Pennsylvania’s general assistance program used to provide cash assistance to people who temporarily couldn’t support themselves. That included, in part, individuals who were disabled, victims of ...

After a shake-up in the General Assistance program, the Town of Freeport decided to relaunch the program within a new paramedicine role. The community response specialist – a new position that the ...

Payments have ended under a Depression-era program that provided about $200 a month to poor or disabled Pennsylvanians, while a state court rejected an effort to keep the payments continuing during a ...

Pennsylvania became the latest state to end its general assistance program last week, revoking benefits for nearly 70,000 of its citizens after a one-month extension ran out on August 1. The program ...