Pennsylvania's Children's Health Insurance Program or CHIP now has spanish site for the growing Hispanic population in PA
Web site, www.chipysusalud.com
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Shmoop!
Shmoop is a great new website aimed at helping students with their English and U.S. History assignments. The site has very relevant discussions of the themes of classic books, great summaries of periods and events in history, links to helpful websites, printable cramsheets, and even tools to get students started on their essays. The organization and look of the site is very student-friendly, and everything is free! To find out more, take the Tour de Shmoop. I highly recommend this site. It is not as thorough as some of our databases, but they are adding new content all the time. Also, it is aimed at a teen audience and is written in a very engaging way.
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Filing an Initial Application for UC Benefits Online
You should file your application any day during the first week you are unemployed or working reduced hours. You will need your social security number, alien registration number (if not a U.S. citizen), and information about your last employer, such as name and address.
Follow these steps:
Log on to the Internet at www.dli.state.pa.us.
On the right side of the screen, scroll until you see “QUICK LINKS”.Then, click on “Unemployment Compensation”.
Click on “Services and Information for Individuals”.
Under the heading “New to PA Unemployment Compensation?”, click on “ File for
UC Benefits”.
Click on “File an Initial Application for UC Benefits”.
Select the language you wish to file in.
Follow the instructions to file your application.
Auxiliary aids and services are available upon request to individuals with disabilities.
Equal Opportunity Employer/Program
Filing Biweekly Claims via Internet
Internet services are available
· Sunday through Friday, 6 a.m. to 9 p.m.
To access these services, the claimant will need:
· Social Security Number
· UC PIN (Personal Identification Number)
· Gross amount of weekly earnings for week(s) claimed (if applicable)
· Gross amount of weekly earnings if absent from work (if applicable)
· Gross amount of holiday pay and vacation pay (if applicable)
Go to http://www.state.pa.us/; Keyword: unemployment.
Click on: Services and Information for Individuals
Click on File a Bi-weekly Claim
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
File Bi-weekly Claims for UC Benefits
· Certify eligibility for each of the two weeks
· Check/change your answers, then submit
· Wait until you receive the confirmation page before leaving the site
· Print a confirmation page for your records
· If you have provided your e-mail address, you will also receive an e-mail confirmation
_____________________________________
Benefit Payment Information via Internet
Benefit payment information is available for claims within the last two years. The claimant will need:
· Social Security Number
· UC PIN
Click on: Benefit Payment Information
· Total benefits payable, remaining balance, weekly benefit rate
· Payment amount for each week paid, payment issue date
· Method of payment: direct deposit or debit card
· View and print UC-1099G for prior calendar years
· Sunday through Friday, 6 a.m. to 9 p.m.
To access these services, the claimant will need:
· Social Security Number
· UC PIN (Personal Identification Number)
· Gross amount of weekly earnings for week(s) claimed (if applicable)
· Gross amount of weekly earnings if absent from work (if applicable)
· Gross amount of holiday pay and vacation pay (if applicable)
Go to http://www.state.pa.us/; Keyword: unemployment.
Click on: Services and Information for Individuals
Click on File a Bi-weekly Claim
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
File Bi-weekly Claims for UC Benefits
· Certify eligibility for each of the two weeks
· Check/change your answers, then submit
· Wait until you receive the confirmation page before leaving the site
· Print a confirmation page for your records
· If you have provided your e-mail address, you will also receive an e-mail confirmation
_____________________________________
Benefit Payment Information via Internet
Benefit payment information is available for claims within the last two years. The claimant will need:
· Social Security Number
· UC PIN
Click on: Benefit Payment Information
· Total benefits payable, remaining balance, weekly benefit rate
· Payment amount for each week paid, payment issue date
· Method of payment: direct deposit or debit card
· View and print UC-1099G for prior calendar years
UC Benefits and Claims
PA Workforce and Unemployment Compensation Resources
For Public users
Resource URLs
CWDS link - https://www.cwds.state.pa.us
UC link - http://www.dli.state.pa.us (keyword – “unemployment”)
DLI link - http://www.dli.state.pa.us
PA Workforce link - http://www.paworkforce.state.pa.us
UC Questions
If a public user has questions about filing for UC benefits or an existing claim for benefits, they should be directed to call
1-888-313-7284
CWDS Questions
If a public user has questions on using CWDS, please have them contact or visit their local PA CareerLink office. PA CareerLink information including address and telephone information can be found by using the “Locate Service Locations” link at the bottom of the CWDS home page.
For Public users
Resource URLs
CWDS link - https://www.cwds.state.pa.us
UC link - http://www.dli.state.pa.us (keyword – “unemployment”)
DLI link - http://www.dli.state.pa.us
PA Workforce link - http://www.paworkforce.state.pa.us
UC Questions
If a public user has questions about filing for UC benefits or an existing claim for benefits, they should be directed to call
1-888-313-7284
CWDS Questions
If a public user has questions on using CWDS, please have them contact or visit their local PA CareerLink office. PA CareerLink information including address and telephone information can be found by using the “Locate Service Locations” link at the bottom of the CWDS home page.
Friday, February 13, 2009
Scholarship Money
This link was forwarded to me from the head of the Community Involvement Network. This is the same group that sends me the posters about health information meetings and similar things, that I then generally send to you to have posted. I'm not familiar with the online journal ARA Lifestyle, but the scholarship program discussed appears legitimate.
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Reference Info
There has been a patron in Delaware County that has been accessing Ref.USA beyond normal research use. Because of this Helen has sent e-mails regarding the changes to access the database from home. Will fax the new format to UDM & UDP.
Hello, again,
ReferenceUSA has been deleted from the proxy server. From now on, remote access for ReferenceUSA will be handled by the vendor itself; customers will authenticate themselves on a ReferenceUSA page simply by typing in their library barcode number. ReferenceUSA has 25918 on file for us, and it works fine from where I sit.
I could not do a print screen from our off-network computer to show you the authentication page, so I'm going to fax a print-out to you.
Feel free to question or comment. Thanks!
-Helen
Helen Subbio
Information Services Coordinator
Delaware County Library System
340 North Middletown Road
Fair Acres Bldg 19
Media, PA 19063
610-891-8622
hsubbio@delco.lib.pa.us
hsubbio@delcoreference.org
From: hsubbio [mailto:hsubbio@delco.lib.pa.us] Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2009 10:10 AMTo: hsubbio@delco.lib.pa.usSubject: Slight break in ReferenceUSA accessImportance: High
Hello, everyone,
If all goes well, we will have a new way for customers to access ReferenceUSA remotely, within the hour. There may be a slight break in access while we work on this.
Thanks; apologies for the inconvenience.
-Helen
Helen Subbio
Information Services Coordinator
Delaware County Library System
340 North Middletown Road
Fair Acres Bldg 19
Media, PA 19063
610-891-8622
hsubbio@delco.lib.pa.us
hsubbio@delcoreference.org
Hello, again,
ReferenceUSA has been deleted from the proxy server. From now on, remote access for ReferenceUSA will be handled by the vendor itself; customers will authenticate themselves on a ReferenceUSA page simply by typing in their library barcode number. ReferenceUSA has 25918 on file for us, and it works fine from where I sit.
I could not do a print screen from our off-network computer to show you the authentication page, so I'm going to fax a print-out to you.
Feel free to question or comment. Thanks!
-Helen
Helen Subbio
Information Services Coordinator
Delaware County Library System
340 North Middletown Road
Fair Acres Bldg 19
Media, PA 19063
610-891-8622
hsubbio@delco.lib.pa.us
hsubbio@delcoreference.org
From: hsubbio [mailto:hsubbio@delco.lib.pa.us] Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2009 10:10 AMTo: hsubbio@delco.lib.pa.usSubject: Slight break in ReferenceUSA accessImportance: High
Hello, everyone,
If all goes well, we will have a new way for customers to access ReferenceUSA remotely, within the hour. There may be a slight break in access while we work on this.
Thanks; apologies for the inconvenience.
-Helen
Helen Subbio
Information Services Coordinator
Delaware County Library System
340 North Middletown Road
Fair Acres Bldg 19
Media, PA 19063
610-891-8622
hsubbio@delco.lib.pa.us
hsubbio@delcoreference.org
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Web addresses
Add this link to your favorites -
This is a nifty way to take those big long URLs (web addresses), and turn them into short, easy to work with addresses.
For example, someone wants the link to information about the Earned Income Tax Credit on the IRS web site. You can tell them to go to www.irs.gov and look for the link. Or you can give them the link
Or you can go to tinyurl, paste address into the Make it Tiny box and give them
This especially useful for emails or other text forms where the link could get broken by inaccurate text wrapping.
Try it yourself.
Monday, February 2, 2009
Unemployment Benefits
This website has links to applying for benefits on line, as well other information about Unemployment Compensation in Pennsylvania:
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