Generally, independent schools intentionally refrain from participating in the majority of federal funding programs, preserving their ability to ensure the educational program is provided in a manner ...

TWIN FALLS, Idaho (KMVT/KSVT) — Families struggling with winter heating bills can get help through a federal assistance program. The Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program, or LIHEAP, is accepting ...

Editor’s Note: The Trump administration has clarified that it will use Section 32 tariff revenue, which typically supports child nutrition programs, to extend funding for WIC during the shutdown — ...

(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 ...

This commentary reviews current means-tested federal benefit programs designed to assist low-income individuals and families. The large number of those programs is amplified by similar state and local ...

Aimee Picchi is the associate managing editor for CBS MoneyWatch, where she covers business and personal finance. She previously worked at Bloomberg News and has written for national news outlets ...

Congress created LIHEAP in 1981 following the energy crises of the 1970s. It provides states with both regular and emergency funding to subsidize heating, cooling and weatherization costs for ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Interim Health and Human Services Commissioner Pat Traynor discusses how the state is working to fund a federal assistance program ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. While thousands of Connecticut households stand to lose federal nutrition aid in the coming days, key energy assistance grants — ...

This story has been updated. While thousands of Connecticut households stand to lose federal nutrition aid in the coming days, key energy assistance grants — also imperiled by the federal shutdown — ...