The U.S. government is open again, but many low-income people are still waiting for federal benefits they count on. The Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), which mainly helps ...

The number of down-payment assistance programs is on the rise, and a growing share are open to people of all income levels.

FORSYTH COUNTY, N.C. — Thousands of people in Forsyth County could soon lose access to essential federal assistance programs if the government shutdown continues into next month. County leaders say ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Americans are the most generous people on Earth. Yet in Ohio and across the nation, well-intended government programs often trap ...

(TEXAS TRIBUNE) - Federal food assistance payments to the nation’s poorest citizens will come to a halt on Saturday, the result of the second-longest government shutdown in U.S. history. It will be ...

The longest government shutdown in U.S. history affected many federal programs that help Americans. While the government is back up and running, some of those aid programs are not. The government ...

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Interim Health and Human Services Commissioner Pat Traynor discusses how the state is working to fund a federal assistance program for new mothers and young children during the federal government shut ...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Individuals and Households Program — which includes the continued temporary housing ...

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (WNDU) - More than 40,000 people in Michiana who depend on SNAP benefits are trying to figure out how to pay for food amid the government shutdown, and the financial strain is ...