On March 9, 2012 a training program was held at Penn State Law, Carlisle, on the newly created Cumberland County Residential Mortgage Foreclosure Diversion Program.

The following resources from the program are now available on the Penn State Law website:

• Video Recording of the Training Program
• Training Materials

The Agenda for the program was:

• 8:30 a.m.:  Welcome
  President Judge Hess
   
• 8:40 a.m.:  Overview of Operations of the Administrative Order and the Cumberland County Residential Mortgage Foreclosure Diversion Program
  President Judge Hess
   
• 9:15 a.m.:  The Referral of Cases; What is and is not Expected of the Volunteer Lawyer
  Nick Matash, Linda Cecconello, Geoff Biringer
   
• 9:30 a.m.:  Resources available to Homeowners to Save Homes
  Joseph Schalk, Jennifer Heverly, Nick Matash, and Sheila Mitchell
   
• 10:00 a.m.:  Break
   
• 10:15 a.m.:  Perspectives on Effective Ways to Solve Problems in these Cases and How a Similar Diversion Program has worked to help Solve Problems; The Experience in Lycoming County
  Fred Holland, Joseph Schalk, and Jennifer Heverly
   
• 10:55 a.m.:  Background on Legal Issues that Can Arise in Foreclosure Cases
  Joseph Schalk, Jennifer Heverly
   
• 11:35 a.m.:  Wrap Up and Comments/Questions