LIHEAP also provides support in crisis situations and weatherization services, ensuring no one has to choose between staying warm and meeting other essential needs.

🔗 Apply online, by phone, or through your local county assistance office. Learn more and start your application here: buff.ly/4ZOgpaM

Grants of up to $1,000 are available to income‑qualified households.

Eligible families are encouraged to apply early. Assistance is available while funds last and is distributed on a first‑come, first‑served basis.

The money we spend when we Shop Small is sticky: more of our 💵 stays right here in our community and contributes to a sustainable local economy.

So when you start your holiday shopping this year, please put the many wonderful small businesses right here in the 155th at the very top of your list! 🎁

Small businesses give our neighborhoods unique personality, help to build our community identity, and provide a living for small business owners, their employees, and their families. This support helps all of us to thrive.

We are grateful to everyone who contributed, and our heartfelt thanks go to the Chester County Food Bank for the vital work they do each day to fight food insecurity and strengthen our community! 💚

We need a solution that ensures new data centers connecting to the grid pay their fair share. Tell PJM we need to require data centers to bring their own new power supply and not allow them to cut to the front of the line of clean energy projects waiting to connect to the grid.

PJM, the power grid operator for the Mid-Atlantic and parts of the Midwest, will soon make a consequential decision about how data centers draw power from the electricity grid. Alarmingly, PJM’s current proposal could force residents to pay around $70 more each month for their electricity.

Without the right rules in place, this new demand will raise power bills, increase the risk of blackouts, and create more air pollution.

📊 Modeled after the federal Earned Income Tax Credit, this program ensures that more money goes directly into the pockets of those who need it most.

By investing in working families, this budget helps ease financial pressures, supports household stability, and strengthens communities across PA.

Together, these investments reduce food insecurity, cut down on waste, support our farmers, and ensure that more Pennsylvanians have access to healthy, nutritious meals.

🥕 The State Food Purchase Program receives a 15 % increase, strengthening food banks and community partners across the Commonwealth. This includes support for the core program as well as the Pennsylvania Agricultural Surplus System (PASS), which connects surplus farm products with families in need.

🍎 Farmers Market Coupons increase by $7 million, a 271 % boost that expands access to fresh, local produce for seniors and families while supporting Pennsylvania farmers.

These investments reflect a commitment to care, dignity, and support for Pennsylvanians at every stage of life.

👶 The budget invests $25 million for Child Care Worker Retention and Recruitment, providing raises to recruit and retain workers in the childcare sector and helping stabilize a workforce that is essential to families across the Commonwealth.

🧩 The Intellectual Disabilities – Community Waiver Program receives a 6.1% increase, maintaining the rate adjustments and waiver spots added in last year’s budget so individuals and families continue to receive the services they require.