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Calls Mount for Quakertown Police Chief’s Resignation After Student Protest Arrests

Pressure is growing on Quakertown Police Chief Scott McElree following the arrest of five juveniles during a student protest Friday, as residents packed a...

Bucks County Inmate Captured in Carlisle After Escaping UPenn Hospital Custody

Shawn Dempsey, 57, an inmate from Bucks County, was taken into custody Thursday night in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, after escaping supervision during a medical visit...

Wolf Administration receives approval to launch food access program for students during COVID-19

The Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer program will be temporary and is designed to bridge the gap left by schools closing and help families who may have strained resources due to the COVID-19 pandemic

Bucks County COVID-19 Recovery Fund provides $25,000 for hunger relief

Bucks County Opportunity Council was awarded the funds to help aid local food pantries that are struggling to keep up with the increased demand for food assistance

Self-employed and others can file for backdated Pandemic Unemployment Assistance benefits

Approved claimants should get lump sum payments within one week of filing; weekly certifications must be filed every week to continue receiving payments

Wolf signs executive order to provide civil immunity for health care providers

The order affords health care practitioners protection against liability for good faith actions taken in response to the call to supplement the health care provider workforce during the COVID-19 pandemic

Wolf outlines plans to create Commonwealth Civilian Coronavirus Corps to support fall COVID-19 recovery efforts

The public service initiative is aimed at supporting efforts this fall to increase testing and contact tracing, and provide critical new job opportunities in the public health sector

Dept. of Aging receives $3 million

The funds will support Aging and Disability Resource Centers during the pandemic

Telephone service helps Bucks seniors stay connected

Residents 60+ can connect with someone new, get to know one another, and share their experiences through the course of the pandemic

No one should go hungry: Pennsylvanians encouraged to apply for food assistance programs

State government said Pennsylvanians shouldn’t feel shame in accepting benefits that were designed for unprecedented times like the coronavirus pandemic

Free N95 decontamination system for healthcare facilities

The Battelle Critical Care Decontamination System was recently approved by the US Food and Drug Administration

Grant opportunity to expand SNAP usage at farmers markets

Free wireless point-of-sale equipment is available for farmers markets and direct-marketing farmers who would like to accept SNAP benefits but do not have the technology to do so
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