Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding and Human Services Secretary Teresa Miller today reminded Pennsylvanians to take advantage of food assistance programs and Thanksgiving baskets from local organizations to fill gaps in their holiday meal plans. “No one should go without this holiday season. In a

The Internal Revenue Service, state tax agencies and the nation's tax industry have announced that the 5th Annual National Tax Security Awareness Week will take place between November 30 and December 4. This year, there's a heightened need for security as fraudsters seek to use the COVID-19 to scam

As the worst pandemic in a century ravages nursing homes and long-term care facilities, U.S. Senators Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) and Bob Casey (D-Pa.) are introducing a bipartisan bill to enhance accountability among the Nation’s poorest performing nursing homes.

The Federal Trade Commission is holding a free, one-hour webinar entitled Fighting Consumer Fraud and Identity Theft in Pennsylvania on November 18, 2020 from 2:00 PM-3:00 PM Eastern. The agenda for the webinar will include the following topics: Pennsylvania Fraud and Identity Theft Reports The

The National Housing Law Project is hosting a discussion, via webinar, on advancing racial justice in the housing movement entitled Racial Justice in the Housing Rights Movement on Thursday November 19, 2020 at 1:00 PM Eastern.

Sonia Brookins, a member of the Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network Board of Directors, was presented with the Mary Ellen Hamilton Award by the National Legal Aid and Defender Association (NLADA) on November 13, 2020 during the Awards Presentation held during the Annual NLADA Conference. The Awards

The Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry (L&I) Secretary Jerry Oleksiak has announced that beginning Saturday, Nov. 7, 2020, the department will temporarily expand its ability to backdate Unemployment Compensation (UC) claims from six weeks to up to 52 weeks. The change will allow L&I staff

The Pennsylvania Department of Military and Veterans Affairs (DMVA) has launched PA VETConnect, a statewide outreach initiative designed to better serve the commonwealth’s nearly 800,000 veterans. PA VETConnect identifies and cultivates new community partnerships to simultaneously broaden referral