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A new website offers online tools to help Americans brought to this country as children apply for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). This program, announced in June by the Obama administration, gives a two-year, renewable reprieve from deportation to undocumented immigrants who came to the United States before age 16, are in school, high school graduates or military veterans, and meet certain other criteria. The site, Own the Dream or Únete al Sueño in Spanish, will offer assistance to the hundreds of thousands of young immigrants eligible for this opportunity to stay in America to further their education and contribute to the economy.
Philadelphia Legal Assistance has developed seven new online document assembly forms for pro se litigants in Pennsylvania family courts. These forms were developed With funding from a Legal Services Corporation Technology Initiative Grant and are available now on PALawHELP.org.
Self-represented litigants can go to the PALawHELP.org web site, answer questions in a user-friendly guided interview, and, at the end of the interview, download a word processing file with a completed court document that they can print out and file in court.
Governor Tom Corbett has announced that Pennsylvania was awarded a $1.5 million grant from the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation to design a state healthcare innovation plan. The planning process involves multiple state agencies and will include the establishment of committees consisting of stakeholders from the healthcare community, employers, consumers and managed care organizations – all of whom are committed to advancing a comprehensive model for healthcare reform.
The Internal Revenue Service has announced additional details about the closures planned for May 24, June 14, July 5, July 22 and Aug. 30, 2013. Due to the current budget situation, including the sequester, all IRS operations will be closed on those days.
Over 1,000 African-Americans and Hispanics who lived in Philadelphia and took out home loans with Wells Fargo from 2004 through 2009, will receive notices of the amount they will receive if they choose to participate in the settlement.
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