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Pennsylvania Children's Health Insurance Program
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CHIP is a partnership between Pennsylvania and the Federal Government that provides health coverage to uninsured children whose families earn too much to qualify for Medicaid but too little to afford private coverage.
General guidelines for adm...
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Pennsylvania Food Stamp Program
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Food Stamp benefits are used to buy food and help low income households obtain more nutritious diets by increasing the food purchasing power for all eligible participants. The recipient receives a plastic card, the Pennsylvania EBT ACCESS Card that o...
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Pennsylvania Head Start
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The Head Start program (for children ages 3-5) and Early Head Start program (for pregnant women, infants, and toddlers) promote school readiness for children in low-income families by providing comprehensive educational, health, nutritional, and soci...
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Pennsylvania Low Income Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP)
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The Pennsylvania Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) helps low income people pay their heating bills through energy assistance grants. People need not have an unpaid bill to receive energy assistance. People can receive this money with...
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Pennsylvania Medicaid Program
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Medicaid provides payment for health care services on behalf of
eligible low-income persons and individuals with limited income and high
medical expenses. Payments are made directly to the health care p...
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Pennsylvania School Breakfast and Lunch Program
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The School Breakfast Program provides funding that makes it possible for schools to offer a nutritious breakfast to students each day. Similarly, the goal of the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) is to protect the health and well-being of the nati...
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Pennsylvania Special Milk Program
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The Special Milk Program (SMP) provides Federal reimbursement for milk served to children in schools and childcare institutions that do not participate in Federal meal programs. Any school or non-profit childcare institution, including summer camps a...
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Pennsylvania Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)
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The WIC Program provides supplemental foods, nutrition education, and referrals to health care, at no cost, to low-income pregnant, breastfeeding and postpartum women, infants, and children up to age 5 who are determined to be at nutritional risk. Th...
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Pennsylvania Summer Food Service
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In 1968, the United States Congress established the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) for Children. The purpose of the program is to provide meals for children from low-income families during the summer months when many school cafeterias are closed....
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Pennsylvania Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)
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Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) provides money for
dependent children and their parents or other relatives with whom they live,
and for pregnant women. The Federal government and Pennsylv...
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Pennsylvania Unemployment Insurance
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Unemployment insurance benefits provide temporary financial
assistance to workers unemployed through no fault of their own that meet
Pennsylvania's eligibility requirements....
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Pennsylvania Weatherization Assistance Program
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The Pennsylvania's Weatherization Assistance Program is designed to help low-income residents save fuel and money, while increasing the comfort of their homes. Its mission is to insulate the dwellings of low-income persons, particularly the elderly, ...
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