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​Upcoming Events 

2nd Annual PA MASLOW Statewide Convening
Tuesday, October 29, 2024; 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Best Western Premier, Harrisburg, PA

The 2nd Annual PA MASLOW Statewide Convening will provide networking and professional development opportunities amongst Pennsylvania Higher Education and K-12 practitioners, Community-Based Organizations, and other vested partners around Collegiate Basic Needs – Getting students to and through.

Call for sessions coming soon.

Lunch and Learn Sessions 
Tuesday, June 18, noon – 1 p.m.
Student Support Coordinators: The Key to Helping Students Achieve their Academic and Career Goals
Chrissie Klinger, Penn State University

Tuesday, July 16, noon – 1 p.m.
How Are You Really? Navigating and Coping with Community Trauma
Amy Sosanko and Devin Patterson, Community College of Allegheny County

Final 2024 Virtual Quarterly Meeting
Tuesday, August 20, 9-11 a.m. 

Registration links coming soon.

News

It's come to PDE's attention that PA Department of Agriculture has policies that would apply to some food pantries on campus, in certain instances. Please see the following circumstances. If you are practicing the second or third scenarios, you should make sure your food pantry complies with the policies.

  • If the food pantry is simply bundling prepacked, unopened, goods, it would be exempt from licensing requirements.
  • If the food pantry is opening and portioning ready-to-eat / ready-to-heat & eat, and/or processing foods for portioning (aka, making meal kits) distributed direct to consumer, it would need a Retail license.
  • If the food pantry is processing foods for distribution to other food pantry locations prior to reaching the end consumer, it would need a Food Establishment license. 

If your institution is a PA Hunger-Free Campus and you receive the HFC grant, you may use these finds for any costs associated with obtaining the appropriate license, if necessary. If you have questions, please reach out to Darrin Youker, Policy Director at the Department of Agriculture, dyouker@pa.gov. 

Register for The PA Collegiate Basic Needs Dialogue Roundtable