Governor Tom Wolf has announced that Pennsylvania families enrolled in Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Buy-in Plan will be able to enroll in new plans during an extended enrollment period. The Wolf Administration also announced that affected families will not face a tax penalty for 2014

The January 2015 edition of Health Law PA News has been published by the Pennsylvania Health Law Project (PHLP). Health Law PA News is a free monthly newsletter produced by PHLP. For prior editions or more information about the Pennsylvania Health Law Project, please visit their website at www.phlp

The Legal Services Corporation (LSC) has announced the launch of the G. Duane Vieth Leadership Development Program , LSC’s first national grant initiative to support training in leadership skills in the field of civil legal aid. The program is generously funded by The Arnold & Porter LLP Foundation

The Legal Services Corporation (LSC) submitted its budget reequest to Congress on February 2, 2015, asking for for $486.9 million for Fiscal Year 2016, approximately the same level of funding requested for the past two years.

The Legal Services Corporation (LSC) has issued a Request for Letters of Intent to Apply for 2015 Grant Funding describing the conditions for submitting Letters of Intent to Apply for 2015 funding under the Pro Bono Innovation Fund . The Pro Bono Innovation Fund is LSC’s newest competitive grant

U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Julián Castro has awarded $1.8 billion in grants to help nearly 8,400 local homeless housing and service programs across the U.S., Puerto Rico, Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The Continuum of Care grants announced support the Administration’s

The Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law will be holding a free webinar for housing advocates entitled Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Post-PTFA on Wednesday, February 4, 2015 from 4:00 pm-5:00 pm Eastern.

Two women’s health organizations and a private citizen have filed a federal class action claiming that the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services (DHS) is unlawfully delaying the enrollment of tens of thousands of Pennsylvania women into comprehensive Medicaid coverage for which they qualified