The Racial Justice & Equal Economic Opportunity Project of the National Consumer Law Center will be holding a free webinar entitled A Changing Lifeline: 21st Century Update for an Important Low-income Phone Assistance Program on Monday August 8, 2016 from 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm Eastern. The low-income

The Legal Services National Technology Assistance Project (LSNTAP) will be holding a free webinar entitield, Intro to Business Process Mapping on Thursday, July 7, 2016 from 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM Eastern. Business process mapping can help define what a legal services organization does, who is

The Legal Services Corporation (LSC) is requesting session proposals for the 17th Annual Technology Initiative Grants (TIG) Conference in San Antonio, TX, January 11-13, 2017. At the 2016 TIG Conference there were over 40 break-out sessions and 300 attendees. Proposals are being accepted for four

The National Consumer Law Center will be holding free webinars on the topic of Elder Abuse on June 29, 2016 and June 30, 2016. Both webinars will take place from 2:00 pm-3:30 pm Eastern. On June 29 the specific topic of discussion will be Capacity and Vulnerability to Elder Abuse , while the topic

The Pennsylvania Department of Human Services has announced a simplified application for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, commonly known as the food stamp program, for older Pennsylvanians and those with disabilities. For qualified households the current application was reduced from 24

The Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law has announced that 41 Fellows have been selected to participate in the 2016 Racial Justice Training Institute (RJTI). RJTI is a national training program that builds the capacity of low-income people’s advocates to deploy up-to-date racial justice

Attorney General Kathleen G. Kane's office has announced that eligible Pennsylvania consumers are expected to receive as much as $16.8 million under a $400 million settlement reached with Apple, Inc. The settlement was reached after the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General, the U.S. Department of

Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network (PLAN) has appointed former Chief Justice Ronald D. Castille to its governing board. The board took this action at its regular meeting of June 9, 2016. Board President, James P. DeAngelo commented, “We are very pleased that Pennsylvania’s retired Chief Justice has