Providing cash transfers to low-income families can reduce child marriage rates among girls living in rural communities.

A new generation of accountants is helping low-income families secure millions in tax refunds through the IRS VITA program.

As budget cuts, state mandates and new food restrictions converge, a looming crisis threatens to upend the nation’s food ...

Twenty federal employees at LIHEAP have been laid off. Officials fear it may impact the overall energy assistance program.

A long-time allowable spending category in TANF enables states to provide short-term assistance to families experiencing a ...

Potential changes to the federal food assistance program could impact millions of U.S. shoppers, retailers and food and beverage companies.

Nearly 32,000 children are on the waitlist, and it’s unclear when there will be enough state funding to start issuing new vouchers again.

The Community Health Law Project represents low-income clients in disputes with landlords, insurers and the government. Why ...

Millions of low-income people in Massachusetts — often women and families of color — have to navigate a labyrinth of ...

Some lawmakers want to re-establish a fund to help low-income Texans pay their electricity bills, inspired by the late ...

A Miami-based non-profit group is calling out the Trump administration for laying off the entire staff of the federal Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, or LIHEAP — a $4.1 billion program that ...

For many financial aid recipients in the California State University system, Pell grants are the ballgame. Nearly half of the system’s 460,000-plus undergraduates receive that crucial federal aid, ...