The Sargent Shriver National Center of Porverty will be presenting a webinar entitled, The Next Frontier in Public Benefits: Electronic Benefit Cards , on Thursday, February 3, 2011 from 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm Eastern. Last month, the U.S. Treasury finalized a new regulation that requires federal public

The December 2010 edition of Senior Health News is available on the website of the Pennsylvania Health Law Project . Articles appearing in this edition include: Important Medicare Changes Start January 1 Changes to Medicare Costs in 2011 Slight Increase to Asset Limits for LIS and MSP in 2011 Will

The ABA Center for Continuing Legal Education will be presenting a free webinar entitled, Veterans Benefits: A Closer Look at the Veterans Administration Schedule for Rating Disabilities (VASRD) , on January 26, 2011 at 2:00 pm-3:30 pm Eastern.

U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) sent a letter on January 6 to Shaun Donovan, Secretary for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), urging HUD to release $1 billion in funds Congress authorized last year to help unemployed homeowners. The Emergency Homeowners Loan Program (EHLP)

U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Shaun Donovan and Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius have announced a joint partnership between the two agencies to help nearly 1,000 non-elderly Americans with disabilities leave nursing homes or other healthcare facilities

Five food banks serving communities across Pennsylvania have received a total of $150,000 as part of a consumer protection settlement between the Attorney General's Health Care Section and the CVS Pharmacy chain, which addressed complaints about the sale of expired over the counter drugs, infant

Zygmont A. Pines, court administrator of Pennsylvania, has been named the recipient of the 2010 Warren E. Burger Award for Excellence in Court Administration by the National Center for State Courts (NCSC). The highest award for court management presented by the National Center, the Burger Award is

Thirty school districts, county governments and other municipal organizations across Pennsylvania will receive more than $8.4 million this week during the first phase of payments from a national bid-rigging settlement with Bank of America. Attorney General Tom Corbett said the funds are being wire