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April 28, 2011
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has announced that nearly $110 million is available through three grant programs to help families who receive HUD rental assistance get the necessary education or job training to gain employment. One of the grant programs also helps senior
April 28, 2011
Pro Bono Net will be hosting a national webinar for the community using LawHelp Interactive forms in access to justice projects on May 4, 2011, from 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm Eastern. This webinar will look at designing and creating multilingual templates with a focus on Spanish. Please register for this
April 28, 2011
In a new video public service announcement , George Takei and Patty Duke are helping Social Security get the word out that the best way to get your benefit payment is to “Go Direct.” To apply for direct deposit or the Direct Express® Debit MasterCard® card visit www.GoDirect.org .
April 27, 2011
The National Health Law Program and the National Legal Aid and Defender Association will be holding the 2011 National Health Law Training, A New Era of Health Advocacy on July 11-12, 2011 at the Renaissance Baltimore Harborplace Hotel , 202 East Pratt Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21202. The National
April 21, 2011
Community Legal Services of Philadelphia applauds the Corbett Administration for providing additional guidance and assistance to Pennsylvania adults who lost their adultBasic health insurance on March 1, 2011 in seeking health insurance coverage through the Medical Assistance program, Pennsylvania’s
April 20, 2011
Rick Borstein and Mark Middleton of Adobe Systems, Inc. will be hosting a free online eSeminar on Tuesday, April 26, 2011 from 1:00 pm -2:00 pm Eastern, explaining the the requirements and restrictions of the PDF/A - PDF for Archiving - format that the US Federal Courts will start requiring in
April 14, 2011
Join the National Consumer Law Center for a free webinar entitled Solving Elders' Manufactured Home Problems: Tools, Resources, Legal Approaches , on Wednesday, April 27, 2011 from 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM Eastern. The webinar is co-sponsored by CFED’s Innovations in Manufactured Homes initiative and will
April 13, 2011
Community talks and media campaign will focus on discrimination against persons of foreign descent The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced today that it will launch an effort to better address national origin based housing discrimination during Fair Housing Month in

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