Budget bills passed by Congress this year maintain funding for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program and the ...

Last May, the Trump administration proposed eliminating a key federal program that lowers energy bills for low-income ...

Republicans and Democrats are duking it out in a battle of reciprocal blaming, but the potential loss of family meals, baby formula, fruits and vegetables could make millions of low-income Americans ...

A program that helps low-income Pennsylvania residents pay heating bills will be delayed because of the federal government shutdown. The commonwealth’s Department of Human Services on Wednesday ...

Few restrictions for the federal program are written into the law. There’s no minimum or maximum scholarship size, and ...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — TRIO programs such as Upward Bound have long been an essential resource for low-income and first-generation college students. Some credit the program with helping shape who ...

DENVER (KDVR) — Programs that help low-income families in Colorado with childcare, food and other services face an uncertain future. Multiple news outlets are reporting the federal government is ...

At a time of rising income inequality, advocates worry that a convergence of developments will make it even harder to go to ...

The spending bills effectively freeze funding for most programs aimed at supporting older adults. In some cases, the measures ...

Anna Lee Pettit, 93, lives alone in affordable housing in Morgantown, West Virginia. She relies on Social Security and pays ...

When it comes to their federal income tax returns, tens of millions of US households pay for tax preparation and filing. Yet many might qualify to do so for free through IRS-approved programs.