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March 7, 2012
On Wednesday, March 14, 2012 at 3:00 p.m. (EDT), The Legal Services Corporation will host an online webinar entitled, Language Access and LSC’s TIG Program: Legal Aid and Court Collaborations. The goal of the webinar is to raise awareness about language access issues and to encourage LSC grantees
March 7, 2012
The Internal Revenue Service has announced a major expansion of its “Fresh Start” initiative to help struggling taxpayers by taking steps to provide new penalty relief to the unemployed and making Installment Agreements available to more people. Under the new Fresh Start provisions, part of a
March 5, 2012
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has released a new report on how the health reform law has eliminated lifetime limits on coverage for more than 105 million Americans. Before health reform, many Americans with serious illnesses such as cancer risked hitting the lifetime limit on
March 2, 2012
The Federal Trade Commission and more than 30 other federal agencies, consumer groups and national advocacy organizations, in conjunction with state, county, and local government agencies, are participating in National Consumer Protection Week , March 4-10, 2012. National Consumer Protection Week is
March 2, 2012
The Internal Revenue Service today warned senior citizens and other taxpayers to beware of an emerging scheme tempting them to file tax returns claiming fraudulent refunds. The scheme carries a common theme of promising refunds to people who have little or no income and normally don’t have a tax
February 29, 2012
The Pennsylvania Health Law Project has released the February 2012 edition of the Senior Health News , it's free bi-monthly newsletter. Prior editions of the newsletter and more information about the Pennsylvania Health Law Project is available on their website at www.phlp.org .
February 29, 2012
Equal Justice Works is seeking highly organized legal aid organizations and organizations with strong legal services programs that have established ties to community organizations serving low-income veterans to apply to host between one (1) and four (4) AmeriCorps Legal Fellows in the 2012-2013
February 29, 2012
Under new regulations issued by the Department of Public Welfare, an entire family's cash assistance will be cut off if a bus breakdown or a snowstorm makes Mom late to a welfare-to-work program, even once. If a mother does not comply with welfare-to-work rules because of transportation-related

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