom Wolf reinstated it last year after the state Supreme Court ruled the original repeal unconstitutional on a technicality.
July 2, 2019 | 8:30 PM
Republicans: If Fetterman breaks rules again, we can remove him from presiding over the Senate
After a blowout on the Senate floor, GOP members say the lieutenant governor has 'scarred' the chamber
June 27, 2019 | 5:54 AM
Pa. Senate session devolves into shouting as GOP repeals cash assistance
"Mr. President you are becoming a partisan hack. Do your job Mr. President."
June 20, 2019 | 5:56 PM
A ‘pretty smart tactic’ by GOP puts Wolf in tough position for General Assistance fight
June 20, 2019 | 5:31 PM
Cash for the poor? Yes. Arming teachers? No. And 4 other highlights from #AskGovWolf
Pennsylvania Republicans are trying to get rid of a program that offers small amounts of cash to certain poor people. Democratic Governor Tom Wolf wants to keep the program, known as General Assistance, but he says the latest move by Republicans puts him in a tough position.
June 19, 2019 | 4:55 PM
GOP hopes to force Wolf to gut General Assistance by tangling it with medical funding
The program gives relatively small sums of cash to poor people who don't qualify for other assistance.
