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9/1/2010	Early refills of Medicare Part D-covered eye ointments and other topical medications
	OTDA Proposed Child Support Rule (Scroll to p. 28)
	State rolls out insurance for those with pre-existing conditions
	New Job Opening Posted
	Welfare Job Rules Hit Women With Disabilities
8/31/2010	10-OCFS-INF-09: Guidelines for Casework Contacts with Parents or Relatives by Parent Advocates
	Two New Federal Programs to Help Borrowers Pay Their Mortgages
	Tutorial: Health Reform: How Will Medicaid Change?
	Bankruptcy Action Can Be 'Commenced' Despite Failure to Meet Law's Requirements, 2nd Circuit Says
	NY Times: Retargeting Ads Follow Surfers to Other Sites
	One in Six Americans Is Now on Medicaid
8/30/2010	Freeware - Flat File Checker
	Step-by-step guide to enrolling in the NYSARC Pooled SNT for Medicaid spend-down
	Groups Press Congress To End Patients' Wait For Medicare
	Cash-Squeezed Legal Services Offices in New Jersey Make Major Cuts
	NY Times: 2 New Federal Programs to Help Borrowers Pay Their Mortgages
8/27/2010	Keeping Medicaid after Cash Public Assistance or SSI Benefits Are Terminated (Updated)
	Study: One In Four Kids Underinsured Before Recession
	Food Stamps On-Line: A Review of State Government Food Stamp Websites
8/26/2010	Medicaid Reimbursement of Home Care and other Medical Expenses (updated)
	New Legislation to Hold Banks Accountable in Foreclosures
	Ad Firm Sued for Allegedly Re-Creating Deleted Cookies
8/25/2010	HRA Policy Bulletins and Directives Updated
	10-INF-17: Revised LDSS-4958: TA Sanction & Denial Policy/Participation Rate Impact Guide
	Step-by-step guide to enrolling in the NYSARC Pooled SNT for Medicaid spend-down (updated)
	Health Coverage of Children: The Role of Medicaid and CHIP
	Is 'Private' Data on Social Networks Discoverable?
	Pro Bono Appeals Program.
8/24/2010	Maximizing health coverage for DAP clients: Before and after winning the case (updated)
	Legal Services Journal - Summer 2010
	NY Times: Tighter Medical Privacy Rules Sought
	Urban Institute: Why Housing Choice and Mobility Matter
	New Job Openings Posted
8/23/2010	Federal Reserve System - Registration of Mortgage Loan Originators; Correction
	NYS Bridge Plan -- High Risk Insurance Pool - Begins Taking Applications August 20th
	Plans For Uninsured Off To Slow Start
	Redacting Personally Identifiable Data From E-Filings
8/20/2010	NY Times: Checking In on Consumer Credit Defaults
	Is PACER Providing Sufficient Public Access to Federal Court Documents?
	Cuomo Announces Expansion of Investigation Into Predatory Health Care Lending
	IOLA Interest Income as of June, 2010
	New Law Offers Hope For Homeless Health Care
	Report: Hate Crimes Against the Homeless
8/19/2010	The HHS Poverty Guidelines For The Remainder Of 2010
	SSA Proposed Rule: Revised Medical Criteria for Evaluating Mental Disorders
	Freeware - graphics editing program with a number of advanced features
	August Star-Watch Newsletter
	Are Fundamental Changes for Mortgage Giants Fannie, Freddie Ahead?
8/18/2010	Special Report: Flipping, Flopping and Booming Mortgage Fraud
	The Medicare planfinder tool: get (almost) all the info you'll ever need to help you pick the best possible prescription drug plan (updated)
	Uniform Rules for the New York State Trial Courts - amendment of rule addressing appearance by counsel at a preliminary conference
	Banking Department, Emergency Rule Making, The Business Conduct of Mortgage Loan Servicers
8/17/2010	Effective October 2010, EPIC Will No Longer Cover Prescription Drugs That are Not on the Medicare Part D Plan Formulary
	GAO Report: Homeownership Preservation: Federal Efforts to Combat Foreclosure Rescue Schemes Are Under Way, but Improved Planning Elements Could Enhance Progress
	Companion Bill to New York's No-Fault Divorce Law Raises New Concerns
	NY Times: Fed Adopts Rules Meant to Protect Home Buyer
	New Job Opening Posted
8/16/2010	New York's in a Move Your Money State of Mind, But CRA Reform Must Follow
	Mortgage Foreclosures, Out of Control?
	Governor signs no-fault divorce bill
8/13/2010	Long Term Care Insurance (Updated)
	Speech Technology Tech Sounds Better All The Time?
8/12/2010	Medicare Savings Programs in New York (Updated)
	Social Security Keeps 20 Million Americans Out of Poverty
	HUD Listens To Housing Activists' PETRA Worries
	ABA Votes Overwhelmingly to Support Gay Marriage
	NY Times: Government Plans More Aid for Jobless Homeowners
8/11/2010	Overdraft Protection: Should You Opt-In?
	Attorney General Investigates Health Care Credit Cards For Possible 'Predatory Health Care Lending'
	NY Times: A Welfare Check and a Voting Card
	Food stamp raid strange strategy against hunger
8/10/2010	NY Times: Critics Blast Stricter Homeless Rules
	Rent-to-own law worries consumer advocates
	Explaining Health Reform: Benefits and Cost-Sharing for Adult Medicaid Beneficiaries
	Patch Tuesday this month: 14 bulletins
8/9/2010	Foreclosed On—By the U.S.
	HRA Policy Bulletins and Directives Updated
	Yonkers Family Court facilities in need of immediate improvements
8/6/2010	Legal Services Corporation Final Rule: Income Level for Individuals Eligible for Assistance
	On the Web's Cutting Edge, Anonymity in Name Only
	City of Auburn Violated Tenant's Constitutional Rights in Denial and Termination of Water Service
	In School, Homeless Kids Face A Different Test
	NY Times: Law Will Extend Medicare Fund, Report Says
	New Job Openings Posted
8/5/2010	Sources of Legal Authority for Health Care Advocates (updated)
	Expanding Coverage for Recent Immigrants: CHIPRA Gives States New Options
	Tribe to judges: take action on poverty issues
	A growing pile of debt for state unemployment insurance programs
	PULP's funding plug pulled
	Enhancing Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Certification: SNAP Modernization Efforts
8/4/2010	10-INF-14: Electronic Applications and Signatures
	New mortgage sales licensing law goes into effect
	Fannie Mae unveils consumer website for borrowers
	New Job Openings Posted
	August issue of MEDICAID WATCH
	Free Software - Office Key Remover
8/3/2010	Microsoft patches .lnk vulnerability
	Maximizing health coverage for DAP clients: Before and after winning the case (Updated: 02 Aug, 2010)
	Doctor Discounts For The Asking
	5th Circuit to Hear First Major Test of Supreme Court's Affirmative Action Ruling
	Bridging the Summer Nutrition Gap
8/2/2010	Health Reform Expands Medicaid Coverage For People with Disabilities
	GAO Forum: Actions that Could Increase Work Participation for Adults with Disabilities
	How Will the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 Affect Children? (updated)
7/30/2010	Thought the housing crisis was over?
	Practical Ethics for the Disability Attorney: When Can You Interview the Employees of Your Adversary?
	NY Times: New Restrictions Placed on Debt Settlement Companies
7/29/2010	Paratransit Online Dialogue
	Free Software - Password Safe
	Seniors Still In The Dark On New Health Law
	Federal Subsidy for Laid-Off Workers' Health Insurance
7/28/2010	Registration of Mortgage Loan Originators - Final Rule
	Vetoed member items hurt social services
	Nutrition shouldn't go on summer vacation
	Domestic Violence and UI Benefits: Frequently Asked Questions
	Truth in Lending - Correction
7/27/2010	NY Times: How Much Credit Card Rewards Cost the Poor
	Job-Creating TANF Emergency Fund Set to Expire
	Insurers, Young, Uninsured All Prepare For Different Changes Under Health Reform
	Free Database Browser
7/26/2010	Free utility for troubleshooting Internet Explorer issues
	Approved bills languishing in Albany
	CBPP: The Food Stamp Program Is Effective and Efficient
	New Rules Guarantee Patients' Right To Appeal Insurance Claim Denials
	Legal blow - 33 percent cut in state aid for Legal Services of New Jersey
7/23/2010	NY Times: HUD Accepting Complaints About Mortgage Lenders
	10-INF-13: Revised LDSS-4526 (Rev. 6/2010) Medical Examination for Employability Assessment, Disability Screening, and Alcoholism/Drug Addiction Determination and Release of Cover Letter to Accompany the Request for Medical Information Model Document
	Medicaid Personal Care or Home Attendant Services (Updated)
	Mortgage Rescue Firm Hit With Punitive Damages, Attorney Fees
	New Law Protects Consumers From Non-Bank Lenders
	New Job Opening Posted
7/22/2010	LSC Notice: Accounting Guide for LSC Recipients (2010 Edition)
	SSA Notice of proposed rulemaking: Amendments to Procedures for Certain Determinations and Decisions
	More Strapped Litigants Skip Lawyers in Court
	A New Tool For NYC Tenants
	IOLA Interest Income as of June, 2010
	NEDAP statement on enactment of federal financial reform law
	NY Times: Loan Modification Program Has Fallen Short
7/21/2010	Despite Law, Mental Health Coverage Lacking In Many Insurance Plans
	Quiet Judge Facing a Foreclosure Crush Gets Lenders' Attention
	Online Training: Serving Military-Related Clients: Practical Information and Ethical Considerations for Interacting with the Military World
7/20/2010	Windows 'shortcut' attack code goes public
	NY Times: Fewer Homeless New Yorkers to Get Rent Help
	As economy takes toll, mental health budgets shrink
	Make a 'God Mode' super menu in Win 7
	How Will Hospitals Be Affected by Health Care Reform?
	Since start of downturn, more people representing themselves in court
7/19/2010	Asking Medicaid to Pay for an Air Conditioner
	New Job Opening Posted
7/16/2010	Applying for Medicaid Personal Care Services in New York City
	U.S. Congress Passes Wall Street Regulation Bill
	How Health Reform Helps Low-Income Children
7/15/2010	Air Conditioners Available to Low Income People with Medical Needs - 2010 Cooling Assistance Program
7/14/2010	HRA Resource Attestation and Documentation Chart
	NY Times: New York Presses Banks on Foreclosures
	The Case of the Disappearing NY Legal Services?
7/13/2010	National Health Reform -- Links to Information about the Affordable Care Act and Implementation in New York State
	Seven Health Care Changes You Might Have Missed
	Pro Se Representation Is Up -- and That's Bad, Say Judges in ABA Survey
	NY Times: Automated Debt-Collection Lawsuits Engulf Courts
7/12/2010	Need Food Stamps? Wait in Line
	10 MA/017: Puerto Rican Birth Certificates: Medicaid Applications Received On or After October 1, 2010
	Raising ghosts of old loans
	Uninsured and Untreated: A Look at Uninsured Adults Who Received No Medical Care for Two Years
7/9/2010	Health Reform Subsidy Calculator
	10 MA/015: Processing Medicaid Applications for Children Potentially Eligible for Child Health Plus
	NY Times: NYC Council Cuts Health Plan That Helped Poor People
	Biggest Defaulters on Mortgages Are the Rich
7/8/2010	SSA Final Rule: Setting the Time and Place for a Hearing Before an Administrative Law Judge
	New HRA Materials Online
	10 MA/014: "Notice of Medicaid Disability Determination" Revisions
	New Loan Repayment Program Aims to Woo Pa. Lawyers to Public Service
	NY Times Editorial: Obey the Law on the Mentally Ill
	More poverty by any measure
7/7/2010	Report: Fraud Common Among Top Debt Buyers
	Hack into a smart phone? It's easy, security experts find
	NY Times: Language Help for New York Immigrants Falls Short
7/6/2010	PULP Closure Imminent as Legislature Nears Completion of Budget Without Appropriating Funds for PULP
	In-House Departments, Law Firms Rely More on Project Attorneys
	Getting out of sticky computer situations
7/2/2010	Department of Health and Human Services - Child Support Enforcement Program; Intergovernmental Child Support; Final Rule
	Empire Justice Center Statement on Passage of Critical Legislation that Will Allow Disabled and Struggling New Yorkers on Public Assistance Own a Reliable Car
	NY Times: Albany approves no-fault divorce and domestic workers' rights
	New Job Opportunity Posted
7/1/2010	New Online Training Session: Attorney’s Fees: Substantive Law, Practice and Procedure
	10-LCM-10: Flexible Fund for Family Services (FFFS) 2010 - 2011 Allocations and Child Welfare Services Thresholds
	July Issue of Medicaid Watch
	GAO Report - Homelessness: A Common Vocabulary Could Help Agencies Collaborate and Collect More Consistent Data
	House Subcommittee Approves $20 Million Increase for LSC
	Born Poor? Half of These Babies Will Spend Most of Their Childhoods in Poverty; Significantly More Likely to Be Poor 30 Years Later
6/30/2010	NYS Banking Department, Emergency Rulemaking: Registration and Financial Responsibility Requirements for Mortgage Loan Servicers
	OCFS Emergency Rulemaking: Child Care Market Rate and Stimulus Regulations (Scroll to p. 8)
	Adobe Fixes 'critical Vulnerabilities' in Acrobat Products
6/29/2010	Federal Reserve System: Truth in Lending; Final Rule
	Report on NYC Homeless Students and Families
	Pennsylvania Starts Loan forgiveness program for Public Interest Lawyers
	California AG launches probe into foreclosures and possible violations of tenants’ rights
	Supreme Court Upholds Law School's Anti-Discrimination Policy
	Tennessee Supreme Court Announces Justice For All Initiative
	New Online Training Posted: Child Care: Legal Issues Affecting Low-Income Parents and Providers
6/28/2010	GAO Report: Temporary Assistance for Needy Families - Implications of Recent Legislative and Economic Changes for State Programs and Work Participation Rates
	Mortgage-Related Litigation Reaches 3-Year High
	National Law Journal Editorial: Expand legal services now
	The harsh world of payday lending
	New Job Opening Posted
6/25/2010	HUD Interpretive rule: Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA): Home Warranty Companies' Payments to Real Estate Brokers and Agents
	Medicaid Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program (CDPAP) in New York State
	Status of Civil Legal Services Funding in 2010-11 State Budget: Two of Three Core State Funding Sources Cut 70% - From 8.6 mil in 2009 to $2.5 mil in 2010
	GAO Report: Troubled Asset Relief Program: Further Actions Needed to Fully and Equitably Implement Foreclosure Mitigation Programs
	New Job Opening Posted
	New Online Training Posted: Public Assistance Issues for Teens and Young Adults / Housing Advocacy to Prevent Children from Languishing in Foster Care
6/24/2010	States Face New Pinch as Stimulus Ebbs
	June STAR-Watch Newsletter
	Cuomo reveals warning letters to 181 ‘mortgage rescue’ companies
	CBPP: Medicaid Expansion in Health Reform Not Likely to "Crowd Out" Private Insurance
	GAO Report - Students With Disabilities: More Information and Guidance Could Improve Opportunities in Physical Education and Athletics
	Court rules rent hikes are illegal, refunds possible for tenants
6/23/2010	Community Reinvestment Act Regulation Hearings and request for comments
	New Online Training: SSI Income and Resource Issues
	Health safety net frays with fixes still years off
	Google Voice: 10 Reasons to Check It Out
	Drastic Cuts to Civil Legal Services Included in Budget Bills Passed by the Legislature
6/22/2010	Lenders collecting foreclosure deficiencies
	Banks are changing overdraft policies
	10-ADM-04: Increase in the Pass-through and Disregard of Support Payments - Phase II
	Managed Long Term Care (Updated)
	NY Times: Peddling Relief, Firms Put Debtors in Deeper Hole
	More than one in five children in the United States has at least one immigrant parent
6/21/2010	Home Mortgage Disclosure Act; Notice of Hearings and Request for Comments
	Welfare Management System: Upstate System Reference Manual
	10-INF-10: Temporary Assistance (TA) and Employment Program Requirements for Individuals 18 to 21 Years Old Residing with Their Parent(s)
	Churches On Front Lines Of Immigration Battle
	Assessing the Changing World of Civil Procedure Post-'Twombly,' 'Iqbal'
	New Job Openings Posted
	Foreclosures by Race and Ethnicity: The Demographics of a Crisis
6/18/2010	Homelessness Strikes More NYC Children
	Low-Income Populations Must Take Part in National Conversation on Deficit Reduction
	Feds announce arrests in mortgage fraud crackdown
	Suspected Mortgage Fraud Reports to FBI Grew 5% in 2009
	Law Firm Letterhead Can Imply Threat, Magistrate Rules
	Lenders go after money lost in foreclosures
6/17/2010	Disability Law News, June 2010
	Senate Rejects Plan To Extend Jobless Aid, Avert Looming Medicare Cuts
	Transgender Need Not Apply: A Report on Gender Identity Job Discrimination
	New Job Openings Posted
6/16/2010	Most Elite Medical Schools Rank Low On 'Social Mission'
	NY Times: N.Y. Moves Closer to No-Fault Divorce
6/15/2010	New HRA Policy Bulletins Posted
	Cheers, Jeers For New Federal Rules On Changes In Health Benefits
	High Court Lets Government Take Fee Awards for Clients' Debts
6/14/2010	Funding opportunity: USDA Hunger-Free Communities Grant
	Congress and the U.S. Supreme Court appear headed for collision over mandatory arbitration in consumer and employment contracts
	Get rid of the junk software that comes on new PCs
6/11/2010	Plaintiff's Exhibit 1: Your Facebook Wall
	Pre-foreclosure Notices Helping New York State Target Outreach to Most At-risk Homeowners
	Millions of Low-Income Rural Children Could Face Cut in Child Tax Credit
	Cause brings state's top judge to Rochester
	Millions forced to wait for food stamps benefits
6/10/2010	Lippman Names 28 to Task Force to Expand Access to Legal Services
	Free Software - PDF-XChange Viewer - Type on any PDF Document
	New Job Openings Posted
6/9/2010	CBPP: Failing to Extend Fiscal Relief to States Will Create New Budget Gaps, Forcing Cuts and Job Loss in at Least 34 States
	BofA Subprime Settlement a Sign of the Times for Countrywide
	Patch Tuesday Updates Fix Critical Flaws in IE and DirectShow
	New Job Opening Posted
	Regulators Find That Banks Have Not Adjusted Pay Practices
6/8/2010	3,009 Albany area homeowners warned of foreclosure
	10-OCFS-INF-03: New Brochure: "Know Your Options: Relatives Caring for Children"
	The Pending Jobs Bill: People Most in Need Could Lose Health Care
6/7/2010	HUD Proposes Landmark Changes to Public Housing
	Attackers exploit critical bug in Adobe's Flash, Reader
	Surge in foreclosures is predicted
	NY Times: City Drops Plan to Charge Rent to Shelter Residents
6/4/2010	June Patch Tuesday: 10 bulletins, 34 vulnerabilities
	States Face Budget Scramble As Chances For Federal Medicaid Assistance Extension Get Slim
	3rd Circuit Mulls Student Suspensions for MySpace Postings
	Introduction of Fannie Mae’s Home Affordable Foreclosure Alternatives Program
	Fair Hearing of the Month
6/3/2010	HUD Advance notice of proposed rulemaking - Strengthening and Clarifying RESPAs (Required Use) Prohibition
	More than 40m now use food stamps
	Study: Racial Bias Common in Jury Selection
	Android rootkit is just a phone call away
6/2/2010	SSA Final Rules: Revised Medical Criteria for Evaluating Hearing Loss
	CBPP: Premature End of Federal Assistance to States Threatens Education Reforms and Jobs
	GAO Report: Medicare Advantage: Relationship between Benefit Package Designs and Plans' Average Beneficiary Health Status
	The Other Privacy Debate
6/1/2010	Empire Justice and Legal Aid's Comments on use of Medicaid Health Information Technology Funds
	FTC Delays Identity Theft Rule Enforcement for lawyers, doctors and other professionals
	NY Times: Owners Stop Paying Mortgages, and Stop Fretting
	An unemployment insurance balancing act
5/28/2010	Legal Groups Line Up Against Proposal to Investigate lawyers representing Guantanamo Bay detainees
	NYC proposes mandatory saving for homeless with jobs
	New Job Opening Posted
5/27/2010	An iPhone App for Supreme Court Con Law Cases
	Getting a feel for everyday life in poverty
	Blasting Bank's Lawyer, Judge Wipes Out Homeowner's $207,000 Mortgage
	NY Times: Tenants and Landlords Criticize Paterson’s Rent Regulation Proposal
5/26/2010	Funding Opportunity for Community Based Organizations: Nutrition Outreach and Education Program (NOEP)
	OCFS: Child Care Market Rate and Stimulus Regulations (Scroll to P. 6)
	Empire Justice Center Comments on the Early Childhood Advisory Committee’s Strategic Report and Plan
	N.Y. Chief Judge Boosts Efforts to Tap Retired Lawyers for Pro Bono
	New Report Exposes Systematic Debt Collection Abuses
5/25/2010	Video clip: The Welfare System and the TANF Emergency Fund
	NY Times: Big Gains for Young People in Health Law
5/24/2010	On the Web, your browser history is an open book
	Advocates Contest AIDS Caseworker Cuts
	Bill would extend jobless benefits up to 99 weeks
	The New Poor: Lack of Aid for Child Care Pushes Some to Welfare
5/21/2010	Economic Crisis Threatens Program Providing Legal Assistance To The Poor in New Jersey
	The Mystery of Welfare and the Recession
	City Tightens Screws On Debt Collectors
	GAO Report: Information on Administrative Costs for HUD’s Emergency Shelter Grants Program
	Most ER Visitors Have Some Type Of Health Insurance, Survey Finds
	NY Times: Senate Passes Broader Rules for Overseeing Wall Street
5/20/2010	USDA Unveils New Consumer Information Resources About SNAP for People in Need of Food Assistance
	Uniform Rules for the Supreme and County Courts - Electronic Filing
	Legal Services Journal - Spring 2010
	NY Times: Mortgage Data Leaves Bankers Uncertain of Trend
	Florida among first states to make attacks on homeless hate crimes
5/19/2010	Two Tiered Medical Care for Haves and Have Nots
	IOLA Interest Income as of April, 2010
	Foreclosure Prevention Gains Little Ground
5/18/2010	OTDA Announces Second Regular HEAP Payments: $100 to Utilities, $200 to Vendors of Delivered Fuel
	Obama Official Slams NY Food Stamp Policy
	Rural Populations Have Higher Rates of Chronic Disease
	Medicare Cuts For Physicians Loom, Yet Again
5/17/2010	FCC: Low Income New Yorkers Still Struggling to Afford Phone Service
	Paying More for the American Dream IV: The Decline of Prime Mortgage Lending in Communities of Color
	State Bar Urges Vital Funding For Civil Legal Services To Be Included In Emergency Budget Appropriations
	New Job Opening Posted
5/14/2010	Two "critical" updates expected on Patch Tuesday next week
	Consumers Pay Steep Rates for Small Loans
	Confirming Clients’ Identities
	FRAC - Issue Briefs in Child Nutrition Reauthorization: How to Promote Access to Good Nutrition in Child Care Settings
	OTDA Posts Pedersen v. Hansell Notice of Class Action Relief for HEAP Fair Hearings
5/13/2010	New York's HEAP Household Energy Assistance Programs Closing May 14
	Know the Rules for Tech-Based Evidence
	NY Times: Prosecutors Ask if 8 Banks Duped Rating Agencies
	The price of justice for all
5/12/2010	Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool
	New Path To Foreclosure in NYC -- Delinquent Water Bills
	Fannie Mae Foreclosures Nearly Double
	Health Law's "Grandfather" Clause Could Deprive Consumers Of Key Benefits
	State Announces Additional Federal Home Heating Assistance to Help Struggling Low-Income New Yorkers
5/11/2010	GIS 10 MA/010: Medicare Savings Program Household Size
	Privacy bill: call for comments
	New Healthcare Law Offers Little to Undocumented Immigrants
	Law Firm Probed Over 'False' Documents Filed in Foreclosure Cases
	Fair Hearing of the Month
5/10/2010	Foreclosures & Walking Away: 60 Minutes Eyes an ‘Epidemic’
	A Surprise Tax Hit on Foreclosures
	NY Times: Fight Erupts Over Rules Issued for ‘Mental Health Parity’ Insurance Law
	Food-stamp tally nears 40 million, sets record
	New Job Opening Posted
5/7/2010	U.S. privacy bill: the battle lines form
	N.Y. High Court Reinstates Challenge to Representation of the Poor
	Eviction Agent Tells Homeowners It’s Time to Move
5/6/2010	Some States Scaling Back Tax Credits for Low-Income Families
	TANF Emergency Fund Extension has Wide Support
	New York County Lawyers Association Ethics Opinion 742 - Can a lawyer ethically remain behind the scenes of a litigation for a pro se litigant without disclosing participation to the court and adverse counsel?
	NY Times: N.Y. court expands rights of nonbirth parents in same-sex relationships
5/5/2010	FRAC's SNAP/Food Stamps Outreach and Access Toolkit
	When Judges Google
	NLADA Statement on Withdrawal From Equal Justice Conference
	New York City Bar Association Announces Winners of the 21st Annual Legal Services Awards
	NY Times: Consumer Groups Say Proposed Privacy Bill Is Flawed
	New Job Openings Posted
5/4/2010	NYS Consumer Coalition: Don't End Safety Net "Wrap-around" Coverage in the EPIC and Medicaid Programs for Drugs Not Covered by Medicare Part D Plans
	NY governor seeks to counter deportation laws
	ABA Pressured to Move Immigration Conference out of Arizona
	NY Times: Top New York Judge Urges Greater Legal Rights for the Poor
	Time running short for Medicaid help
5/3/2010	Children of Immigrants: Data Tool
	Top 10 mortgage fraud states
	Explaining Health Care Reform: Questions About Health Insurance Subsidies
	N.J. Regional Legal Services Offices Send Out Pink Slips
	Easy fix for toughest problem in computing
4/30/2010	Citing Delays, PULP Asks for Review of PSC Complaint Handling Process
	New Legal Push For Foreclosure Victims
	GAO Report: Fraudulent, Abusive, and Deceptive Practices Pose Risk to Consumers
	NCRC Study Shows Wall Street Pipeline Encouraged Risky, Abusive Loans
	Schumer targets debt-settlement scammers
4/29/2010	DHCR Rent Stabilization/Control: Fact Sheet #36 - High-Rent Vacancy Decontrol and High-Rent High-Income Decontrol - Updated
	Response to Misdirected E-Mail Violated Spirit of Ethics Opinion, Judge Rules
	Spring 2010 Impact - Medicaid, Managed Care and Durable Medical Equipment
	NY Times: City Pushes Shift for Special Education
	Need privacy? Don't post Word documents online
4/28/2010	After Arizona Immigration Law, Activists See Local Problem
	Office of Children and Family Services Emergency Rule making: Protection of Children in Residential Facilities from Child Abuse and Neglect
	High Court Ruling May Fuel Battle Over Class Arbitration
	Crackdown sought on debt scams and foreclosure abuse
	Discrepancies detailed in minority foreclosures
4/27/2010	Collectors Still Threaten Credit Card Holders with Forced Arbitration
	Explaining Health Care Reform: Questions About Medicaid’s Role
	Supreme Court Justices Consider Courts' Role in Arbitration
	State of Judiciary 2010
	New Job Openings Posted
	NEW ACTION ALERT - Civil legal services clients and providers need your help
4/26/2010	Legal Services Corporation Rule: Use of Non-LSC Funds, Transfers of LSC Funds, Program Integrity; Attorneys' Fees
	Fannie Offers Spur to Avoid Foreclosure
	10 ADM-04 - Elimination of the Personal Interview Requirement for Medicaid and Family Health Plus Applicants
	AARP Urges State Senate to Save PULP
	Bill seeks N.Y. control over credit swaps deals
	Legal services for poor at risk
	Out of Reach: a side-by-side comparison of wages and rents in every county, Metropolitan Area (MSAs/HMFAs), combined nonmetropolitan area and state in the United States
4/23/2010	Microsoft offers free Fix-It on XP, Vista
	U.S. Offers a Hand to Those on Eviction’s Edge
	New Job Opening Posted
	April Star-Watch
4/22/2010	Food and Nutrition Service: Evaluation of Reaching the Underserved Elderly and Working Poor in SNAP
	CLASS: A New Voluntary Long-Term Care Insurance Program
	NYC tenants in defaulted properties demand fixes
	Article: Financial Reform Bill Won't Stop The Wall Street Crime Wave
	NY Times: Childhood Lead Poisoning Proves a Stubborn Nemesis
	Reducing Poverty and Economic Distress after ARRA: The Most Promising Approaches Conference
4/21/2010	10-INF-06: Revision to the LDSS-4314: "FS Benefits Household Composition Desk Guide"
	Federal Government Will Pick Up Nearly All Costs of Health Reform’s Medicaid Expansion
	High Court Justices Consider Privacy Issues in Text Messaging Case
	A phish story that can bite you
	New Online Training - Medicaid 101: Health Care Programs for People with HIV
4/20/2010	HUD - Strengthening Risk Management Through Responsible FHA-Approved Lenders: Final rule with request for comments
	Former Colorado judges to debate providing legal counsel to poor litigants in civil cases
	Government Backs Down in Yahoo! Email Privacy Case, Avoids Court Ruling on Important Digital Civil Liberties Issue
	New Yorkers for Responsible Lending Announce 2010 Reform Platform
	New Job Opening Posted
4/19/2010	FBackup 4.4.196 - Freeware backup program for Windows
	NCLC Hails Rule to Protect Seniors' Bank Accounts
	Foreclosure rates surge, biggest jump in 5 years
4/16/2010	GAO Report: SSA - Better Planning Needed to Improve Service Delivery
	Presidential memorandum requires action on LGBT hospital visitation
	NY Times: Defaults Rise in Loan Modification Program
	Laboratories of Underfunding? State Financing for Antipoverty Efforts after the Recession
4/15/2010	Free Software to Annotate PDF Documents
	Paying the Poor to Do Right Doesn’t Work. Or Does It?
	NY Times: City Is Urged to Evaluate Foster Care
4/14/2010	Down Market Drives Up Lawsuits Against Appraisers
	NY Times: Plan Would Require Homeless to Work to Qualify for Rent Subsidies
	Study Examines Relationship Violence in Deaf Community
	New Job Openings Posted
	Help Preserve New Yorker's Access to Justice
4/13/2010	Terms of Endearment: How the Speculative Madness Was Financed
	Tax preparers out of Compliance: testing exposes violations of refund anticipation loan laws in Arkansas, New York and North Carolina
	Medicaid and CHIP Health Reform Implementation Timeline
	Social Security backlog keeps disabled people in Syracuse waiting 561 days
	With no space at the firm, rookie lawyers find a place in legal aid
	Cuts could pull plug on voice for poor
4/12/2010	SNAP: Regulation Restructuring: Issuance Regulation Update and Reorganization To Reflect the End of Coupon Issuance Systems
	Adobe Patch Tuesday news: auto updater coming
	Welfare Agency Job Boom: Quantity, Not Quality
	Stevens' Departure Leaves Big Shoes to Fill at High Court
	Use this hidden tip to keep your mail private
4/9/2010	Citigroup’s Mea Culpa Is Light on the Mea
	HUD: Notice of Change in Definitions and Modification to Neighborhood Stabilization Program
	Childless Adults: Barriers to Enrollment in Public Health Insurance
	NYPD May Change Frisk Tactics in public housing
4/8/2010	IOLA Grantee Activity Report
	IOLA Sets Floor Under Interest Rate Option
	Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program Provisions in the New Health Reform Law
	Chase Sued: Allegedly Told Homeowner to Stop Payments, Then Foreclosed
	Fed Reviews Find Errors in Oversight of Citigroup
4/7/2010	Urban Institute: President’s Budget Would Strengthen Housing Voucher Program; Yet Need for Rental Assistance Will Continue to Far Exceed Capacity of Federal Programs
	Predictability in EDD Rules Remain Elusive
	NY Times: Thousands May Lose Rental Vouchers
	New Job Opening Posted
4/6/2010	NCLEJ Sues Nassau County for Delaying Food Stamps, Medicaid, and Cash Public Assistance to Hundreds Each Month
	Financial crisis panel turns to risky mortgages
	Summary of Coverage Provisions in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010
4/5/2010	Online tool helps study health reform
	SNAP/Food Stamps Participation in January 2010 Hits New Record: 39.4 Million Persons
	Insurance Protection For Adult Children Won't Come Fast Enough For Some Parents
4/2/2010	EXEs in word docs
	Lawyers a luxury in rural Georgia
	Fair Hearing of the Month
4/1/2010	Child Care Market Rate and Stimulus Regulations (scroll to p. 11)
	New Front Opens in Dispute Between ABA, FTC
	NY Times: Minor Drug Offenses Qualify Legal Residents for Deportation
	Time and unemployment benefits have run out for thousands who still don't have jobs
3/31/2010	NCLC Comments regarding Notice of Proposed Rulemaking regarding Mortgage Assistance Relief Services
	Not Enough - What TANF Offers Family Violence Victims
	NY Times: New York to End Program to Give Cash to the Poor
3/30/2010	10-ADM-02: Legal Services and Cost Recovery for Recipients of Child Support Services
	Summary of New Health Reform Law
	NY Times: Audit Faults ‘Honor System’ for Aid to City’s Homeless
	Microsoft announces out-of-band patch for Internet Explorer that will be released tonight
3/29/2010	Presentations from the FRAC 2010 Anti-Hunger Policy Conference
	Key Changes to the Medicare Part D Drug Benefit Coverage Gap
	NY Times: A Bold U.S. Plan to Help Struggling Homeowners
	WIC Income Eligible Children by Congressional District and State
3/26/2010	DHCR Helps Warn Homeowners to Beware of Loan Modification Scams
	GAO Report: Home Affordable Modification Program Continues to Face Implementation Challenges
	Health Reform Implementation Timeline
	NY Times: Escaping From Poverty
	Proposed Settlement in New York City HEAP Class Action
3/25/2010	Countrywide Financial Corp will slash mortgage amounts
	Street Homeless Numbers Jump In NYC
	Legal Services NYC Announces Passing of Bronx Project Director Steven B. Telzak
	New Job Opening Posted
3/24/2010	The Food Stamp Dependent Care Deduction
	Help For Abused Immigrant Youth
	Americans for Financial Reform: Letter to Sen. Dodd on Need For Strong, Independent Consumer Regulator, March 2010
3/23/2010	Free Maintenance Software - FixWin 1.2
	10 TA/DC007: Treatment of 2010 Census Temporary Income
	Supreme Court to review immigration law that favors children of US mothers, over US fathers
	Study: Growing hunger problem sending more people to Central and Northern New York's food pantries
3/22/2010	Free Software: AppRemover 2.2.1.1
	Important Notice To New York City Households Who Pay For Heating About The Home Energy Assistance Program ("Heap") Benefits
	NY Times: House Approves Health Overhaul, Sending Landmark Bill to Obama
	Flip squads take on foreclosed houses, try to turn profits
3/19/2010	Hearing on TANF’s Role in Providing Assistance to Struggling Families
	Private Health Coverage Unstable for Middle Class
	GAO Report - Medicare Part D: Spending, Beneficiary Out-of-Pocket Costs, and Efforts to Obtain Price Concessions for Certain High-Cost Drugs
	United Ways 2009: A Confusing Mix of Missed and Missing Goals
	New York State Poverty Report
3/18/2010	10 OHIP/ADM-3: Medicare Savings Program Enrollment under the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008
	NY Times: Paterson Signs Law on Making Health Care Decisions
	Legal aid nominees headed for confirmation
	Domestic violence bills gain
	New Job Opening Posted
3/17/2010	10-OCFS-LCM-01: Child Care Market Rates 2009-2011
	Obama Budget Includes Major Plan to Preserve Needed Affordable Housing
	Prices For Brand-Name Drugs In The Coverage Gap
	Shortchanging Rural Community Development
	NY Times: How Privacy Vanishes Online
3/16/2010	Microsoft Offers IE Exploit Workaround, Promises Patch
	Bank Overdraft Fees Suit Stays Alive in Federal Court
	NY Times: With Medicaid Cuts, Doctors and Patients Drop Out
3/15/2010	Truth in Lending; Proposed Rule
	Disability Law News - March 2010
	2nd Circuit Rejects Most of New York's Attorney Advertising Limits
	Alternative browsers shine
	Next Steps for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
3/12/2010	Repo Madness: How Automobile Repossessions Endanger Owners, Agents and the Public
	Fair Hearing of the Month: Finger-imaging may not be required for EAA benefits or 131-s grants
	GAO Report: Temporary Assistance for Needy Families: Fewer Eligible Families Have Received Cash Assistance Since the 1990s, and the Recession's Impact on Caseloads Varies by State
	Reality Check for Bank Investors, Mortgage Investors and Home Buyers
	What Do You Do When a Debt Collector Calls? Tips On What They Can and Cannot Do
	Child Care Stimulus Regulations - Amendment of section 404.5, section 415.2 and 415.9 of Title 18
3/11/2010	Federal Reserve Notice of Adoption: Interagency Questions and Answers Regarding Community Reinvestment
	Social Security Administration: Notice announcing addresses for summonses and complaints
	USDA criticizing food stamp application methods
	IOLA Fund Legal Assistance Grants Plunge to $6.5 Million for 2010
	Help Preserve New Yorker's Access to Justice
3/10/2010	Another View: The Best Way to Protect Borrowers
	Using the Americans with Disabilities Act to protect the rights of individuals with disabilities In TANF programs
	10 MA/008: Medicare Savings Program Changes in Estate Recovery
	Fewer Services For The Homeless
	NY Times: An Advocate for Equal Justice
	New Online Training: Representing Homeowners at Mandatory Settlement Conferences:
3/9/2010	High Court: Lawyers Covered by Bankruptcy Reform Law
	NY Times: Program Will Pay Homeowners to Sell at a Loss
	Beneficiaries remain vulnerable to sale agents' marketing of Medicare Advantage plans
	New Job Openings Posted
	IOLA - Updated Public Meeting Notice
3/8/2010	Online Version of 18 NYCRR updated
	HUD Addresses Root Causes of Foreclosure Crisis
	NY Times: Council Seeks to Crack Down on Process Servers Who Lie
	AIG units settle mortgage discrimination case
3/5/2010	10 OHIP/ADM-2: Medicaid Buy-In Program for Working People with Disabilities Medical Improvement Group
	GAO Report - Medicare Part D: CMS Oversight of Part D Sponsors' Fraud and Abuse Programs Has Been Limited, but CMS Plans Oversight Expansion
	How Did Older Workers Fare in 2009?
	New Job Opening Posted
3/4/2010	SSA Proposed Rule: Disability Determinations by State Agency Disability Examiners
	10-ADM-01: Changes to Assignment of Support Rights and Child Support Distribution in Current-Assistance Cases
	FRAC Focuses: Obesity and Poverty
	NY Times: Lawsuits Renew Questions on Immigrant Detention
	Article: Truth is, HEAP, food stamps not unfunded mandates
	10 free programs
3/3/2010	Consumer Agency Within Fed Seen as Victory for Banking Industry
	A New Tool For Tenants
	NY Times: Calculating Poverty in New York: More by City Standard, and Less by Federal One
	IOLA Meeting - March 10, 2010
3/2/2010	10-LCM-01: Child Support Incentives - Federal Fiscal Year 2008 (FFY2008)
	GAO Report: Spending, Beneficiary Cost Sharing, and Cost-Containment Efforts for High-Cost Drugs Eligible for a Specialty Tier
	HAMP Mortgage Modification Litigation
	Justice Dept. To Launch Indigent Defense Program
3/1/2010	Mortgage task force to probe foreclosures, fraud
	CBPP: TANF Emergency Fund Extension is Critical to Saving 100,000 Jobs
	Major Changes In The Quick Tax Refund Loan Industry
	Free Web-based helper programs
	NYS Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report
2/26/2010	A Fight To Extend Parents' Rights
	Matter of Brunswick Hosp. Ctr. Inc. v Daines (PRUCOL decision)
	Medicaid Financial Eligibility: Primary Pathways for the Elderly and People with Disabilities
	Consumer Complaints Soar on Mortgage Rescue Schemes
2/25/2010	10 MA/007: Family Health Plus Premium Assistance Program Rates Used for Determining Cost Effectiveness
	Updated Rent Stabilization/Control: Fact Sheet #14 - Rent Reductions for Decreased Services
	DHCR - Low-income Housing Credit Qualified Allocation Plan (scroll to p. 8)
	NY Times: White House in New Push for Changes on Wall St
	Federal Judge Approves Class Action Settlement That Affects Employment Rights Of Up To 25,000 New Yorkers
	February STAR Watch Newsletter
2/24/2010	FRAC: Issue Briefs for Child Nutrition Reauthorization: How Improving Federal Nutrition Program Access and Quality Work Together to Reduce Hunger and Promote Healthy Eating
	Improving Communication between Public Benefits Agencies and Persons with Hearing Difficulties
	Expanding Medicaid: Coverage for Low-Income Adults Under Health Reform
	32 free programs in Karen's Power Tools
2/23/2010	CBPP: TANF Emergency Fund Extension Would Be Effective in Creating Jobs
	Support for Low-Income Individuals and Families: A Review of Recent GAO Work
	High Court Justices May Favor Clients Over Lawyers in Fee Shift Dispute
	Modern Courts makes appeal for judiciary's budget
	New Job Openings Posted
2/22/2010	Truth in Lending; Unfair or Deceptive Acts or Practices; Final Rules
	Does Justice Thomas' Silence Thwart Advocacy?
	NY Times: States Consider Medicaid Cuts as Use Grows
2/19/2010	10 MA/005: Medicaid for Haitians Applying for or Granted Temporary Protected Status by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
	Will Deferred Associates Idea Backfire for Law Firms
	Making Public Housing Public
	Most Infant Formula Purchased Through WIC
	Smart Choices in Hard Times
	Syracuse may let tenants use rent to pay landlords' delinquent water bills
2/18/2010	Most Windows 7 PCs max out memory
	Credit CARD Protections Take Effect Monday But Loopholes and Abuses Persist
	N.Y. City Bar Urges Limiting Personal Data in Civil Filings
	NY Times: U.S. Housing Aid Winds Down, and Cities Worry
	New York State Volunteer Income tax assistance Sites
	PULP Files Comments on HEAP Plan for 2010-2011
2/17/2010	CBPP: Failure to Extend Improvements in Child Tax Credit Would Harm Millions of Low-Income Working Families
	Empire Justice Memo of Support: A.1296 (Wright)- Repeal The 185% Earned Income Cap
	After Four Years, New York/New York III Pact Has Produced Less Housing Than Planned
	NY Times: New Option for the States on Inmates in the Census
	New Job Openings Posted
	Mayor's Anti Flipping Task Force Releases 4th year Report on Property Flipping in Buffalo
2/16/2010	Empire Justice Memo of Support: S.1021 (Kruger)- Allow Families to Earn Their Way to the Poverty Level
	Advocates: Why no chairman?
2/12/2010	How The Recession Might Change States
	NYC Council is Angry Over Housing, But That Doesn't Pay The Rent
	Legal Services Funding Alliance Testimony at the Hearing on Public Protection in the 2010-11 Executive Budget
	NY Times: Long-Term Care Hospitals Face Little Scrutiny
	Google lunacy: You MUST turn off Buzz for privacy
2/11/2010	Legal Services Corporation: Interim final rule and request for comments
	As Focus Shifts To Jobs, The Uninsured Seek Solutions
	NY Times: Once Stigmatized, Food Stamps Find Acceptance
	IOLA Grants Committee Meeting
2/10/2010	Microsoft delivers huge Windows security update
	Empire Justice Center Testimony at the Public Protection Hearing for 2010-2011
	Sustained Earnings Gains for Residents in a Public Housing Jobs Program
	Chief Judge Lippman - Speech at Central Synagogue, Friday February 5, 2010
2/9/2010	10-INF-01: Revisions to the LDSS-4148C "What You Should Know If You Have An Emergency, Questions and Answers Book - 3
	State Bar Association Testifies at Joint Budget Hearing
	Consumer Advocates to Bank Regulator: Enforce Rules for Quickie Refund Loans
	Temporary Position for Immigration Attorney - NYLAG
2/8/2010	November 2009 SNAP/Food Stamp Numbers Now Online
	Medicaid and Managed Care: Key Data, Trends, and Issues
	E-Discovery Do's and Don'ts
	OTDA Notice of public comment period - development of the Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP)
2/5/2010	IE flaw gives hackers access to user files, Microsoft says
	Lawsuits Accusing Banks of Illegal Overdraft Fees Start to Add Up
	Balance Child and Family Protection with Immigration Enforcement Goals, Study Recommends
2/4/2010	Mortgage lenders pursue homeowners even after foreclosure
	Ohio Sues California Foreclosure Rescue Operations for Conning Consumers
	Analysis Examines Trends In Medicare Advantage Plan Benefits and Cost-Sharing
	NY Times: No Help in Sight, More Homeowners Walk Away
2/3/2010	Study: 1 in 8 get help at food banks
	States Cutting Back Special Programs For The Uninsured
	Nominee to legal agency for poor opposed
2/2/2010	N.Y. Chief Judge Rallies State Bar Backing for Threatened Judiciary Budget
	Fate of $15 mil. for civil legal services in lawmakers' hands
	Flaws plague foreclosure relief program
2/1/2010	Food Stamp Program: Eligibility and Certification Provisions of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002; Final Rule
	Public health insurance and TPS for Haitians
	Suit Proceeds Against Attorneys Accused of Facilitating Mortgage 'Doomed to Failure'
	Assistive Technology (AT) and Specialized Equipment - Conference in Rochester for health professionals, vendors, advocates, vocational counselors, individuals with disabilities,family members and others
	NY Times: Lawsuit Takes Aim at Trespassing Arrests in New York Public Housing
	The State of language Access: Results of the National Voluntary Self-Assessment of Legal Services Programs For New York State
1/29/2010	Free Software: Puran Defrag 7.0
	Mass. Couple Sue Bank of America Alleging Erroneous Foreclosure Attempt
	Senators Stachowski, Klein and Thompson Unveil Comprehensive Foreclosure Law in Buffalo
	NYS Senate Crime, Victims & Judiciary Public Hearing - Judge Lippman Testimony
1/28/2010	Robust Legal Research on Your iPhone
	States Weigh Judicial Recusals
	Welfare rolls up in '09; more enroll in assistance programs
1/27/2010	Free Software: SolidIPConfig 1.1 Beta
	City Won't Vouch For Them: No Solution For Unhoused
	Federal Judge Calls 2nd Circuit's Approach to Calculation of Attorney Fees 'Condescending'
	NY Times: Judge Bars Youth Prisons From Routine Shackling
1/26/2010	State Supreme Court Strikes Down ‘Poor Tax’ on Low Income Tenants
	E-Filing: Then and Now
	NY Times: Families Struggle to Afford Food, Survey Finds
1/25/2010	Free Software: WirelessKeyView 1.32
	CBPP: Sharp Expansion of HUD’s "Moving-To-Work" Demonstration Raises Serious Concerns
	NY Times: Underwater, but Will They Leave the Pool?
	Job Opening: Senior Attorney - Senior Citizens Law Program
1/22/2010	Microsoft patches IE, admits it knew of bug last August
	Disability Law News - January 2010
	NY Times: Treasury Weighs Fixes to Foreclosures Program
	Ruling Issued in Country’s Only Discrimination Case Addressing HIV-Positive Children in Camp
1/21/2010	FHA Sets Tighter Lending Requirements
	Authenticating Web Pages as Evidence
	NY Times: If Your Password Is 123456, Just Make It HackMe
1/20/2010	Microsoft to release out-of-band patch for IE zero-day vulnerability
	Consumer advocates to Fed: Stop evasions by credit card companies
	Lippman Defends Courts' Budget Against Criticism by Governor
1/19/2010	Foreclosed Properties in NYC: A Look at the Last 15 Years
	Legal Services Journal - Winter 2009 - 2010
	Winter 09-10 AT Advocate - Services To Preschool Children With Disabilities Under The Individuals With Disabilities Education Act
	Disability Just Before Retirement Often Leads to Poverty
	Job Posting - Domestic Violence Advocate
1/15/2010	Free Data Recovery Software: Unstoppable Copier for Windows 4.3
	New Civil Rights Division Unit Will Address Discriminatory Lending
1/14/2010	New York State Annual Action Plan Program Year 2010 - As Approved by HUD December 28, 2009
	Mending the Patchwork: A report examining county by county inequities in child care subsidy administration in New York State
	GAO Report: Loan Performance and Negative Home Equity in the Nonprime Mortgage Market
	Economy hurts justice for all
1/13/2010	10ADM-01 - Elimination of the Resource Test for Non-SSI-Related Medicaid/Family Health Plus Applicants/Recipients
	Adobe patches PDF zero-day, other critical bugs
	GAO Report: Social Security - Options to Protect Benefits for Vulnerable Groups When Addressing Program Solvency
1/12/2010	Thrust Temporarily Into Public Service
	HOPE for Homeowners Program; Statutory Transfer of Program Authority to HUD and Conforming Amendments To Adopt Recently Enacted Statutory Changes; Final Rule
	Uninsured Young Adults: Who They Are and How They Might Fare Under Health Reform
1/11/2010	Revisions to the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Regulations on Income and Resources
	CBPP: Subsidies in Senate Health Bill Would Be Inadequate for Many Low- and Moderate-Income Households, Need Improvement in Conference
1/8/2010	Working poor upset over cut in day care subsidies
	Access to Abortion Coverage and Health Reform
	NY Times: Reform of New York’s Courts Stalls
	Chief judge: Poor need help
1/7/2010	09-OCFS-ADM-19: New York City Domestic Violence State Aid Rates for July 1, 2009, through June 30, 2010
	WIC Fruit and Vegetable Voucher Increase
	NY Times: Courts Seek More Lawyers to Help the Poor
	Heat on for HEAP assistance
1/6/2010	H&R Block to refund customers more than $11M
	Editorial: Meaningful Mortgage Relief: Principal Reduction Through Foreclosure Prevention
1/5/2010	Personal Bankruptcy Filings Rising Fast
	HUD Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA) Handbook
	The House, Senate and You: A New Guide to Health Reform
1/4/2010	NY Times: Living on Nothing but Food Stamps
	Housing Predictor: 10 Million Foreclosures Through 2012
	NY is sued to end violence in juvenile detention
	New Job Opening Posted
12/31/2009	Revisions in the WIC Food Packages Rule to Increase Cash Value Vouchers for Women
	09-OCFS-INF-06: Promoting a Safe and Respectful Environment for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Questioning Children and Youth in Out-of- Home Placement
	DHCR - Management Bureau Memoranda 2009-B-15: Newly Adopted Mitchell-Lama Regulations
	OCFS Emergency Rule: Mandatory Disqualification of Foster and Adoptive Parents Based on Criminal History
	NY Times: Suit Claims Fraud by New York Debt Collectors
12/30/2009	New York State Bar Association - 2010 State and Federal Legislative Priorities
	Senate Civil Legal Services website
	NY Times: Billions to Fight Foreclosure, but Few New Loans
12/29/2009	09-ADM-24: Changes to 18 NYCRR 350.4 Impacting the Safety Net Assistance (SNA) Application Supplement and the Recognition of Same Sex Marriages
	The Housing Crisis: An Embedded Reporter In The American Nightmare
12/28/2009	ABA Presses the Case for Loan Relief for Law Graduates
	NY judge denies adult homes from intervening in civil-rights cases for mentally ill
	The recession begins flooding into the courts
12/24/2009	Rolling in Dough, Still Kicking Out Families
	A just society will find way to help poor
	The COBRA Subsidy and Health Insurance for the Unemployed
	NY Times: Banks Bundled Bad Debt, Bet Against It and Won
12/23/2009	09-INF-23: Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and Other Tax Credits for Tax Year 2009
	State revokes license of real estate 'flipper'
	Uninsured Young Adults: Who They Are and How They Might Fare Under Health Reform
	Snafu May Overfill City Shelters, Rendering 3,000 Subsidized Housing Vouchers Worthless
12/22/2009	Home mortgage foreclosures rise in third quarter
	2nd Circuit Rejects Aliens' Claims of Unlawful Prolonged Detention
	Star Watch Newsletter
	New Online Trainings Posted
12/21/2009	Bill Would Protect Attorney-Client Privilege
	Medicare Part D 2010 Data Spotlights
	LSC President to Step Down at Year's End
	NY Times: F. William McCalpin, Champion of Legal Aid to Poor, Dies at 88
	Deep freeze stretches shelters to the chairs
	Fed's approach to regulation left banks exposed to crisis
	New Job Opening Posted
12/18/2009	Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Access to Care Among Children: How Does Medicaid do in Closing the Gaps?
	Fingerprinting For Food Stamps Under Scrutiny
	Senate Majority Holds Buffalo Hearing to Explore the Need for Reform of the Civil Legal Service System
	NY Times: Thousands Lose Rent Vouchers in Cutback
	Demand for home energy assistance climbs as mercury falls
12/17/2009	Alternative Welfare-to-Work Strategies for the Hard-to-Employ
	NY Times: Welfare Rolls Grow in City, but Increase Is Modest
	Citigroup to suspend foreclosures for 30 days
12/16/2009	Free Software: Remove Fake Antivirus 1.57
	Judges May Be Penalized for Delays, N.Y. High Court Rules
	Progress Enrolling Children in Medicaid/CHIP: Who is Left and What are the Prospects for Covering More Children?
	Staff Attorney Job Opening - Legal Aid Society of Rockland County
12/15/2009	Mozilla exec urges Firefox users ditch Google for Bing because of privacy concerns
	Lawyer: Homeless Families Still Getting Runaround
	Senate considers IOLA solutions
	Governor Paterson Signs Comprehensive Foreclosure Legislation Into Law
	NY Times: Poll Reveals Trauma of Joblessness in U.S.
	New Job Openings Posted
12/14/2009	NLS 2009 National AT Conference Handouts
	Where Are States Today? Medicaid and State-Funded Coverage Eligibility Levels for Low-Income Adults
	Federal Judges Push Back Against Recusal Proposals
	NY Times: New York Finds Extreme Crisis in Youth Prisons
12/11/2009	Civil legal services need New Yorkers' support
	NY Times: Civil Suit Says Lender Ignored Own Warnings
	DHCR Rent Stabilization/Control: Fact Sheets #37-40 - Updated
	Health Insurance Coverage for Older Adults: Implications of a Medicare Buy-In
	Article: Legal-aid funding could be cut 44%
12/10/2009	Testimony: LaDonna Pavetti, Director of Welfare Reform and Income Support, on the Impact of the Recession and the Recovery Act on Social Safety Net Programs
	State Register Notice - New Court Rules
	September 2009 SNAP/Food Stamp Numbers Now Online
	Fact Sheet: Low-Income Assistance Under the Medicare Drug Benefit
	NY Times: Shortage of Beds for Homeless in City
12/9/2009	Amid Homeless Surge, Are Solutions In Sight?
	NY Times: Mortgage Relief Plan Shows Weak Results
	Waiting Room Flier About Fishman v Daines
12/8/2009	Lawyer: Homeless Families in NYC Still Getting Runaround
	Report: Insufficient funding for legal aid in Maryland
	Fund that pays for low-income legal services spirals downward
	Unemployment Statistics on Older Americans
12/7/2009	No Free Lunches: Getting Food Aid to Eligible Families
	Ralph Nader Calls Out Legal Profession, Law Schools
	LSC Office of Legal Affairs- 1626 Eligibility Screening and Statutory Exceptions
	NY Times: Food Stamp Usage Across the Country
	IOLA Grant Announcement
	Steuben County Agrees to Speed Up Issuance of Food Stamps, Medicaid Assistance, and Cash Public Assistance to Those Hard Hit by Recession
12/4/2009	Google Public DNS service not ideal for everyone
	Totally Mod: Forcing Banks to the Table to Modify Foreclosures
	IOLA Fund Board Meeting - December 16
12/3/2009	Squeezing Money Out of Home Health Care
	Federal Judge Releases Written Opinion on 'Red Flags Rule' - (FTC Rule defining lawyers as "creditors)
12/2/2009	Seniors Often Reluctant To Switch Medicare Drug Plans
	High Court Considers Restrictions on Attorneys Giving Bankruptcy Advice
	New Job Openings Posted
12/1/2009	Free Software - ProduKey 1.40
	Fear stymies mediation process
	Feds to states: Don't privatize food stamps
	Student Loan Borrower Assistance Project
	Law regulates 'life settlement' deals
11/30/2009	New Push on Mortgage Relief
	Foreclosures will keep rising through 2010, report says
	NY Times: Food stamp use soars, and stigma fades
11/27/2009	09-INF-22: Social Security Administration (SSA) Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) for January 2010 - SSI Benefit Levels Chart
	Foreclosure Fears Lead To Tenants' Conundrum
11/25/2009	One in Four Borrowers Is Underwater
	Saving Public Housing By Building Anew
	Utility Payment Assistance Programs in New York State
	New Job Openings Posted
	Announcement - IOLA Grant Package
11/24/2009	Amid Homeless Surge, Are Solutions In Sight?
	Congress Targets Senior Abuse
	Judge Blasts Bank's Foreclosure Conduct and Cancels Mortgage
	Online Food Stamp Application Now Available to Nassau County Residents
	Appeals court backs limits on Legal Aid lawyers
11/23/2009	09 MA/027: Elimination of the Resource Test for Non-SSI-Related Medicaid Applicants/Recipients
	National Consumer Law Center: Credit Card Evasions Rampant
	Poverty rate rises in Westchester, Rockland
	Why not counsel in civil cases too?
	Preparation for a Medicaid Assistive Technology Hearing - Handouts from 2009 National AT Pre-Conference in Austin, Texas
	New Unemployment Benefits Training Online
11/20/2009	The High Cost of Segregation: Exploring the Relationship Between Racial Segregation and Subprime Lending
	14 Percent of U.S. Homeowners In Peril
	N.Y. Judges Stake Out Narrow Grounds in Upholding Same-Sex Benefits
11/19/2009	The Google Gorilla Enters the Research Game
	09-ADM-23: Automated Case Closure (for a child support case)
	ABA Shake-Up Ousts Executive Director, Other Top Staff
	New Job Openings Posted
11/18/2009	Free Software - Screenshot Captor
	The Role of Health Coverage for Communities of Color
	Two Roads Diverge in E-Discovery Costs
	Nassau Suffolk Law Services Law Services News
11/17/2009	For Homeowners, Promised Help Rarely Arrives
	Disability Law News - November 2009
	Food Insecurity Up in Recessionary Times
	Comprehensive Foreclosure Legislation Passes
	Linux for old PCs?
11/16/2009	Article: Mortgage crisis is a mounting problem in the Lower Hudson Valley
	N.Y. can't compromise children's futures
	New Job Openings Posted
	Legal aid for the poor
11/13/2009	09 TA/DC033: Meeting Energy Emergencies with HEAP
	NY Times: Acorn Sues Over Funding Vote in House
	Act Now to Help Stop Foreclosures in Your Community
	Segregation and the Subprime Lending Crisis
11/12/2009	Better Foreclosure Numbers? Not Really
	09-ADM-22: Food Stamp Transitional Benefit Alternative (TBA) for Households with Children Leaving Safety Net Assistance
	Governor Paterson Announces Reform of Mitchell-Lama Regulations
	Medicare Part D 2010 Data Spotlights
	NY Times: More Foreclosures to Come
	New Job Opening Posted
	Stop the Pain - Don't Cut Civil Legal Services
11/10/2009	Family Court and those who work there are hoping the state will grant this overburdened system more judges
	Supreme Court Grapples With Constitutionality of Juvenile Sentences
	Considerations in Efforts to Restructure Work-Based Credits
	SSA Proposed Rules
11/9/2009	Lawsuit targets co-pays for subsidized day care
	Microsoft Security Essentials and Iolo System Mechanic help keep Windows running smoothly
	Unemployment Statistics on Older Americans
	Online Training - Res Judicata, Reopening and Revival: The 3 Rs for Keeping Social Security Cases Alive (so they can be paid)
11/6/2009	Free Software - AppRemover 2.1.0.1
	Empire Justice Center Testimony on the Governor's Proposed Deficit Reduction Plan
	Law Schools Help Extend U.S. Supreme Court Database to 1792
	Food and Drug Administration and Assistive Technology - Frequently Asked Questions
11/5/2009	The Impact of State Income Taxes on Low-Income Families in 2008
	August 2009 SNAP/Food Stamp Numbers Now Online
	Two new ADMs dealing with Support Rights and Child Support Distribution and Employment Sanctions and the Redetermination of Benefits
11/4/2009	Congressional Budget Office: An Overview of Federal Support for Housing
	CH Chief Says Utility Deregulation Has Disappointed
	Unemployment Insurance Benefits - Training 101
11/3/2009	Public Housing in NYC: Building Communities of Opportunity
	Amid epidemic of foreclosures, a crying need for legal aid
	Deferred Associates 'Hit the Ground Running' at Temporary Positions
	Half of US kids will get food stamps, study says
11/2/2009	GAO Report: Higher Education and Disability: Education Needs a Coordinated Approach to Improve Its Assistance to Schools in Supporting Students
	End Of COBRA Subsidy Rattles Newly Unemployed
	Congress Set to Take Aim at Judicial Recusals
	NY Times: Immigrant Jail Tests U.S. View of Legal Access
	New Online Training: Welfare Work Rules 101 - CLE Credit Available
10/30/2009	New Online Training: Medicaid 101 - CLE Credit Available
	Gates Foundation Gives 3 Million to Legal Aid for Washington Fund
	Bridge Loans For Non Profits
	Judge Rules FTC Cannot Make Lawyers Comply With Identity Theft Laws
	October STAR Watch Technology Newsletter
	Follow up story on Texas Legislature and IOLTA
	New Training Posted - Introduction to Disability Law - CLE Credit Available
10/29/2009	Facts tell the story of Massachusetts' remarkably successful health-reform law
	Class Action Revived Against Countrywide Over Alleged Kickbacks
	Foreclosures Spread to Middle Class
	October 2009 version of "FOOD STAMPS IN NYS: An Eligibility Prescreening Guide" is now available
	New Job Openings Posted
	Health Reform Issues: State Financing and Medicaid
10/28/2009	Buffalo's largest foreclosure auction is under way
	GAO Report: Legal Services Corporation - Some Progress Made in Addressing Governance and Accountability Weaknesses, But Challenges Remain
	The COBRA Subsidy and Health Insurance for the Unemployed
	Bad Economy Makes Pro Bono Legal Services Difficult, Panel Says
10/27/2009	Free Software: Unlocker 1.8.8
	09-ADM-18: Temporary Assistance (TA) Policy Implications of Implementation of Electronic Interim Assistance Reimbursement
	Medicaid and State Budgets: From Crunch to Cliff
	NYLJ: The Good We Do: Access to Justice
10/26/2009	House Committee Votes to Speed Relief to Credit Card Customers
	FRAC Statement - USDA Secretary Outlines Obama Administration’s Access and Nutrition Priorities for Child Nutrition Reauthorization
	Appellate Div.2d - Retroactive assignment of mortgage invalid
10/23/2009	Obama Administration To Ensure Inclusion Of The LGBT Community In HUD Programs
	Health Coverage of Children: The Role of Medicaid and CHIP
	Exclusive Lists: Frequently Asked Questions in the Context of Medicaid Funding of Durable Medical Equipment (DME)
	New Job Openings Posted
10/22/2009	Medicare Program; Policy and Technical Changes to the Medicare Advantage and the Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Programs; Proposed Rule
	Free Program to evaluate Network Bandwidth
	GAO Report -Credit Cards: Fair Debt Collection Practices Act Could Better Reflect the Evolving Debt Collection Marketplace and Use of Technology
	Medicaid Beneficiaries and Access to Care
	NY Times: Court Deals Blow to Owner of Huge Apartment Complex
10/21/2009	Federal Reserve System: Truth in Lending; Proposed Rule
	More Housing Aid Is On the Way
	Avoidable Foreclosures Continue Despite Servicers "Loan Modifications"
	Editorial: Give victims of foreclosure a voice in court
	New Job Opening Posted
	Governor Proposes Slash to Civil Legal Services, PULP Funding
10/20/2009	NYC Homeless Shelter Population Reaches All-Time High
	Progress Proves Elusive for Diversity in the Legal Profession
	NY Times: The Unemployed Wait
	State Bar urges rejection of Legal Services funding cuts
10/19/2009	09-ADM-17: Changes to the Utility Arrears Repayment Agreement Terms and Enforcement Option
	DHCR Rent Stabilization/Control: Fact Sheets #13, 14, 15, 16, 17 & 18 - Updated
	Senators seek hearings on IOLA's funding crisis
	Indiana axes welfare contract with IBM
	California Lawyers Vexed by New Law Barring Up-Front Fees for Mortgage Modification Work
	NY Times: Foreclosures Force Ex-Homeowners to Turn to Shelters
10/16/2009	Free Legal Program Fights To Remain In Local Offices
	Report: Most States Fail to Protect Children's Rights
	The Uninsured: A Primer
	Lawsuit Targets Major Credit Card Lender Over Alleged Excessive Charges
	Risk and Recovery: Understanding the Changing Risks to Family Incomes
10/15/2009	Case For a Social Security Cost-Of-Living Adjustment in 2010 Is Weak
	Congress Approves FY2010 Agriculture Spending Bill: Adds Three States and D.C. to Afterschool Meal Program, Boosts WIC Fruit and Vegetable Vouchers for Women
	How many people does it take to understand a power bill?
10/14/2009	SSA Proposed Rule: Transfer of Accumulated Benefit Payments
	09-OCFS-ADM-18: Live Scan Technology for Fingerprinting Foster and Adoptive Applicants
	Governor Signs Tenant Protection Law
	NY Times: Top State Court Hears Cases on Gay Marriage
10/13/2009	09-INF-18: 5/08 Revisions to the LDSS-4826: "Food Stamp Benefits Application/Recertification" and LDSS-4826A: "How to complete the Food Stamp Benefits Application/Recertification"
	California Becomes Nation´s First State to Assure Lawyers in Civil Cases
	GAO Report: Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Employment Discrimination: Overview of State Statutes and Complaint Data
	Conservative, Liberal Groups Unite in Legal Fee Case at High Court
	Legal Services Considers Consolidation of its Brooklyn Offices
	Final report on Leadership, Diversity and Legal Services Prepared by Baruch College for the IOLA Fund and the NY Leadership Work Group
10/9/2009	Selfhelp Community Services - NY Health Access Website
	Take it from the judges: Disability cases too drawn out
	Consumer Groups Concerned over Auto Dealer Exemption in CFPA
	Law Firm's Debt Collection Review Violated Federal Act, Judge Says
	NY Times: Another Kind of Foreclosure Crisis - Not Enough Legal Help
	New Job Opening Posted
10/8/2009	Selfhelp Medicaid Home Care Advocacy Training
	09-INF-17: Addendum to the Client Information Books - LDSS-4148D: "New Information About Temporary Assistance and Food Stamps"
	Anti-Predatory Laws Slowed Foreclosures
	GAO Report: Medicaid: State and Federal Actions Have Been Taken to Improve Children's Access to Dental Services, but Gaps Remain
	Report: Transitional Jobs for Ex-Prisoners
	NY Times: Working for Their Clients
10/7/2009	Article: Mortgage rules are sooo late
	Where Are States Today?: Medicaid and State-Funded Coverage Eligibility Levels for Low-Income Adults
	Deutsche Bank v Sisson - Dismissal of Foreclosure Action for failure to comply with the guidelines of the NY settlement conference statute
	New Online Training Available - Childhood Disability: The 2009 Childhood Social Security Rulings (SSRs)
	Subprime Revisited: How Reverse Mortgage Lenders Put Older Homeowners' Equity at Risk
10/6/2009	SSA: Revised Medical Criteria for Evaluating Malignant Neoplastic Diseases
	Lack of Legal Help: One More Way the Deck Is Stacked Against Homeowners
	Medicare Part D Spotlight: Part D Plan Availability in 2010 and Key Changes Since 2006
	High Court Debates Value of Attorney-Client Privilege
	New Job Opening Posted
10/5/2009	Even tougher for minorities to get mortgages
	Survey Finds Sharp Increase in Medicaid Enrollment and Spending During Recession
	NY Times: Scattered in Suburbs, and in Need
	New Job Openings Posted
10/2/2009	Free software - ProduKey 1.38
	GAO Report: FEMA Needs More Detailed Guidance and Performance Measures to Help Ensure Effective Assistance after Major Disasters
	The Cost of Failure to Enact Health Reform: Implications for States
10/1/2009	July 2009 SNAP/Food Stamp Numbers Now Online
	GAO Report: Fraud and Abuse Related to Controlled Substances Identified in Selected States
	Supreme Court Adds 12 Cases to Docket, Including a Second Amendment Sequel
	LSC Releases Updated Report on the Justice Gap in America
9/30/2009	Figures show Buffalo remains third-poorest City in US
	Rent Stabilization/Control: Updated DHCR Fact Sheets #7- #12
	NY Times: Cash Squeeze Said to Deny Legal Aid to Poor
	Treasurer Position: Help New York City's most vulnerable individuals and families by joining the Board of Directors of Project FAIR
9/29/2009	09-ADM-16: Enrollments in Educational Activities for Nonexempt Public Assistance Applicants and Recipients
	US income gap widens as poor take hit in recession
	NY Times: N.Y. Poverty Data Paint Mixed Picture
	Urban Institute: Rising Senior Unemployment and the Need to Work at Older Ages
9/28/2009	Medicaid Benefits: Online Database
	As Subprime Lending Crisis Unfolded, Watchdog Fed Didn't Bother Barking
	Kansas court ruling in foreclosure case getting national attention
9/25/2009	Panel Previews Upcoming Supreme Court Term
	Updated Resources on the Uninsured and Health Reform
	New Job Openings Posted
9/24/2009	ABA Wants Quick Ruling Against FTC
	New York State Budget Deficit May Grow to $3 Billion
	State and Local Foreclosure Mediation Programs: Can They Save Homes?
	VirtualStudio shows how cool 'free' can be
9/23/2009	NY Times: A Voice for the Poor Is Silenced
	Health Reform Subsidy Calculator -- Premium Assistance for Coverage in Exchanges/Gateways
	The Status of Product Liability, Warranty and Lemon Law Claims for New GM and Chrysler
	N.Y. High Court Upholds Governor's Power to Fill Vacancy
	Is ACORN funding ban unconstitutional?
9/22/2009	09-OCFS-INF-05: Child Care Market Rates Advance Notification
	Looking For A Safety Net And Finding 'Initiatives'
	Immigrants’ Health Coverage and Health Reform: Key Questions and Answers
	Judicial Campaign Speech Case May Be Destined for Supreme Court
	New Job Opening Posted
9/21/2009	Subprime Foreclosure Prevention Services Program - Training & Workshops for Service Providers
	IOLA Meeting Notice
	Plaintiffs Groups Mount Effort to Undo Supreme Court's 'Iqbal' Ruling
	A grim employment milestone
	Bills intended to protect the disabled from discrimination and abuse vetoed
9/18/2009	Food Stamp Budget Worksheets
	DAP News - September 2009
	Brief Examines Proposed Medicare Spending Changes In Historical Context
	N.Y. Federal Judge Confirmed for 2nd Circuit
	The needy struggle in civil court cases
9/17/2009	Children and Health Care Reform: Assuring Coverage That Meets Their Health Care Needs
	Medicaid Enrollment in 50 States: June 2008 Data Update
	Urban Institute: Are Families Prepared for Financial Emergencies?
9/16/2009	Rights to Emergency Shelters and Associated Benefits
	CBPP: Ending Medicare Advantage Overpayments Would Strengthen Medicare
	Lines of accountability for student discipline
	Employer Health Benefits 2009 Annual Survey Findings
9/15/2009	Funding Shortfalls Causing Cuts in Housing Vouchers
	Debt Threat: Saving Multifamily Rental Housing From Zombie Mortgages
	Stieberger Manual: 1993-2003 updates to compilation of Second Circuit
	GAO Report: Medicaid Preventive Services: Concerted Efforts Needed to Ensure Beneficiaries Receive Services
	NY Times: Despair’s Profiteers
9/14/2009	GIS 09 MA/024: COBRA Premiums and the Family Health Plus Premium Assistance Program
	Vermont tests team approach for aiding chronically ill
	Children Gain Insurance, Adults Lose In 2008
	Fresh eyes for poverty guidelines
	OTDA's July 2009 Report of Significant Litigation
9/11/2009	Understanding Today’s New Census Data
	Fair Hearing of the Month
	NEDAP and Empire Justice Testimony on NYHELPs Program
	Twitter Not Effective for Law Firm Marketing
	NY Times: Millions in Rebates at Stake in Rent Case Before Top Court
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9/10/2009	CBPP: Stimulus Keeping 6 Million Americans Out of Poverty in 2009, Estimates Show
	Millions More Foreclosures Coming, Treasury Warns
	Progress of the Making Home Affordable Program: What Are the Outcomes for Homeowners and What are the Obstacles to Success
	GAO Report - Social Security Disability: Additional Performance Measures and Better Cost Estimates Could Help Improve SSA's Efforts to Eliminate Its Hearings Backlog
	Individuals with Special Needs and Health Reform: Adequacy of Health Insurance Coverage
	Transformation of Affordable-Housing Policy Illuminated in New Historical Analysis
	Outreach brochure for parents/caregivers promoting the availability of free and reduced-price school meals
9/9/2009	Microsoft issues critical Windows patches
	09-OCFS-ADM-17: Committee on Special Education Maintenance Rates for July 1, 2009, through June 30, 2010, for Out-of-State Residential Schools Approved by the New York State Education Department
	Extension Could Buy Time for Nutrition Law Reauthorization
	NY Times: State Discriminated Against Mentally Ill, Judge Rules
	Unemployment Statistics on Older Americans
9/8/2009	09-INF-16: LDSS-4942: "Food Stamp Program Authorized Representative Request Form"
	New Job Openings Posted
9/4/2009	SNAP/Food Stamps Top 35 Million in June 2009 - Serve One in Nine Americans
	Hidden pockets of elderly said to be in poverty
	IOLA Interest Income as of August 31, 2009
	Secrets of the 'Win' key in Windows, including Windows 7
9/3/2009	Justice Stevens' hiring at high court slows
	HRA Policy Bulletins and Directives Updated
	States most likely to win under healthcare overhaul are home to its biggest foes
9/2/2009	HRA - 09-97-EMP: Revisions To The Employment Daily Timekeeping System (DTS)
	NY Times: Justice Dept. to Recharge Enforcement of Civil Rights
	Making a Business Case for Reducing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care
9/1/2009	Will Bar Associations Review Facebook for Applicants' Fitness?
	Nonprofits' Outlook After A Year Of Living Dangerously
	Explaining Health Care Reform: What Are Health Insurance Subsidies
8/31/2009	CBO Report: The Estimated Change in Medicare Part D Premiums from Provisions in H.R. 3200, America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009
	Mass. Case May Be Key in Gay Marriage Fight
	NY Times: A ‘Little Judge’ Who Rejects Foreclosures, Brooklyn Style
	How Will the Uninsured be Affected by Health Reform?
8/28/2009	Special Summer 09 issue of AT Advocate - Medicaid, Assistive Technology And The Courts, An Updated Summary of AT-Related Federal and State Court Decisions
	State Announces $25 Million in Stimulus Funding to Prevent Homelessness
	The Subprime Gift that Keeps Giving
	ABA Files Suit Against FTC Over Applying Red Flags Rule to Lawyers
8/27/2009	Summary of New State Loan Forgiveness Program for Public Interest Attorneys
	Federal Support for Health Information Technology in Medicaid: Key Provisions in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
	9th Circuit Sets Doctrine for Electronic Searches
	Children of Immigrants: National and State Characteristics
	August Star Watch newsletter
8/26/2009	Children's Advocates Fear Health Reform Could Undermine CHIP
	Sharp Increase in Mortgage-Related Lawsuits Reported
	DOJ Issues Damning Report Of NY Juvenile Centers
	Subprime Lenders Getting U.S. Subsidies, Report Says
8/25/2009	New Jobs Programs Aim For Unemployed 'Stimulus'
	With New Chief Judge, a New Direction for N.Y. High Court?
	Advocates Push To Include The Homeless In Medicaid
	Delivering Legal Aid after Katrina
8/24/2009	Duplicate Cleaner 1.4 Beta - Free Software for Removing Duplicate Files
	Guide to Rent Increases for Rent Stabilized Apartments in New York City
	NY Times: The Uninsured
	Bugs and Fixes: A Rare Emergency Fix From Microsoft
	Gas subsidy will help fuel commute
8/21/2009	Cuomo shuts down two LI immigration businesses
	Mortgage Delinquencies Rise as U.S. Home Prices Fall
8/20/2009	In Appraisal Shift, Lenders Gain Power and Critics
	Use Gmail - Waive Privilege?
	More Americans are poor and uninsured, Commerce Department official says
	Bad economy feeds big jump in New Yorkers on food stamps
8/19/2009	Making Welfare Work And Making Work Pay
	Taking the Pulse of Rural Health Care
	Examining Sources of Coverage Among Medicare Beneficiaries: Supplemental Insurance, Medicare Advantage, and Prescription Drug Coverage -- Findings from the Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey, 2006
	Foreclosure Woes Spread To Areas Once Thought Safe
	Thunderbird offspring takes the free e-mail crown
8/18/2009	Health Coverage and Expenses: Impact on Older Women's Economic Well-Being
	Major Carriers Shun Broadband Stimulus
8/17/2009	AIDS Activists Seek Gains Amid High Infection Rate
	Empire Justice Chart Showing CLS Funding 1992 - 2009
	New Job Openings Posted
8/14/2009	Bankruptcy Filings Up 35 Percent Over Previous Year
	Legal Services Journal - Summer 2009 Issue
	New Job Openings Posted
8/13/2009	ProduKey 1.36 - Free program that displays the the ProductID of installed Microsoft products (useful if you lost the product key and need to reinstall)
	As homeowners head 'underwater,' another housing crisis looms
	09-OCFS-ADM-15: Medicaid Coverage for Final-Discharged Youth 18 to 21 Years of Age
	GAO Report: Fair Lending: Data Limitations and the Fragmented U.S. Financial Regulatory Structure Challenge Federal Oversight and Enforcement Efforts
	Nine Patches Fix 19 Microsoft Holes (15 Critical)
	The Uncharted, Uncertain Future Of HOPE VI Redevelopments
	13 Syracuse-area families sue over alleged mortgage fraud by rent-to-own real estate company
8/12/2009	AIDS Activists Seek Gains Amid High Infection Rate
	NY Times: Welfare Agency Is Sued Over Translation Services
	States weigh in as feds prepare to spend billions on broadband for remote areas
	Many Low-Income Working Families Turn to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program for Help
8/11/2009	Getting The Lead Out: Paint Still A Concern
	NY Times: Westchester Adds Housing to Desegregation Pact
	IOLA Announcement About Grant Cycle
8/10/2009	Obama Picks Five, Including Harvard Dean, for Legal Services Board
	Health Reform Opportunities: Improving Policy for Dual Eligibles
	State Bar honors local legal agency
8/7/2009	2009 U.S. Supreme Court Review
	New state law eases medical coverage for 20-somethings
	New Job Openings Posted
8/6/2009	Demand for food stamps skyrocketing in CNY
	Empire Justice Center Letter to FTC on Mortgage Acts and Practices Rulemaking
	May 2009 SNAP/Food Stamp Data Now Online - SNAP/Food Stamps Reach Record 34.4 Million
	Struggling homeowners take banks to court
	New wave of mortgage foreclosures may be coming
	NY Times: Computer Error Caused Rent Woes for Public Housing Tenants
8/5/2009	Amid Public Housing Complaints, Is The Forecast Improving?
	GAO Report: Ryan White CARE Act: Estimated Effect of Proposed Stop-Loss Provision in H.R. 3293 on Urban Areas
	IOLA Interest Income as of July 31, 2009
	States make deep cuts to health
	Help Set Agenda for Public Benefits Task Force
8/4/2009	No Free Lunch: Conflict Over Food Stamp Access
	Fair Hearing of the Month
	2nd Circuit Sets Tough Fee Standard
	Prolonged Aid to Unemployed Is Running Out
8/3/2009	Make legal aid for the poor higher priority in economic downturn
	GAO Report: Provisions in a 2007 Mortgage Reform Bill (H.R. 3915) Would Strengthen Borrower Protections, but Views on Their Long-term Impact Differ
	Suburban Poverty and the Health Care Safety Net
	Legal Aid Funding Dwindles As Recession Factors Mount
	New Job Opening Posted
7/31/2009	Opportunities under the TANF Emergency Fund Created By the Federal Recovery Act
	NCUA Letter Highlights Dangers of False Credit Union Payday Loan "Alternatives"
	GAO Report: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: CMS Should Develop an Agencywide Policy for Translating Medicare Documents into Languages Other Than English
	New York State Health Care Legislation
	Academic Perspectives on the Future of Public Housing
7/30/2009	Foreclosure chart of the day
	New law bars employers from firing victims of domestic violence
	Lessons From A Crisis - Legal Services in Connecticut
	OCFS Proposed Rule - Eliminates the requirement that recipients of low income child care subsidies pursue child support
	FTC Delays Enforcement of Identity Theft Rules That Would Affect Lawyers
	A Broken System: Confidential Reports Reveal Failures in U.S. Immigrant Detention Centers
7/29/2009	Women of Color in U.S. Law Firms
	Key Questions about Changes for Medicaid and Low-Income Individuals: HR 3200 America’s Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009
	10 Things SharePoint Can Do for Your Firm
	Two New GAO Reports on the Mortgage Crisis
7/28/2009	New Fiscal Year Brings No Relief From Unprecedented State Budget Problems
	Federal Judge Says State Not Obligated to Pay for Sex-Change Surgery
	New policy affects NYC homeless families
7/27/2009	Free Software - NetWorx Bandwidth Monitor
	Health Care and the Middle Class: More Costs and Less Coverage
	5th Circuit Rules That Changes in Debtor Income Should Be Addressed in Chapter 13 Bankruptcies
	U.S. citizens wrongly detained, deported by Immigration and Customs Enforcement
7/24/2009	Medicare Part D Update - Lessons Learned and Unfinished Business
	Specter Proposes Return to Prior Pleading Standard
	New Job Openings Posted
	New Online Trainings Posted
7/23/2009	Fed urged to do more to protect homeowners
	Procedures For Challenging A Medicare Local Coverage Determination
	AG Sues To Vacate Default Judgments Of Debt Collectors
7/22/2009	New Online Training - Effect of Holocaust Reparations on Medicaid, SSI and Other Benefits
	Preserving Homeownership: Progress Needed to Prevent Foreclosures
	Report Examines Strategies For Simplifying Medicare Advantage Plan Options
	Legal Aid Funding Dwindles As Recession Factors Mount
	National Conference of State Legislatures releases budget forecast
	National Pro Bono Week October 25 through 31, 2009
7/21/2009	And Justice for All, Prioritizing Free Legal Assistance During the Great Recession
	Researchers hope study will avert another housing crisis
	New Job Openings Posted
	Subprime lenders' lucrative new lure
7/20/2009	NCLC: Lenders in Financial Distress
	NY Times: Defying Slump, 13 States Insure More Children
	Report: State tax revenues see record drop
7/17/2009	Percentage of veterans with mental health problems jumps dramatically
	Closing the Justice Gap
	Out of work, out of benefits, out of luck
7/16/2009	Senate Funding for Civil Legal Services
	Foreclosures rise 15 percent in first half of 2009
	NY Times: Struggling Landlords Leaving Repairs Undone
	LAC Offers Free Anti-Discrimination Webinar Series
	New Job Opening Posted
	NCLEJ, Western New York Law Center, and Empire Justice Center file class action challenging food stamp application delays in Steuben County, NY
7/15/2009	Freeware - Sophos Anti-Rootkit 1.5
	09 OHIP/ADM-3: Medicaid Extended Coverage for New York State Partnership for Long-Term Care Policyholders
	NY Times: No-Cost Error Leads to a Big Penalty
	Community Relief Fund - Bridge Loans for non profits
7/14/2009	Option ARMs Doing Worse than Subprime
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	Nationwide Class Action Certified Over Immigration Fees
	Estimates of Potential Eligibility for Low-Income Subsidies Under Medicare Part D
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7/13/2009	Fed Opposes Stripping Power Over Consumer Lending
	High-rate loans hurt Erie County
	Growing numbers of poor people swamp legal aid offices in U.S.