The April 2010 edition of Senior Health News, a free bi-monthly newsletter from the Pennsylvania Health Law Project, is now available on PALawHELP.org. The April 2010 Senior Health News includes the following articles: Assisted Living Regulations Released CMS To Terminate a Special Needs Plan in

Story in the Philadelphia Inquirer discussing the Way to Work program, a statewide subsidized-job program in which Pennsylvania will begin to pump $78 million of federal stimulus funding, plus an additional $19.5 million of its own money into to stimulate job creation. Comments from Sharon Dietrich

From Public News Service Press Play (>) for Audio Report The national recession has been forcing Pennsylvania to make tough financial decisions when it comes to the education of the youngest pupils, according to a just-released report. "The State of Pre-School 2009," from the National Institute for

The American Bar Association hosted its annual ABA Day in Washington from April 20-22. The event brought state and local bar leaders to the nation’s capital to meet with legislators about issues of importance to the legal profession, including increased LSC funding and reauthorization of the

The Practising Law Institute, a non-profit organization dedicated to providing affordable continuing legal education (CLE) to lawyers, is continuing to offer free memberships to all attorneys at LSC-funded legal aid programs. Members will have unlimited access to the Institute’s “CLE Now” web-based

The National Legal Aid and Defender Association (NLADA) has withdrawn its sponsorship for the 2010 Equal justice Conference and will not participate in the conference which is being held in Phoenix, Arizona on May 13-15, 2010. The decision to withdraw from the conference was announced in a letter

The Center on Law and Social Policy (CLASP) has produced a publication on the Pennsylvania KEYS program as part of its TANF Education and Training Series. This series highlights specific innovative programs that some states have developed to work within federal rules while providing services that

The Legal Services National Technology Assistance Project (NTAP) is presenting a webinar entitled, Best Practices for Online Document Assembly, on May 4, 2010 from 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm Eastern. Pro Bono Net in collaboration with NTAP will showcase diverse approaches to the use of online document