Statement of the National Senior Citizens Law Center Protecting Medicaid from draconian budget cuts is essential to protecting the health and well-being of the nation’s elderly. The vital safety net it provides serves millions of low-income older adults every day and is the single largest source of

The Department of Housing and Urban Development has launched a new media campaign, " Live Free," that will, among other things, strive to ensure that people have equal access to housing regardless of sexual orientation and gender identity. The Fair Housing Act prohibits housing discriminate based on

Proposed budget would provide an array of tax cuts to the wealthiest Americans while raising taxes on everyone else John Bouman, President of the Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law, says that the 10-year budget plan unveiled by Rep. Paul Ryan, Chairman of the House Ways and Means

Entertainment icons George Takei and Patty Duke have teamed up to tell Americans to Boldly Go to www.socialsecurity.gov to apply for retirement, disability, Medicare, and so much more. The two celebrities are joining forces in a new campaign to help the Social Security Administration promote its

This article on Boston.com / The Boston Globe by John Broderick, dean and president of the University of New Hampshire School of Law, and Martha Minow, dean and professor at Harvard Law School, discusses the House of Representative's call for cutting $70 million from the Congressional grants for

Governor Tom Corbett today announced that Pennsylvania has been approved by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to receive $105 million to aid homeowners facing foreclosure through the Emergency Homeowners’ Loan Program. Administered by the Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency, or

The Legal Services Corporation (LSC) today asked the House Appropriations Subcommittee for Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies to provide $516.5 million in Fiscal Year 2012 funding, with 94 percent of the budget request going to fund 136 nonprofit legal aid programs that provide civil

The 2011 Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network Conference will be held May 11-12, 2011 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel Harrisburg-Hershey. You can register for the conference online at the link below. Registration is free to all Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network staff and client representatives. Registration for