Kitchen, Local Officials Outline Impact of Proposed State Budget, SNAP Asset Test
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 17, 2012 — State Sen. Shirley Kitchen today called Gov. Tom Corbett’s 2012-13 state budget proposal and his administration’s plans to reinstate an asset test on Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Plan (SNAP) recipients an assault on working class families and the state’s most vulnerable citizens.
Kitchen, along with local elected officials, social services organizations and community leaders, gathered today at the Philadelphia Recovery Community Center to point out the drastic impacts that the Corbett administration’s plans would have on the public.
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Kitchen: Administration Continues to Target Vulnerable Citizens
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 9, 2012 — State Sen. Shirley Kitchen issued the following statement today on the Corbett Administration’s ongoing efforts to target Pennsylvania’s most vulnerable citizens:
“The Corbett Administration has once again announced a state budget plan that proposes misguided cuts to important programs and services. He’s slashing education again, punishing our state colleges and universities, throwing out the HEMAP mortgage assistance plan, and making the Department of Welfare a target for more cuts. » Read More
Kitchen: Administration’s Latest Asset Test Proposal Unsatisfactory
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 2, 2012 — The Corbett Administration’s announcement that it will raise the asset test on food stamp recipients for most Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients is still unsatisfactory, state Sen. Shirley Kitchen said today.
The administration is feeling the pressure from the public, and the fact that they raised the asset level shows that they hear our collective outcry,” said Kitchen, who is the Democratic chairperson of the Senate Public Health and Welfare Committee. “However, I am still unsatisfied with the administration’s plan to place any asset test on our most vulnerable citizens, and I will continue to oppose their efforts until DPW abandons this hurtful and counterproductive plan.” » Read More
Elected Officials, Organizations Decry Proposal for Asset Test on SNAP Recipients
State Sen. Shirley Kitchen, along with elected officials including U.S. Rep. Robert Brady, joined various organizations in Philadelphia today to discuss the devastating impact of the Corbett administration’s plan to implement an asset test on Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients.
The officials made their comments at Self-Help and Resource Exchange (SHARE) Food Program at 2901 W. Hunting Park Ave., an organization that allows individuals to exchange volunteer time for the opportunity to buy affordable food. » Read More » Listen
Sen. Kitchen Denounces the Governor's Plan to Implement an Asset Test on Food Stamp Recipients
State Sen. Shirley Kitchen and fellow Senate Democratic Caucus members today strongly denounced the Corbett administration’s plan to establish asset tests to determine eligibility for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients.
The Democrats made their comments at a morning news conference at the state Capitol.
Under the administration’s plan, any SNAP recipient under the age of 60 who has more than $2,000 in savings and assets, including cash, stocks, bonds and money in checking and savings accounts, would no longer qualify. Individuals who are over 60 or disabled who have $3,250 in savings and assets would no longer qualify. » Read More » Listen
Pa. bid to give those convicted of misdemeanors a second chance
December 27, 2011| By Kia Gregory, Inquirer Staff Writer
One in an occasional series.
The van rolled from in front of the halfway house that cloudy morning, carrying those charting a sounder path. Across the city, another left from a school of young dropouts working toward their GEDs or high school diplomas.
Other vehicles were loaded with activists, lawyers, social workers, and ex-offenders as they sat outside State Sen. Shirley Kitchen's office in North Philadelphia. The constituencies then headed on a two-hour drive to Harrisburg to lobby for a bill offering second chances.
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