Hello neighbors, happy new year! I am so thankful to be starting 2025 with the opportunity to continue serving you as your state representative.

As a quick recap from the 2023-2024 legislative session, our office was able to:

• Bring $26.6 million in state grant money back to the district
• Reunite neighbors with over $246,000 in their unclaimed property
• Serve 4,757 individual constituents and provide 7,299 unique services
• Help 548 seniors receive their PRT Connect Card
• Complete 489 Property Tax/Rent Rebate applications
• Resolve 323 unemployment cases
• Fulfill 154 PennDOT services

We hope that you never hesitate to give our office a call if we can help with any of the services listed above!

Since the new year is upon us, that means the Property Tax/Rent Rebate (PTRR) applications are now open until July 1. The Property Tax/Rent Rebate Program supports homeowners and renters across Pennsylvania. This program provides a rebate ranging from $380 to $1,000 to eligible older adults and people with disabilities age 18 and older, and the income limit to receive a rebate is $45,000 per household. Our office would be happy to assist you in applying!

As you know, my office hosts a Veteran Service Officer (VSO) from the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. (VFW) three days per month. In January, the VSO will be in our office on Jan. 15, Jan. 20 and Jan. 21 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. If you are a veteran or know a veteran who would like help in accessing their benefits, please call my office at (412) 781-2750 to schedule an appointment.

My district office is located at 5154 Butler St., Pittsburgh, PA 15201. We are open and ready to serve you, Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and by appointment in the evenings on Wednesdays. We also have office hours at our Shaler office at the Shaler Municipal Building located at 300 Wetzel Road, second floor, Glenshaw, PA 15116. We will be there every Thursday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., or any weekday by appointment.

Any state related issue, or assistance that you may need, please give my office a call; even if we cannot directly help, we will do our best to put you in contact with someone who can. Here are some examples of ways we can help, but are not all encompassing of the support we offer:

• PennDOT services: car registrations and disability placard applications
• Free notary services
• Taking an acknowledgement
• Administering an oath or affirmation
• Taking a verification on an oath or affirmation (which includes an affidavit)
• Witnessing or attesting a signature
• Certifying or attesting a copy or deposition
• Taking a note protest of a negotiable instrument
• Complaints about road conditions or infrastructure
• Unemployment compensation problems
• Property tax/rent rebate applications
• Issues related to utility companies
• Birth certificate applications and finding copies of your vital records
• Senior ConnectCard applications through Port Authority of Allegheny County

Call: (412) 781-2750 or Email: Rep-Powell@pahouse.net or stop by our office during the hours listed above.