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State Sen. Jim R. Brewster
urges individuals to see if
they are eligible for the PA
Lottery-funded Property Tax
and Rent Rebate Program.
All homeowners and renters
who received rebates in 2015
should receive their booklets
in the early spring of 2016.
Sen. Brewster’s staff is available to help complete
the applications and process the forms. The staff also
can clear bureaucratic hurdles and help determine the
status of an application.
For the 2014 tax year, more than 564,000 in property
tax and rent rebates worth $269 million were sent to
qualifying Pennsylvanians. The rebate program benefits
eligible Pennsylvanians age 65 and older, widows and
widowers age 50 and older, and people with disabilities
age 18 and older. The income limit is $35,000 a year for
homeowners and $15,000 a year for renters. Only half
of Social Security is included in total yearly income.
“My staff is available to help with the Property Tax
and Rent Rebate application process,” Brewster said. “I
encourage any person who thinks they may be eligible
for this beneficial program to contact my office and talk
with a member of my staff.”
The rebate filing deadline for Property Tax/Rent
Rebate applications is June 30. Applications are
available online at www.revenue.state.pa.us and at any
of Senator Brewster’s district offices.
Brewster’s offices can be reached by phone:
McKeesport, 412-664-5200; Monroeville, 412-380-2242;
New Kensington, 724-334-1143. Residents can find
more information at www.senatorbrewster.com.
he Pittsburgh-based Community Empowerment Association has brought
its Workforce Development and Training Initiative to the Mon Valley, where
local officials recognize the need for employment opportunities as well as youth
programming.
With this successful neighborhood training program jumpstarting career
opportunities for young adults in Pittsburgh, Community Empowerment Association
president and CEO Rashad Byrdsong said the Mon Valley is ready for what the
Workforce Development and Training Initiative can offer.
“We all know the Mon Valley is in a phase of revitalization,” Byrdsong said. “The
loss of manufacturing from our steel mills left a lot of neighborhoods vacant
of opportunity. With a new resurgence of business and technology, along with
neighborhood-focused community development, we need to put young people on a
developmental track for job placement, training and post-secondary education.”
In communities where many youth find
themselves struggling with crime and
violence, which Byrdsong said is roote [