Ariela Reynoso spends many nights scrolling on LinkedIn, browsing job postings that dangle the prospect of a better life for her and her 4-year-old son. Then she snaps back to reality. The East Boston ...

Public assistance, commonly called welfare, and the SNAP program, formerly known as food stamps, are two lifelines that millions of American households depend on to stave off hunger and make ends meet ...

Supplemental Security Income benefits have not been updated in years. Several rule changes to take effect in September are aimed at improving access to benefits and increase payment amounts. The ...

Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced that New York City will join several cities in a lawsuit against the Trump administration over ...

Public assistance, commonly called welfare, and the SNAP program, formerly known as food stamps, are two lifelines that millions of American households depend on to stave off hunger and make ends meet ...

While the economy has been on the upswing over the last year, the cost of living has continued to rise and incomes have remained stagnant, causing many state and local governments to continue to spend ...

Around the country, human services agencies are modernizing IT systems to speed the delivery of public assistance, a resource even more critical amid the COVID-19 pandemic’s economic fallout. Medicaid ...