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​ Human Services Department, County Officials Urge Families, Landlords in Northwest Pennsylvania to Apply for Rental and Utility Assistance 04/06/2021 Harrisburg, PA - Department of Human Services (DHS) Secretary Teresa Miller today joined northwest Pennsylvania officials to encourage individuals and families who pay rent and are at risk of eviction or loss of utility service to apply for help through the Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP), which launched in March. A total of $847 mil...

​ Human Services Secretary, Managed Care Organizations Discuss Ongoing Partnership to Ease Access, Advance Equity in COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution for Vulnerable Pennsylvanians 04/06/2021 Harrisburg, PA - Department of Human Services (DHS) Secretary Teresa Miller today joined leadership from Pennsylvania’s Community HealthChoices (CHC) managed care organizations (MCOs) to discuss their work to ease access to COVID-19 vaccines, promote equity in vaccine distribution, and address vaccine hesi...

Support for Pennsylvania Communities Now Available Through Neighborhood Assistance Program Subscribe Harrisburg, PA – Today, Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) Secretary Dennis Davin announced that the Neighborhood Assistance Program (NAP) is now accepting applications for community revitalization projects across the commonwealth. NAP promotes community participation and collaborations among nonprofits, businesses, and residents while producing outcomes that assist a dist...

pcrossley@sungazette.com Students in k-12 will no longer have to maintain six feet of social distancing if they are located in communities with low or moderate transmission rates of COVID-19, according to updated recommendations and guidance, announced this week by state’s Department of Health and the Department of Education, set to take effect April 5. The updates bring the state into alignment with current guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention . In the elementary scho...

Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf speaks at the press conference in Harrisburg, Pa., on Oct. 29, 2020. | Flicker/Governor Tom Wolf A Pennsylvania court has ruled against a group of abortion clinics suing the state over a law that limits Medicaid funding for abortion. A seven-judge panel of the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled last week in the case of At issue in the lawsuit was Pennsylvania’s Abortion Control Act, which prohibits the use of state and federal funds for abortions, with e...

Gene J. Puskar / AP A legal settlement between the U.S. Department of Agriculture and two Pennsylvania women who are food stamp recipients will result in $712 million in additional food stamp benefits for more than 650,000 of the lowest-income Pennsylvania households. At the center of the lawsuit was extra assistance for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients included as part of The Families First Coronavirus Response Act, a bill passed by Congress in March 2020. Howev...

State Sen. Lisa Boscola talks redistricting, election reform | FOX43 Capitol Beat The Lehigh County Democrat is one of the senates only remaining moderates, and has been pushing for an independent commission to redraw legislative lines for years. Author: Matt Maisel (FOX43) Updated: 9:56 AM EDT March 17, 2021 HARRISBURG, Pa. — For the last seven years, State Senator Lisa Boscola has tried to reform the way legislative and congressional lines are drawn in Pennsy...

Updated: 7:08 PM EDT Mar 15, 2021 An investigation into the Wolf administrations handling of Pennsylvania nursing homes during the COVID-19 pandemic is moving forward.House Majority Leader Kerry Benninghoff (R-Centre/Mifflin) announced Monday that he has formally referred the investigation to the House Government Oversight Committee.The probe was first announced March 1."While we are hopeful that an end to this pandemic may be in sight, we cannot stop asking questions about the govern...

In March 2020, Gov. Tom Wolf faced a crucial decision in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued guidance for long-term care facilities to all 50 States. “Guidance” is the important word here as this was not a “directive” to each governor. The March 13 CDC guidance stated that nursing homes “should” admit any individuals that they would normally admit (with or without COVID). But it did not say that they “...

Harrisburg, PA - Acting Secretary of Health Alison Beam, Human Services Secretary Teresa Miller and Aging Secretary Robert Torres today highlighted the updated nursing home visitation guidance issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and are strongly encouraging all long-term care facilities in Pennsylvania to implement the new guidance immediately. For Leon, that means seeing Marilyn without a routine COVID-19 check. Their kids can now visit as well.  "Thats ...