As state lawmakers prepare to reconvene in Richmond for the 2026 legislative session next week, Virginia is also working to ...

President Donald Trump’s administration is withholding funding to help needy families with children in five states governed ...

Over the last 50 years, the proportion of Americans living in poverty has remained virtually unchanged. In 2023, 11 percent ...

The Trump administration has sought to move away from the model, which supporters call “evidence based” but opponents ...

In a nation as wealthy as ours, everyone should be able to afford to meet their basic needs – they should be able to buy enough food to feed their families, have a safe and affordable place to live, ...

At its core, engagement is about intertwining the resources of higher education with the needs of the community. Through this process, there is an exchange that occurs—students and faculty learn new ...

SALEM, Ore. — As of this month, new federal work requirements are in effect across Oregon for adults to be eligible for food stamps, the Oregon Department of Human Services said Thursday. According to ...

The Office of the Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton resides inside the William P. Clements, State Office Building on 300 W. 15th St., in Austin, Texas. Venisha Colón/THE RIDER Texas Attorney General ...

ATLANTA — Three Georgia lawmakers are calling for a state audit of how the Georgia Department of Human Services handles federal benefit programs, citing concerns ...

(WIB) – Work study works, doesn’t it? Federal work study is a government program that gives colleges and universities approximately US$1 billion in subsidies each year to help pay students who work ...

The Trump administration’s new requirements for the nation’s largest food aid program went into effect Monday, with the aim of reforming the costly system. President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful ...

Alejandro Santillan-Garcia is worried he’s going to lose the aid that helps him buy food. The 20-year-old Austin resident qualified for federal food benefits last year because he aged out of the Texas ...