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September 4, 2025
Please join the Pennsylvania Health Law Project (PHLP) and Liberty Resources, Inc. for a free PAS Appeals Workshop on September 24, 2025 from 1:00 PM-2:30 PM Eastern. This workshop is designed to empower Community HealthChoices (CHC) participants, caregivers, and the advocates who serve them with
September 2, 2025
Letter to the Commonwealth’s Congressional Delegation Urges Highest Funding Level Possible for LIHEAP in Fiscal Year 2026 to Help Qualifying Pennsylvania Families Maintain Access to Energy for Winter.
September 2, 2025
The new website, dhs.pa.gov/work, will help Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients understand upcoming work and reporting requirements. SNAP recipients who are affected will now need to report their work, education, training, or volunteer hours to continue receiving benefits.
August 28, 2025
The American Bar Association Center for Pro Bono is hosting a free webinar entitled Data that Drives: How Legal Aid Organizations Use Feedback for Impact on September 24, 2025 at 1:00 PM Eastern. Legal aid providers need great data to do great work. For example, data that tells you whether your
August 27, 2025
Widener University Commonwealth Law is hosting a program entitled The Independent Court: What It Is and Why It Matters on October 6, 2025 from 6:00 PM-7:30 PM Eastern at the law school located at 3737 Vartan Way, Harrisburg, PA. The program is free to attend and open to the public. This nonpartisan
August 21, 2025
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) invites the public to participate in an anonymous feedback survey on tax preparation and filing options, which will run through Sept. 5, 2025. The survey is being conducted as part of the Department of Treasury and the IRS’s efforts to fulfill a reporting
August 19, 2025
Community Legal Services of Philadelphia and Just Harvest are presenting a webinar entitled SNAP Work Requirements Begin September 1: What You Need to Know on August 26, 2025 from 2:00 PM-3:00 PM Eastern on Zoom. As a result of a new federal law, more than 230,000 SNAP recipients in Pennsylvania
August 19, 2025
The Pennsylvania Loan Repayment Assistance Program (LRAP) application period begins on September 1 and continues through October15. LRAP’s focus is to help attorneys employed at civil legal services organizations funded by Pennsylvania Interest on Lawyers Trust Accounts (PA IOLTA) to better manage

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