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April 16, 2021
Advocates from Philadelphia Legal Assistance’s Family Law Unit and from PAVictimsHelp.org, a website from Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network, were LIVE on Facebook for a Community Conversation to discuss how legal aid providers support crime victims and promote survivor safety.
April 15, 2021
The Housing Alliance of Pennsylvania is offering a webinar entitled The CDC Eviction Moratorium - Protecting Renters from Eviction on Wednesday, April 21, 2021 from 12:00 PM-1:00 PM. This webinar will provide a high level overview of the federal eviction moratorium which was recently extended by the
April 15, 2021
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has begun providing financial assistance for funeral expenses incurred after Jan. 20, 2020 for deaths related to coronavirus (COVID-19). This was made available to help ease some of the financial stress and burden caused by the pandemic. "At FEMA, our
April 15, 2021
The Pennsylvania Department of Aging today continued to encourage older adults seeking a COVID-19 vaccine appointment to contact their local Area Agency on Aging (AAA) for any assistance they may need in scheduling an appointment. The AAAs have been working with vaccine providers to arrange
April 14, 2021
Pennsylvania’s Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts (AOPC) is advising the public to stay vigilant against a recently reported phone scam. The scam involves calls that “spoof” or mimic the AOPC’s telephone number. During the spoof call, those being targeted are told of alleged unpaid court
April 14, 2021
Today, the Internal Revenue Service, the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Bureau of the Fiscal Service announced they are disbursing nearly 2 million payments in the fifth batch of Economic Impact Payments from the American Rescue Plan. Today's announcement brings the total disbursed so far
April 12, 2021
Governor Tom Wolf and the COVID-19 Vaccine Task Force announced that effective tomorrow, Tuesday, April 13, all Pennsylvania adults will be eligible to schedule an appointment for the COVID -19 vaccine.
April 12, 2021
For Fair Housing Month in April, North Penn Legal Services is hosting a Virtual Fair Housing Summit featuring four timely Fair Housing topics via Zoom over the course of two weeks in beginning in mid-April.

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