Starting in 2027, work requirements kick in for certain beneficiaries on Medicaid, while new work rules for the SNAP food assistance program took effect on Nov. 1. These reforms mandated by the One ...

(CNN) — The clock is ticking for four major social safety net programs that keep tens of millions of struggling Americans — including millions of children and senior citizens — fed and warm, as well ...

In a country as wealthy as the United States, it is a bitter irony that millions of people still fall through the cracks of a social safety net meant to protect them. Welfare programs exist, but they ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Trump administration, for the second time in recent weeks, is using allegations of fraud to justify increased federal law ...

Nonprofits deliver essential services across the U.S. This piece explores why they are central to the social safety net—and what happens when we underinvest in them.

America's financial backstop is failing at the exact moment households need it most. Families are juggling record debts, thin ...

ACF received funding to improve its safety net program for access to food, health care, transportation and employment in the Adirondacks.