Parent/Child Visits in Philadelphia During COVID-19
Effective August 31, 2020, In-Person Visits Between Parents and their Children in Philadelphia DHS Custody are RESTARTED Download the flyer…
Effective August 31, 2020, In-Person Visits Between Parents and their Children in Philadelphia DHS Custody are RESTARTED Download the flyer…
On Tuesday, August 25, 2020, Community Legal Services, on behalf of our client the Tenant Union Representative Network (TURN), filed…
On April 26, 2023, CLS and a bipartisan coalition of criminal justice advocates and state lawmakers went to Harrisburg to…
Pennsylvania’s UC System No Longer Can Be Relied Upon to Serve Unemployed Workers. Traditionally, Pennsylvania’s Unemployment Compensation (UC) system was…
Under the Pennsylvania Personnel Files Act, 43 P.S. §§ 1321 – 1324, Pennsylvania workers have the right to view files…
PGW wants to increase customer rates by $70 million per year. They say the average household’s gas bill would go…
Under the new law: The penalty for possessing 30 grams or less of marijuana for personal use is a $25…
This post was written May 04, 2021, by Sharon M. Dietrich, Litigation Director at Community Legal Services. The PA…
Payday loans are an abusive form of lending that traps cash-strapped borrowers into a long-term cycle of debt, which leads…
Last year, Philadelphia released new “assessments” of property values, which are used to calculate property tax bills. If your assessed…
During the height of the pandemic in 2020, the Pennsylvania General Assembly made a priority of approving Act 53, known…
More than 500,000 people are getting determinations disqualifying them from their PUA benefits because “you did not verify your identity…
Have you gotten a notice from PUA about uploading proof that you lost work during the pandemic? If you…
Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) was passed by Congress as part of the CARES Act to provide unemployment compensation (UC) benefits…
If public charge does not apply to you, you can receive any public benefits you qualify for without any risk…
In August 2021, Community Legal Services of Philadelphia, Center for Advocacy for the Rights & Interests of the Elderly (CARIE),…