advocacy updates

Pennsylvania 09-10 Budget

Date Posted: 04/14/2009

Join the effort to fight hunger through the PA State Budget! We need your help right now - please read more....

Hunger and Food Insecurity in Pennsylvania

Date Posted: 05/26/2009

Key Conclusions of Recent Studies

2009-2010 Appropriations Requests

Date Posted: 06/03/2009

The hurt of hunger and food insecurity is well documented. It harms the capacity of children to learn; it worsens the health of seniors; and it reduces the productivity of the working poor. A recent study by Harvard School of Public Health estimated the annual cost of allowing hunger to persist in Pennsylvania at $3.2 billion. Food insecurity squanders Pennsylvania’s investments in health care, education, and economic development. Consequently, anti-hunger programs can play an important role in advancing other critical Commonwealth priorities. Please support the following appropriations for Pennsylvania’s anti-hunger programs...