The White House budget request for Fiscal Year 2012, released today, recommends $450 million in funding for the Legal Services Corporation (LSC) to provide civil legal assistance to low-income Americans requesting help to avert foreclosures, obtain veterans’ benefits, escape domestic violence, and

The Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network Family Law Group and the Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence (PCADV) will be conducting training programs on Pennsylvania's New Custody Law in two locations, one in Western PA (Mars/Cranberry) and the other in Central PA (Harrisburg). This program will

The 2011 Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network Excellence Awards program included a special recognition of those individuals involved in the creation of Pennsylvania’s Statewide Loan Repayment Assistance Program (LRAP). Pennsylvania’s LRAP program will provide financial assistance to 75 public interest

This Letter to the Editor from Samuel W. Milkes, Executive Director of PLAN, inc. appeared in the Patriot-News/pennlive.com on February 11, 2011. The letter praises Chief Justice Ronald Castille for his leadership, helping assure access to justice for low-income Pennsylvanians who turn to legal aid

The Legal Services Corporation has issued a Notice: Request for Letters of Intent (LOI) to Apply for 2011 TIG Funding and is conducting a webinar on Wednesday, February 16 at 1 p.m. EST/10 a.m. PST for all LSC grantees interested in applying for 2011 TIG funding. The webinar will discuss eligibility

During the past year, the Legal Services Corporation’s (LSC) Board of Directors has had the opportunity to hear from legal aid programs funded by LSC across this nation on the enormous struggles confronting low-income families. These 136 local nonprofit programs in every state provide civil legal

National Organizations Offer Plan that Limits Tax Hikes, Maintains Benefits Many states' systems for financing unemployment insurance (UI) are broken and, without major reforms, will remain broken, requiring years of high federal taxes on employers and threatening UI's role as a key economic

A congressional proposal to cut $75 million from the Legal Services Corporation’s (LSC) budget would decimate civil legal aid to low-income Americans at a time when it is most needed by the tens of millions suffering economic hardship. The proposed $75 million funding cut would represent a 17