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Representatives from the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency (PHEAA) will be providing a variety of webinars, including an overview of how to apply for all types of financial aid, reviewing financial aid offers, financial aid for non-traditional students, and more! Event Information: Virtual FAFSA Overview Registration is required to join this event. If you have not registered, please do so now. Event status: Not started (Register)... Date and time: Wednesday, January 13, 2021 12:00 pm Eastern Standard Time (New York, GMT-05:00) Duration: 1 hour Description: PHEAA’s Higher Education Access Partners, Amy Sawdey and Amy Sloan, will guide students and families through the process of filing the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). They will provide an overview of the necessary requirements in order to complete both the FAFSA and State Grant application. Time will be built into the presentation to allow you to ask any questions you may have for more information.

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Please be advised that advise that today is the last day to request a mail-in and absentee ballots (must do so by 5:00pm). Also, today is the last day that individuals may go to the Election Bureau office (inside the Beaver County Courthouse) to vote early. If they have any questions, have them call 724-728-5700 and ask to speak to someone in the Election Bureau office. I Just confirm it through the BC Election Bureau

OFA Webinar: Intimate Partner Violence in the Time of COVID-19: TANF's Vital Role in Prevention In honor of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, the Office of Family Assistance will host a webinar on October 28, 2020 from 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. ET. A subject matter expert and a TANF program practitioner will share insights and recommendations for leveraging TANF to provide support to intimate partner violence (IPV) survivors during COVID-19 and beyond. In this webinar, speaker...s will highlight the four types of behavior associated with IPV; the relationship between socioeconomic status and increased occurrence of IPV among TANF recipients; ways in which the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated risk factors for IPV among TANF populations; and program policies, budget strategies, and partnerships TANF programs can adopt to support TANF recipients experiencing IPV. Speakers will answer audience questions to assist other state and tribal programs in developing and improving their own TANF responses to COVID-19 and IPV. Speakers will include Marium Durrani, Director of Policy, National Resource Center on Domestic Violence and Janet Mickish, Manager, Colorado Department of Human Services. Jessica R. Kendall, Senior Manager, Family Specialist, ICF will facilitate the webinar. OFA PeerTA | [email protected] See more