Secretary of State Pedro A. Cortés has encouraged Pennsylvania voters to educate themselves about rights they have when they go to the polls on November 8 and offers some important points regarding voter rights.

The Consumer Finanacial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has announced an opportunity to participate in the 2017 Your Money, Your Goals Cohort. Approximately 30 organizations from around the country are sought who are interested in using the Your Money, Your Goals toolkit to help build the financial

As Domestic Violence Awareness Month draws to a close, Gov. Tom Wolf has signed into law legislation that will give prosecutors additional tools to protect victims of domestic violence by criminalizing cases of non-fatal strangulation. The new law makes strangulation a form of criminal assault Non

When a home is a place of violence, residents are vulnerable to losing their housing through eviction, coercion, or abuse. On October 24, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development finalized a new rule to protect the housing of survivors of domestic and dating violence, sexual assault, and

The Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law will be holding a webinar entitled Ensuring Fair Housing for People with Criminal Records: A Conversation with HUD on Wednesday, October 26, 2016 from 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm Eastern. Earlier this year, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

The National Legal Aid & Defender Association (NLADA) will be holding a free webinar entitled Your Clients' Individual Taxpayer Identification Number Will Expire: Legal Aid Can Help on Wednesday, October 19, 2016 from 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm. This free webinar will feature representatives from the IRS's

The 2016 National Celebration of Pro Bono will take place on October 23-29, 2016. In Pennsylvania the Celebration extends throughout the month of October. There are numerous events scheduled around the state providing opportunities to join the Celebration. A list of events taking place in

Friends of Farmworkers & La Puerta Abierta invite interested organizations to a free program they are hosting entitled Instituto de Promotora, a project of the Los Angeles Women's Center, on November 3, 2016 from 9:00 am - 4:30 pm at Puentes de Salud, 1700 South Street, Philadelphia, PA 19146