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August 13, 2012
HEMAP Applications Now Being Accepted Governor Tom Corbett has announced that Pennsylvania has received the $66.5 million cash portion of the previously announced $25 billion state-federal settlement with the nation’s five largest mortgage loan servicers. Pennsylvania’s share of this money will be
August 6, 2012
The Legal Service Corporation Technology Initiative Grant (TIG) Program is pleased to announce that two more recipients have completed their online intake grants and are now offering robust, accessible online intake options to low-income individuals in their respective states. Utah Legal Services
July 31, 2012
Pennsylvania Chief Justice Ron Castille has added his 'patch' to the JUST Stories Video Quilt that is featured on the Celebrate Pro Bono website . Every day, lives are changed when our poorest and most vulnerable citizens gain access to the legal system. The JUST Stories video quilt offers stories
July 27, 2012
The Philadelphia Bar Association will offer free legal advice to Philadelphia-area residents on Wednesday, August 15, 2012 between 5 and 8 p.m. Members of the public can access the service by calling the Association’s LegalLine P.M. hotline at (215) 238-6333. Area residents seeking confidential
July 26, 2012
The U.S. Department of Justice Access to Justice Initiative, in partnership with the Corporation for National and Community Service, has released a Guide to the AmeriCorps VISTA Program for Legal Services Organizations . For over 47 years the federal Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA) program
July 23, 2012
Consumer attorney Cary L. Flitter, center, of the Narberth, PA law firm Flitter Lorenz, P.C. presents a check for $185,321, to MidPenn Legal Services Executive Director Rhodia D. Thomas, on left. The funds are part of a settlement valued at over $10 million from a successful challenge to an auto
July 20, 2012
Philadelphia Legal Assistance has developed seven new online document assembly forms for pro se litigants in Pennsylvania family courts. These forms were developed With funding from a Legal Services Corporation Technology Initiative Grant and are available now on PALawHELP.org . Self-represented
July 13, 2012
The Social Security Administration will add symptomatic Huntington's Disease to its Compassionate Allowances program for adults by the end of the year. The expedited disability process will identify people with significant symptoms of this devastating neurological disease. Adult Huntington's Disease

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