Senator Kitchen Holds 8th Annual Senior Expo

On Friday, May 3, 2013, State Senator Shirley M. Kitchen held her 8th Annual Senior Healthy Living Expo at the Pennsylvania Convention Center, Broad and Arch Streets. The event was free and open to the public. Featuring exhibitors, medical screenings, seminars, beauty and barbering services, entertainment and so much more!

State Senator Kitchen Visits Institute for “Take Your Legislator to Work Day”

The Institute on Disabilities at Temple University welcomed Pennsylvania State Senator Shirley Kitchen as part of the "Take Your Legislator to Work Day" on January 24, 2013.

Senator Kitchen was here to meet Michael McLendon, a permanent part-time staff member at the Institute and an individual with a disability.

State Should Be an Ally, Not a Foe, of Special Needs Children

Op-ed by Senator Shirley Kitchen

Many families of special needs children who were callously and wrongly thrown off the Medicaid rolls in the past year are today breathing a sigh of relief.

Thanks to a settlement between Community Legal Services and the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare, more than 100,000 Pennsylvanians — most of whom are children — can now reapply for their benefits.