The Heavy Price for Restoring One’s Name: Court Debt Bars Record Clearing
Contact with the criminal legal system comes with a price tag that a growing number of Americans cannot afford to…
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How to Help PA Families Keep SNAP
In July, the federal government signed devastating cuts to Medicaid and SNAP (food stamps) into law, but you can help…
Support Legislation to Increase Energy and Water Access for Pennsylvanians
In 2023, over 330,000 Pennsylvanian households had their gas, electric, or water shut off because they could not afford to…
How to Apply for Social Security Benefits
Community Legal Services does not help people apply for Social Security Benefits. You can apply for benefits by: Telephone: You can…
How to End a Lease Because of Domestic or Sexual Violence
Are you a victim of domestic or sexual violence? Do you need to get out of your lease early because of the…
How to File Chapter 7 Bankruptcy
The forms needed to file a Chapter 7 bankruptcy are available at website for the United States Bankruptcy Court for…
How To Participate in The 2023 Philadelphia Water Rate Case
The four 2023 Philadelphia Water Rate Case Public Hearings will by held at the following times by Zoom and Phone:…
How To Participate in The 2025 Philadelphia Water Rate Case
The four 2025 Philadelphia Water Rate Case Public Input Hearings will be held at the following times: Tuesday, April…
How to Prevent Water Shutoffs
This information was last updated on April 1, 2026. Download flyer with this information here. (Versión en español.) Raise Your…
CLS Supports H.R. 7976 TO #Stoptheclock and Help Families Reunify During the COVID-19 Crisis
CLS applauds H.R. 7976, the Protecting Families in the Time of COVID-19 Act, which was recently introduced in Congress by…
H.R. 7976 (“Suspend the Timeline not Parental Rights”) Will Stop a Temporary Crisis from Turning Into Lifelong Tragedies
With many bipartisan allies, Rep. Gwen Moore (D. Milwaukee) is calling for child and family allies to prevent a looming…
Hundreds of Thousands of Pennsylvanians Could Lose SNAP if House Bill Becomes Law
The U.S. House of Representatives is poised to vote on a bill that make the largest cuts to the Supplemental…
ID.me presents barriers to unemployment insurance and other government benefits
During the pandemic, ID.me, a company providing digital identity credentials that promised to screen out fraudulent claims but “leave no…
Immigrant Rights
All immigrant workers have legal rights at work. Our federal, state, and local labor laws protect immigrant workers against wage…
Immigrant Workers Have Rights!
Immigrant workers have rights! Know your rights and enforce them! Wages – you have the right to be paid for…
Report | Meet The Need: No Child Should Live in Deep Poverty
Parents Describe TANF’s Strengths and Needed Changes in New Report on 25th Anniversary of “Welfare Reform” A new report…
