Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Millions of Americans are sliding toward a financial cliff as the government shutdown stretches into a second month, with four ...

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) is a federal program offering monthly financial support to older adults and people with disabilities. Learn how it functions.

The high cost of renting and buying homes in U.S. cities is no secret. But this affordability problem isn’t limited to urban regions – it affects rural areas as well. Rural areas, home to about 25% of ...

A program that helps low-income Pennsylvania residents pay heating bills will be delayed because of the federal government shutdown. The commonwealth’s Department of Human Services on Wednesday ...

The Mayors for a Guaranteed Income coalition decried the dismantling of federal aid programs in a news release published on Tuesday. "At a time when key federal aid programs are being dismantled, ...

If the federal government shutdown doesn’t end in the next two days, it will affect not only food benefits for many low-income Ohio families in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or SNAP.

Childhood poverty in the U.S. fell to its lowest level in history in 2021. The fall was largely due to the expanded child tax credit and other COVID-19 pandemic supports that put cash directly in the ...

SAN DIEGO — Citing "fraud" concerns, the Trump administration announced Tuesday it will freeze $10 billion in federal funding for social service programs, including Head Start, specifically targeting ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - The Kansas Department for Children and Families is awaiting approval of federal funding for its Low Income Energy Assistance Program. The program helps eligible households pay a ...