Startups are finally taking on food stamps, By Tonya Riley, September 6, 2017, Wired: “Felicia Graybill uses her smartphone for everything: sending email, checking Facebook, and even monitoring her bank account. But for years, when the 28-year-old Brooklyn mom went to check on her food stamps benefits she might as well have been using a landline. Reviewing her balance required dialing into a hotline and entering her entire card number. All she could access was the sum of her funds—there was no way of breaking down how and when she’d spent the money…”
Category: Energy and Technology
Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program – Pennsylvania
Pa. restores LIHEAP funding and extends availability, By Claudia Vargas, August 30, 2017, Philadelphia Inquirer: “Pennsylvania’s Department of Human Services will restore planned cuts to home-heating assistance for the poor this winter, a relief for thousands of people across the state who rely on the service…”
Low-Income Households and Internet Access
Comcast expands its $9.95/monthly internet services for low-income households, By Tamara Chuang, August 14, 2017, Denver Post: “Comcast’s Internet Essentials program, which offers discounted broadband service to low-income households, is speeding up and expanding its reach, the company plans to announce on Tuesday…”