First Lady Highlights School Breakfast Initiative at Food Security Convening
"Ask any teacher and they will tell you that food is the basic school supply," said First Lady Frances Wolf as she addressed the first Local Food Alliances Convening held at the State Farm Show Complex, bringing together anti-hunger advocates, including ELCA hunger leaders, from around the state. Although one
PA House Passes Budget Bill
The Pa. House has passed a budget that keeps Gov. Tom Wolf's planned expenditures to fight hunger, as well as a modest increase in basic education funding, but cuts spending on environmental protection, economic development and human services. The $31.5 billion plan, which is a decrease from current spending levels,
Budget Proposal Includes $2M for School Breakfast Expansion
Gov. Tom Wolf moved to boost the state’s underutilized school breakfast program by investing $2 million as part of his 2017-18 budget proposal so that schools can reach more students and ensure they have access to the healthy meals they need to start their day right. "Lutheran Advocacy Ministry in
Budget Sees Increases for Hunger, Education
Two of LAMPa’s priorities – hunger and education – receive increases in the state budget package that became final this week with the signing of a revenue bill that, at least on paper, seems to balance the spending bill that took effect July 1. The spending plan includes a 4.1 percent
Governor’s Budget a “Bold Proposal”
Governor Wolf’s proposed $29.88 billion General Fund budget is being called a “bold proposal” that fleshes out his campaign promises (although the actual amount is already up for debate). It is framed around the priorities outlined in his inaugural address: jobs that pay, schools that teach, and government that works.
State Food Purchase Program Sees Funding Increase
For the first time since the 2006-2007 State Budget, the State Food Purchase Program (SFPP) has received a funding increase. SFPP was allocated an increase of $100,000.00, or 0.6% over the current fiscal year. This represents a departure from the trend of recent years, in which funding decreased or was
2012 LAMPa Advocacy Summary
LAMPa advocacy takes place through direct contacts in Harrisburg and involving the LAMPa network in email and call-in advocacy, offering testimony, writing letters to the editors and district visits. The impact of LAMPa advocacy in 2012 included: • Maintaining funding of the State Food Purchase Program, which provides vital grants
Pennsylvania’s Own Hunger Games (or why the Human Services Development Fund matters)
If you haven’t read the hottest series since Harry Potter, here’s the gist of it. The Hunger Games is set in a futuristic United States where every year the capitol city requires its 12 enslaved and impoverished districts to select two teenagers to compete in a televised survival contest as
