As new federal SNAP work rules take effect this month, Illinois lawmakers are considering a plan that would use taxpayer ...

California Senate Majority Leader Angelique Ashby has introduced the CalFresh for Students Act, which aims to streamline access to CalFresh benefits for college students, in order to improve student ...

Rx Kids offers $1,500 in cash assistance mid-pregnancy and then $500 a month for six or 12 months after birth. Here is what ...

CalWORKs and CalFresh support are indispensable benefits for the economy of thousands of families in the state of California, ...

Thousands of families are wondering when the February 2026 CalFresh payment will arrive. This program, known federally as ...

NEW YORK CITY (PIX11) – Former Mayor Eric Adams “deliberately” underfunded crucial aid programs to keep the New York City budget balanced, according to Mayor Zohran Mamdani. Mamdani accused Adams of ...

This post was updated Jan. 11 at 10:05 p.m. Confusing income calculations and time-consuming application processes can make CalFresh – California’s version of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance ...

Programs in New York that help parents pay for child care and provide cash aid to low-income workers are in limbo with the Republican Trump administration's move to freeze funding for those benefits ...

As part of its claims of widespread fraud in the federal safety net, the Trump administration is halting $10 billion in funding for several programs in five Democrat-led states. The biggest chunk that ...

Providing homeless young people with monthly cash payments helped stabilize their lives, according to Larkin Street Youth Services in the wake of a two-year pilot program it administered. Launched in ...

Detroit is preparing to launch a program that will give $1,500 cash to all expectant mothers in the city, along with $500 per month after birth for at least six months, making it one of the largest ...

Researchers found that evictions fell 91% among Rx Kids-eligible moms in Flint in 2024. A recent state funding cut means the program can't grow as fast as it expected to. A fast-growing Michigan cash ...