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March 31, 2010
The American Bar Association Commission on Youth at Risk, Hofstra University School of Law and the Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College, along with an array of other national planning organizations, are sponsoring an invitation-only summit on transitioning youth to be held April
March 31, 2010
The Pennsylvania Interest on Lawyer Trust Accounts (IOLTA) Board has published its 2009 Annual Report. The 2009 Annual Report includes a lot of figures and statistics, but it also includes anecdotes and stories about the work that is financed by the Interest on Lawyer Trust Accounts program.
March 31, 2010
The Pennsylvania Bar Association (PBA) will be holding its 13th Annual Day on the Hill on May 3, 2010 in Harrisburg. The right to legal representation and access to the courts for all Pennsylvanians are being threatened by proposed sales taxes on legal services and by inadequate funding that
March 31, 2010
Older Americans with chronic diseases can learn how to manage their conditions and take control of their health using the $27 million in grants announced on March 30 by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius. The Communities Putting Prevention to Work Chronic
March 30, 2010
Michael J. Astrue, Commissioner of Social Security, has announced that the agency’s first Extended Service Team (EST) is open for business in Little Rock, Arkansas. The Little Rock EST will make disability decisions for state Disability Determinations Services (DDSs) that are most adversely affected
March 30, 2010
Governor Edward G. Rendell has announced a two-week extension of the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program, better known as LIHEAP. The application period, originally set to end April 2, will now close April 16. LIHEAP provides cash grants to help low-income households pay for home heating fuel
March 30, 2010
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Veterans’ Employment and Training Service has announced an $8.3 million grant competition to provide job training, counseling and placement services (including job readiness, and literacy and skills training) to expedite the reintegration of homeless veterans into the
March 29, 2010
Michael J. Astrue, Commissioner of Social Security, joined award-winning actress Patty Duke and the cast of her hit 1960s sitcom, The Patty Duke Show, to unveil Social Security’s newest online service – an application for Medicare benefits. This new online application, which takes less than 10

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