Limited tech forces thousands of state workers to still report for work, despite their offices being closed

Spotlight PA: As the ranks of unemployed Pennsylvanians swell, the state’s 90-plus county assistance offices are still staffed by workers processing benefits for services like cash and food assistance, health care coverage, and family planning.

Though the offices are closed to the public, these workers, classified as “essential,” must show up because the state lacks the necessary technology and other measures to allow them to work from home.

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