With millions of low-income Americans still not claiming potential tax credits, PALawHELP.org offers critical assistance to ensure that Pennsylvania residents don’t miss out on a possible refund check. PALawHELP.org, part of the national LawHelp.org network of nonprofit legal information portals

Governor Tom Corbett’s administration has announced that Pennsylvania’s Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program, or LIHEAP, will be extended more than two weeks, giving eligible households extra time to seek help paying their winter heating bills. The federally funded LIHEAP program, which began

As Congress considers deep cuts in legal assistance to the poor, The National Law Journal examines the impact of legal aid programs on the clients they serve and the political issues surrounding the present funding crisis in The Power of Hope, an in-depth report examining the impact of legal aid

The IRS is reminding those who haven’t filed their tax returns that they can receive their refunds in the form of savings bonds, payments to retirement accounts, mutual funds, as well as in the form of cash directly deposited to a checking or savings account. By March 4, the IRS had issued more than

Supreme Court Sponsors Collaborative Effort Yielding Judicial Benchbook The nation’s first Sexual Violence Benchbook designed specifically to guide state district judges in the handling of the crimes of sexual violence is being distributed to more than 540 magisterial districts judges throughout the

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) recently issued guidance making it clear that residents who are denied or evicted from housing as a result of domestic violence may have basis to file a discrimination complaint with HUD under the federal Fair Housing Act. HUD's guidance

This opinion piece in the New York Times discusses the vote by House Republicans to cut $83 million from President Obama’s request for the Legal Services Corporation, the federally financed nonprofit program that provides civil legal help to low-income Americans. The piece states the given the

StatesideLegal.org, the first website in the nation to focus exclusively on federal legal rights and resources important to veterans is off to a robust start, with visitors from all 50 states and 77 countries worldwide, including Iraq and Afghanistan. StatesideLegal.org was created by Pine Tree