As new federal work requirements loom for SNAP benefits, New York City is expanding job training and education programs to ...

The state of Oregon has announced that 37,000 “able-bodied adults” who don’t have young children or other dependents must start working or else lose their federal food aid, under a new law that took ...

The Wyoming Department of Family Services is asking for $11.5 million more from legislators to support existing core services or to create new programs in response to federal ...

Advocates and state agency directors pitched recommendations to lawmakers Tuesday on how to prioritize legislative funds for ...

Hawaii, Missouri, North Dakota, South Dakota, Virginia and Tennessee are joining 12 other states in adding waivers that will ...

Republicans expanded SNAP work requirements, tightened eligibility, and shifted more administrative costs to the states.

A New Mexico agency’s request to the Legislature for the upcoming legislative session seeks $2.9 million plus funding for ...

The Wyoming Legislature’s Joint Appropriations Committee wrapped up two weeks of budget hearings Friday in Cheyenne and adjourned until Jan. 5, when the committee will reconvene for the remaining ...

For years, the state has made certain promises to residents living on the edge: Fall on hard times and the social safety net will catch you. Can it still keep its word?

Teens make a difference in area nursing homes this holiday season. For the third year these area teens come together to sing, ...

Lawmakers express concern about left-leaning legal aid efforts, but groups say they’ve been misunderstood and other red states don’t do this.

California's social services agency faces potential billions in new costs due to federal SNAP policy changes, risking $2.5 ...