This story in the Philadelphia Inquirer highlights a new "loan-modification scam alert" program that is being launched by the City of Philadelphia. The program is designed to help homeowners identify the signs of rescue scams, obtain foreclosure-prevention help from reliable groups, and report

Thousands of senior citizens and persons with disabilities will soon be able to find affordable housing, thanks to more than $550 million in housing assistance announced by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The funding will provide interest-free capital advances to non

Although the FY10-11 Budget has been signed, it includes $850 million in federal matching funds (FMAP) for Medical Assistance that needs Congressional approval. Failure of Congress to provide this funding will have significant impacts on Pennsylvania’s budget, which could include cuts to human

Budget Cuts to Date are Modest This week the Governor signed the FY10-11 Budget into law. Every part of DPW will see some reduction, but for the most part these reductions are modest—in many cases, less than one percent—viewed in the context of the economy as a whole and the dramatic cuts many other

Thousands of Philadelphia senior citizens living on limited incomes could receive help paying for nutritious food under a pilot project involving federal, state and local partners, Pennsylvania Secretary of Public Welfare Harriet Dichter announced today. “Many older adults are struggling to buy

Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki has announced plans to develop a fully automated, online system for handling Veterans’ disability compensation claims. More than a simple digitization of existing paper-based claims, the new system is part of VA’s modernization of the end-to-end

This story from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, about the shift of Social Security payments exclusively to direct deposits, features comments from Attorney Catherine Martin of Neighborhood Legal Services Association regarding potential problems that arise when accounts receiving such direct deposits

Applications are now being accepted for the Civil Legal Assistance Attorney Student Loan Repayment Program by the Department of Education.This program was established to encourage qualified individuals to enter and continue employment as civil legal assistance attorneys. Under the Civil Legal