Pennsylvania’s 2024-2025 Budget Fails to Deliver for ALICE Families Living Paycheck to Paycheck
Pennsylvania’s new state budget fails ALICE on multiple fronts – it does not provide targeted, meaningful tax relief that these workers need. This budget also fails to deliver any public investment that addresses the shortage of available child care in Pennsylvania. These households, who generally earn too much to qualify for most public programs, and encounter steep benefit cliffs as their income increases when they do qualify, have few places to turn for assistance, but PA 211 is that place. Unfortunately, the state budget fails to provide any funding increases to support 211’s capacity to have a sufficient number of resource navigators available to support legislators’ constituents who may have opportunities to access services that are funded by more flexible resources like charitable organizations and faith-based organizations.