People with Disabilities and older Pennsylvanian’s will face cuts to their State Supplemental Payments (SSP) unless we make the Legislature act now.

• In the state of PA alone, there are 345,000 people who receive SSP, and it is usually those who are elderly and those with disabilities, struggling to live in the community. Of this number, 67,000 are children and many with disabilities. 
• Single Recipient’s receive a maximum $674 federal benefit; couples receive $1011/monthy. Until now, PA provided State Supplemental Payment of $27.40 month/single, $43.70 month/couple. The cuts reduce that by $5.30/single, $10.40/double.

The State has already begun the process of cutting into that supplement, and people have already begun the process of wondering how long they can hold on in the community. The cuts amount to $5.40/single and $10/couple and while that may not seem like much, to these recipients it will mean the difference between one dinner meal, one bus trip to a grocery store or to a child’s school event.

You are requested to contact (call, email, write) your state legislator to urge them to reinstate the SSP. Click HERE for a flyer with additional information.