The Northampton County Bar Association approved a contribution of $50,000 to North Penn Legal Services (NPLS) at a recent membership meeting to support the employment a full time staff attorney at NPLS. The new attorney position will focus on a wide variety of legal issues affecting low-income

The Pennsylvania Health Law Project is conducting free trainings to educate low-income consumers, providers, and advocates about upcoming changes to Medicare Part D in 2013. Attend one of the training to learn more about: 2013 Part D Plan Costs and Options; Changes to the definition of Part D

Three low-income Pennsylvanians with disabilities, Billie Washington, Opal Gibson, and Tina Smith, filed a lawsuit in Commonwealth Court today seeking to challenge Act 80, signed into law by Governor Tom Corbett on June 30, 2012. Act 80 eliminated the General Assistance cash grants of about $200 per

In passing the Patient Protections and Affordable Care Act (ACA) in 2010, Congress took arguably its most aggressive action toward rebalancing Medicaid long term services and supports (LTSS) spending in nearly three decades. However, since then, many states under budget pressure have put many

To improve access to civil legal assistance for low-income Americans, the Legal Services Corporation (LSC) has announced new technology grants to increase access to Web-based resources, enhance pro bono, expand websites for veterans and disaster recovery, and, in a new category this year, improve

Court Administrator of Pennsylvania Zygmont A. Pines is urging residents across the Commonwealth to be wary of prank phone calls and text messages about jury duty. District court administrators say there have been several instances statewide of citizens who received a phone call or text message from

Attorney General Eric Holder and Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Justice Programs (OJP) Mary Lou Leary have announced that four new cities will join a White House initiative to prevent youth violence. Philadelphia, New Orleans, Minneapolis and Camden, N.J., will join the six

Lynn A. Jennings has joined the staff of the Legal Services Corporation (LSC) as vice president for grants management. Jennings will oversee LSC’s day-to-day programmatic operations, competitive grant process, and assessment and oversight of grantees. Prior to joining LSC, Jennings was the principal