The Pennsylvania Department of Aging today announced that older adults who will soon be turning 65 and are not yet enrolled in Medicare can attend a free virtual event to learn about their healthcare coverage options when enrolling for Medicare. The "Welcome to Medicare" event on June 23, open from

The Legal Services Corporation’s (LSC) Veterans Task Force will release its report on May 25 from 1:00 PM-2:30 PM Eastern at a virtual forum featuring leaders from the veterans and legal communities. Civil legal assistance for veterans is of vital importance. LSC’s 2017 Justice Gap Report found that

President Biden has issued a Memorandum reinvigorating the White House Legal Aid Interagency Roundtable, established as a White House initiative by President Obama, and directing the Department of Justice to consider expanding DOJ’s planning, development, and coordination of access-to-justice policy

The Pennsylvania Bar Association, in collaboration with ABA Free Legal Answers, is launching Pennsylvania (PBA) Free Legal Answers and is just now seeking volunteer lawyers to participate in the program. Client questions will be solicited once enough lawyers have signed on to the site. The program

Today, Department of Human Services (DHS) Acting Secretary Meg Snead marked National Foster Care Month by encouraging older youth previously served through the foster care system to contact their county child welfare agency for help accessing aftercare services, including an option for some youth to

The Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry (L&I) will hold four virtual workshops this week to help individuals, employers and third-party administrators prepare for next month's transition from an outdated, 40-year-old legacy system to a new modern computer system. The transition to the new UC

The Internal Revenue Service and the U.S. Department of the Treasury announced today that the first monthly payment of the expanded and newly-advanceable Child Tax Credit (CTC) from the American Rescue Plan will be made on July 15. Roughly 39 million households — covering 88% of children in the

The Internal Revenue Service has extended the deadline for civic-minded volunteers to apply for membership on the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel (TAP) for 2022. Taxpayers may submit a TAP application online at www.improveirs.org through June 1, 2021. The TAP is a federal advisory committee that listens to