Legal Aid of Southeast Pennsylvania

LASP Attorney Suzanne Noble to Receive 2012 PLAN Excellence Award

January 24th, 2012

This spring, retiring Delaware County Legal Aid attorney Suzanne Noble will be awarded a Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network (PLAN) 2012 Excellence Award.

Suzanne has worked in legal services for 37 years.  Her illustrious career includes not only legal assistance for low income families and victims of domestic violence, but also years spent working in early childhood education, medical social work, and pastoral counseling.  During her time at LASP, Suzanne also became a great teacher of law students enrolled in the Villanova Law School legal aid clinical program.

While Suzanne is ready to move on to the next phase of her life, she retains her claim to a life lived excellently--she is already exploring hospice work and tutoring youth in Chester City, and is happy to have more time for painting and reading.

Changes Coming to Food Stamp Eligibility in Pennsylvania

January 24th, 2012

Beginning May 1, applicants for food stamps in Pennsylvania will have to pass not only income but also asset eligibility limits. Anyone under 60 with more than $2,000 in savings and other assets will no longer be eligible. For people over 60, the limit will be $3,250. The rule change is expected to affect almost a half-million Philadelphians.

Advocates at Legal Aid of Southeastern Pennsylvania can assist when people are improperly turned down for SNAP benefits due to miscalculations or misapplication of rules. They are already preparing for an upsurge in these types of cases as this new program is rolled out.

For more information, read the following article from the January 12th Philadelphia Inquirer.