State's WIC Director Resigns, Citing 'Barriers'

State's WIC director resigns, citing 'barriers'

HARRISBURG — The director of a food assistance program for mothers and young children resigned from the Shapiro administration last week, alleging she experienced “significant and ongoing workplace challenges.”

Pennsylvania WIC Director Resigns, Says She Faced Discrimination and Other ‘Barriers’

Spotlight PA is an independent, nonpartisan, and nonprofit newsroom producing investigative and public-service journalism that holds power to account and drives positive change in Pennsylvania. Sign up for our free newsletters. HARRISBURG — The director of a food assistance program for mothers and young children resigned from the Shapiro administration last week, alleging she experienced “significant and ongoing workplace challenges.” Those incl…

WIC director resigns amid discrimination claims

HARRISBURG — The director of a food assistance program for mothers and young children resigned from the Shapiro administration last week, alleging she experienced “significant and ongoing workplace challenges.”

PA WIC program director resigns, alleging workplace ‘barriers

HARRISBURG — The director of a food assistance program for mothers and young children resigned from the Shapiro administration last week, alleging she experienced “significant and ongoing workplace challenges.” Those included excessive oversight and micromanagement, “circumstances that [she] experienced as discriminatory,” limited leadership support, and suggestions that, as a Black woman, she “needed to take ‘baby steps’ and could not do certai…