The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has announced $40 million in grants for efforts to identify and enroll children eligible for Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). Grants were awarded to 39 state agencies, community health centers, school-based

Pennsylvania’s efforts to ensure parents meet the financial obligations for their children have made the commonwealth the national leader in child support enforcement, Secretary of Public Welfare Gary Alexander said today. Pennsylvania leads the nation in the percentage of child support collected

View original release in Spanish Attorney General Linda Kelly urged consumers to be watchful for door-to-door home improvement contractors offering roofing, paving and other services. Kelly said that during the warmer months of spring and summer the Attorney General's Bureau of Consumer Protection

A new online resource is providing low-income immigrants with critical tools and information about the naturalization process. CitizenshipWorks provides free, easy-to-use online tools to help individuals answer questions about their eligibility for naturalization, to better understand the

On Sept. 1, the Pennsylvania statewide loan repayment assistance program begins its second year of helping attorneys employed in IOLTA-funded civil legal services organizations better manage their law school debt so they can continue to provide free legal assistance to Pennsylvania's poor and

Chief Justice of Pennsylvania Ronald D. Castille has announced an agreement with the Pennsylvania Cable Network (PCN) to allow gavel-to-gavel coverage of the Supreme Court’s oral arguments and to make them available to PCN’s network of more than 3.3 million homes. PCN coverage of Supreme Court

Tax Credits to Help Millions of Middle-class Families The Departments of Health and Human Services and Treasury today took the next steps to establish Affordable Insurance Exchanges – one-stop marketplaces where consumers can choose a private health insurance plan that fits their health needs and

FRAC Releases New Analysis of Gallup Data on Food Hardship Nearly one in four U.S. households with children struggled to afford enough food for themselves and their families in 2010, according to a new report (pdf) released by the Food Research and Action Center (FRAC). The analysis separately