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PA Property Tax Rebate Program

Our 30-Day Challenge has ended, but applications for the rebate will be accepted until December 31, 2009.
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 Deadline Extended to - December 31st


Pennsylvania homeowners will receive nearly $770 million in property tax relief in 2009 under the latest installment from the historic Taxpayer Relief Act, Governor Edward G. Rendell.
Read the announcement from April 14th.

State boosts funds for heating aid, raises eligibility ceiling.
A cold winter could break the bank for the average family; for a low-income family, it could be devastating. This year, $280 million is earmarked for the the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP).
The money is used to provide one-time grants to help eligible homeowners keep warm; it also provides for crisis grants and for weatherization programs. This year's money is a big jump from last year's allocation of $180 million, and there are other changes that make this welcome news. For one thing, the cash grant will increase from $100 to $300, and crisis grants have been expanded from $300 to $800.

Philadelphia, PA is the home of The Benefit Bank. The pilot program was launched in January 2002 with the goal of shifting the benefit application process from people receiving benefit-by-benefit assistance to looking at the whole family; identifying what that family needs and connecting them to what is available.

In January 2005, the current version of The Benefit Bank was released setting the stage not only for expansion throughout the state of Pennsylvania but for development of the TBB network throughout the country. With support from agencies like the Pennsylvania Department of Aging, TBB now includes additional programs that directly support the state's senior population.

Southeastern PA
Currently, Solutions for Progress guides the deployment of The Benefit Bank program and services in southeastern PA, providing training, outreach materials and site support. We seek to engage an organization to take on the responsibility of further developing the network and assume the role of the TBB Affiliate.

Western PA
Through a generous grant from the Pittsburgh Foundation, United Cerebral Palsy of Pittsburgh acts as the Affiliate of The Benefit Bank for Western Pennsylvania. UCP provides training to other non-profits, churches, and community groups to become a TBB site.

UCP started the program in October 2005 and has sites in Allegheny County, including North Hills Community Outreach and the Parental Stress Center in East Liberty, and Southwestern Pennsylvania Legal Services in Washington, Washington County.

For more information about The Benefit Bank in PA contact:

Solutions for Progress
(215) 701-6123
lwinder@solutionsforprogress.com

or

United Cerebral Palsy
(412) 683-7100
info@ucppittsburgh.org
http://www.ucppittsburgh.org