The October edition of the Senior Health News, a free bi-monthly newsletter from the Pennsylvania Health Law Project, is now available. To subscrfibe to this newsletter or to view prior editions please visit the Pennsylvania Health Law Project website at www.phlp.org.

Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network is soliciting nominations for its 2012 Excellence Awards. This year, the awards dinner will be held on Tuesday, March 27, 2012, at the Harrisburg Hilton & Towers. A social hour will take place from 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM, immediately followed by a buffet dinner (please

To improve access to civil legal assistance for low-income Americans, the Legal Services Corporation (LSC) has awarded new technology grants to develop online intake systems; to enhance access to web-based resources for Spanish-speaking, limited English proficient clients; and to expand

The Public Interest Section of the Philadelphia Bar Association, in conjunction with the Pennsylvania Bar Institute, is offering its 2011 Public Interest Law Day CLE and 20th Anniversary Celebration on December 1, 2011 from 9:00 AM-4:30 PM at the Pennsylvania Bar Institute CLE Conference Center in

The Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program, also known as LIHEAP, helps low-income families pay their heating bills. LIHEAP is a grant that offers assistance in the form of a cash grant, sent directly to the utility company, or a crisis grant for households in immediate danger of being without

New 50-State Survey Finds Cuts In Provider Payments And Changes In Delivery Of Services Faced with the end of stimulus money and a continuing weak economy, Medicaid officials in virtually every state are enacting a variety of cost cutting measures as states’ spending for Medicaid is projected to

The Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network will be presenting it 2011 Public Benefits Law Conference on November 28-30, 2011 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel Harrisburg-Hershey in Harrisburg. The conference is being presented by the Public Benefits, Disability, Health and Utility & Energy Law Groups of the

The Department of Environmental Protection has announced emergency funding that will help flood-affected small businesses in 33 counties to make energy efficiency and pollution prevention improvements. Projects eligible for 50-percent reimbursement grants of up to $9,500 could include high