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The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service awarded the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services $3.2 million on October 1, 2025 under the State Administrative Matching Grants for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (CFDA 10.561), a formula grant funding 50 percent reimbursement for SNAP Employment and Training costs with performance through September 30, 2026 and work conducted in Pennsylvania.

PA DHS passed funding to 17 sub-recipients, primarily nonprofits and state/local government entities, in sub-awards dated between May 11 and June 29, 2026. Child care and family services organizations—including Community Connections For Children, Inc., Community Services For Children Inc., and Butler County Children's Center—received pass-through funding to support child care assistance, nutrition programs, and family services for low-income families. County governments (Allegheny County and Montgomery County) administered TANF non-basic assistance and SNAP child care and transportation allowances. Public Health Management Corp and Center For Community Action delivered similar services. Northwest Institute of Research, Inc., and Elrc Region 4 administered educational services, child care subsidies, and transportation support for low-income families. Fourteen Pennsylvania community colleges—Community College of Beaver County, Harrisburg Area Community College, Luzerne County Community College, Delaware County Community College, Westmoreland County Community College, Pennsylvania Highlands Community College, Butler County Community College, Northampton County Area Community College, Lehigh Carbon Community College, and Community College of Philadelphia, among others—received sub-awards to provide education, job readiness skills training, work activities, and job placement services through the Keystone Education Yields Success (KEYS) program for TANF and SNAP recipients, along with Child Development & Family Council of Centre County and Lycoming-Clinton Counties Commission for Community Action providing early education and nutrition services.