Plus, a month after a Pittsburgh shelter fire.
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Happy Independence Day! 🎇 While the PublicSource staff is off for the day, we still have news for you and will be back in action tomorrow with even more.
Are you or someone you know eligible for SNAP benefits? Can or should you access food resources — and if so, how?
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Also, it has been a month since the fire at Second Avenue Commons. We compiled perspectives from unhoused people who have been displaced and local advocates to give you insight into life since the fire and the challenges ahead ([link removed]) .
Finally, join reporter Quinn Glabicki and Editor-in-Chief Halle Stockton at a virtual event on July 9 at noon as the two discuss our investigative series, EQT's Gas Play ([link removed]) . Register for the event here ([link removed]) .
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From assistance to food banks to “rescued” meals, Pittsburgh-area agencies work to put food on the table for every household.
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** A month after the shelter fire, unhoused people ‘strive for another day’ as advocates look ahead ([link removed])
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* Shortages of ADHD medications have forced Pennsylvania-based patients to ration and to spend hours calling pharmacies to get prescriptions filled, Spotlight PA reports ([link removed]) .
* For Todd Feiler, like many queer people growing up in the 90s, gym class taught him to loathe sports. As an adult, though, an LGBTQ volleyball league revealed the hidden athlete in him. Read his first-person essay on the experience ([link removed]) .
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