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

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has announced the approval of the three disaster recovery plans totaling more than $49 million in emergency aid to help several communities throughout Pennsylvania, specifically Luzerne and Dauphin Counties, to recover from Hurricane Irene and

The Statewide Loan Repayment Assistance Program (LRAP), administered by the Pennsylvania Bar Foundation (PBF) and the Pennsylvania Interest on Lawyers Trust Accounts Board (IOLTA), is ready for its third year of providing assistance to legal aid attorneys. Qualifying legal aid attorneys have until