Help restore the cuts to Pennsylvania's most vulnerable citizens!

March 11, 2010

We feared the worst and it has happened: The state cut the State Supplemental Payments (SSP) for more than 345,000 low-income elderly, disabled and blind adults and children across Pennsylvania by $5.30/month (down 19%) and by $10.40/month for a couple (down 24%).

For many, this reduction literally may mean the difference between life and death: missed meals, medical co-pays that cannot be met, or Paratransit rides that cannot be taken.

The state has acted and now we need you to Voice your opposition to these cuts. Contact your elected officials today to and let them know you are against these cuts, you want them restored, and you vote!

And make your opposition known in person at a rally on March 16th. Join the Mental Health Association in Pennsylvania (MHAPA) and 50 other advocacy organizations to protest against cuts to SSP.  Show your support for our fellow citizens who need us to stand up for them.

Rally to protest cuts to the SSP

When:  March 16th, 2010 at 1pm
Where: Capitol Rotunda in Harrisburg
Who: MHAPA and 50 other advocacy organizations

For more info on SSP cuts and the other groups in our coalition, click here or here.

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