(Credit for Photo: Photo Provided with Release Courtesy of the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Millvale, PA) Pennsylvania Department of Human Services (DHS) Secretary Val Arkoosh spoke in Millvale yesterday about the state’s “food is medicine” initiative and proposed funding in Gov. Josh Shapiro’s 2026–27 budget. 

The proposal includes $900,000 in state funding for a pilot program called “Investments in Health.”

Under the program, Medicaid recipients with certain diet-sensitive chronic health conditions would receive medically tailored meals intended to improve health outcomes, reduce hospitalizations and lower overall health care costs.