The Fair Credit Reporting Act (the FCRA) governs the accuracy of criminal background checks prepared by commercial screeners. While there…
Young people of color across Pennsylvania are over-criminalized at staggering rates. The consequences for any contact with the juvenile or…
The Social Security Administration (SSA) has a new policy to help youth transitioning out of foster care access Supplemental Security…
The following testimony was delivered by CLS Managing Attorney Kathleen Creamer to Philadelphia City Council on June 14, 2016. Printer-friendly…
Navigating the child welfare system can be confusing, emotional, and overwhelming to a parent. The CLS Family Advocacy Unit has…
Pennsylvania expanded Medicaid in 2015. Before Medicaid expansion, most lower-income adults who wanted Medicaid had to get forms from their…
Over the past two decades, even the most minor criminal convictions have become lifetime barriers to the necessities of life…
Payday loans are an abusive form of lending that traps cash-strapped borrowers into a long-term cycle of debt, which leads…
As of November 14, 2016, people with certain misdemeanor convictions can ask the court to seal their record. A sealed record will…
Billie Washington was struggling to make ends meet. A former home care attendant, she was no longer able to work…
Billie Washington was struggling to make ends meet. A former home care attendant, she was no longer able to work…
For over three decades, the Family Advocacy Unit at Community Legal Services has represented thousands of low-income parents in child…
We all know instinctively, and it is borne out in the research, that children do better with their families. Removal…
Download the full report Like most Americans, ex-offenders need to be employed to support themselves and their families. Moreover,…
The Pennsylvania Department of Health (DOH) has been failing in its job to protect nursing home residents. Over the past…
What is a Social Security/SSI overpayment? An “overpayment” is when the Social Security Administration (SSA) gave you benefits when they…
