Some Michigan groups providing housing assistance, backed by the state’s attorney general, say changes to how they receive federal government funding could lead to widespread program cuts and an ...

Hundreds of thousands of Michiganders rely on a federal program called LIHEAP to pay electric and gas bills. The LIHEAP fund in Michigan is nearly out of money, due to the federal government shutdown.

Families in Michigan receiving federal food assistance benefits could see partial payments this month but it's unclear when that will happen. Food assistance is in limbo for 1.4 million Michiganders ...

LANSING, Mich. — Millions of dollars will be provided to the Food Bank Council of Michigan amid the federal government's Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) pause, which starts Saturday.

A $900 million emergency plan to continue food assistance for roughly 1.4 million Michiganders is being proposed by state House Democrats. Those residents, who include nearly 492,000 children in the ...

If the shutdown continues through Dec. 1, the Bipartisan Policy Center says roughly 4.5 million paychecks will be withheld from federal civilian employees, adding up to about $21 billion. A 2019 law ...