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February 27, 2025
The National Legal Aid & Defender Association (NLADA) is hosting an NLADA virtual town hall on Advancing Equal Justice in the New Federal Landscape on March 11, 2025 from 3:00 PM-5:00 PM Eastern. NLADA is inviting its members and strategic partners to join them for this event, where they will gather
February 27, 2025
The National Legal Aid & Defender Association is presenting a series of free webinars brought to you by their Civil, Client and Defender communities! The Annual Encore Webinar Series offers supplemental content from the NLADA Annual Conference last fall. These webinars are a blend of popular topics
February 25, 2025
Today, the Social Security Administration announced it is immediately beginning to pay retroactive benefits and will increase monthly benefit payments to people whose benefits have been affected by the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and Government Pension Offset (GPO). These provisions reduced
February 25, 2025
Attorney General Dave Sunday has issued an alert that scammers are now using Bitcoin ATMs, or “BTMs,” as a means to gain access to your money. Scammers will target consumers with urgent messaging — such as “protect your money” and “take care of any criminal charges” — during the scam. Unsuspecting
February 24, 2025
Neighborhood Legal Services is hosting its Inaugural Champions of Justice Pro Bono Awards Luncheon on Thursday, April 10, 2025 from 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM Eastern at Hilton Garden Inn Pittsburgh Downtown (Roost Event Space), 250 Forbes Avenue, 2nd Floor, Pittsburgh, PA, 15222. Being a champion is in
February 21, 2025
The National Legal Aid & Defender Association (NLADA) is hosting a virtual presentation entitled Compliance with Federal Financial Assistance on February 26, 2025 from 2:00 PM-3:00 PM Eastern. Federal funding plays a critical role in ensuring equal access to justice and basic human needs, regardless
February 21, 2025
Human service professionals, community advocates, and utility leaders will come together on March 19, 2025, for the annual Be Utility Wise Human Services Development Conference in Philadelphia, an event dedicated to consumer advocacy, utility education, and resource-sharing. Hosted by the
February 21, 2025
The Social Security Administration is announcing an organizational realignment of the functions provided by its Office of Analytics, Review, and Oversight (OARO). These functions remain critical to ensure the programs Social Security administers are of high quality and effective, that SSA uses the

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