More needy families to get food in Pa.
HARRISBURG - The Penn
sylvania Department of
Agriculture has announced
changes in the eligibility
guidelines for the Title II (Needy
Family) Food Program which will
make an additional 240,000 state
households eligible to receive the
federal surplus foods beginning
Julyl.
State Agriculture Secretary
Penrose HaUoweU said that USDA
has approved the revisions in the
guidelines which increase the
household size and income
schedules for food distribution in
the program.
Through the state’s initiative in
seeking additional quantities of
cheese and butter from the federal
program, Pennsylvania will now
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be receiving an additional two
million pounds of cheese and
butter valued at more than $3
million each quarter. HaUowell
said USDA has agreed to increase
Pennsylvania’s aUocation by 1.6
million pounds of cheese and
432,000 pounds of butter each
quarter.
“The revised guidelines expand
the number of eUgible Penn
sylvania famUies by increasing the
income requirement from 130 to
150 percent of the federal poverty
income guidelines,” HaUowell
said. “Effective with July
distributions, a family of four wiU
be eUgible to receive cheese,
butter and other commodities if
the total household income is less
than 315,300. Under previous
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family of four was $12,780.”
“This change wiU make. ap
proximately 240,000 more Penn
sylvania families eligible to
participate in the program,” he
said. “FuUy one-third of these
households are senior citizens age
65 and older.”
HaUoweU said other changes in
the guidelines wiU increase the
amount of foods avaUable to a
household. “We are recom
mending that famUies of one or two
people receive one five-pound
block of cheese, three to five
person famUies receive two five
pound blocks of cheese, and
households of six persons or more
will receive three five-pound
blocks,” he said.
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“The cooperation and assistance
of the Boards of County Com
missioners throughout the state is
unprecedented, and has enabled us
to make these positive changes and
adjustments in the program,”
HaUoweU said. “Their continued
support, and that of the coor
dinating agencies, hundreds of
recipient agencies and thousands
of volunteers will insure that as
many needy individuals as
possible can receive these com
modities in the future.”
Pennsylvania ranks fourth in the
nation in total pounds of surplus
federal foods distributed under the
program, with approximately 70
miUion pounds valued at more
than $100,000,000. The state ranks
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second in the nation in total pounds
of food distributed per capita.
Hallowell said that with the new
guidelines, Pennsylvania would
continue quarterly distribution of
cheese and butter, and monthly
distribution of low volume com
modities such as powdered milk,
honey, commeal and flour.
“Quarterly distributions of
butter and cheese reduces the
direct costs involved, encourages
pre-registration of eligible
recipients, aids in advance
planning at the local level, and
increases the efficiency of the
program,” Hallowell said. “We
will continue to adjust this
program, and to build on the
tremendous record already set by
the agencies involved in serving
the state’s needy families.”