A general view of a "We Accept EBT Food Stamp Benefits" sign as seen at a store in Hawthorne, NJ on March 2, 2024. Christopher Sadowski 1996 was the “Year of Welfare Reform,” including for migrants.

Americans have heard plenty about how, effective November 1, the federal government shutdown suspended regular food stamp payments to 42 million individuals. Food stamps are important welfare benefits ...

Down Payment Resource (DPR) today released its Q1 2025 Homeownership Program Index (HPI) report, which saw the number of entities offering homebuyer assistance programs increase by 55 year-over-year.

At the same time, the strategy of targeting welfare could help the GOP steer clear of proposing cuts to the popular old-age entitlement programs Social Security and Medicare. In other words, it’s an ...

Thousands of low-income people living with HIV could be losing drug coverage as states impose limitations on HIV assistance ...

SSI is a federal welfare program that really has nothing to do with Social Security, other than the fact that it is managed by the Social Security Administration. Juanmonino / Getty Images I can tell ...

Investigators have found a large underworld of fraud in Minnesota’s welfare programs. In one scandal, 57 people were convicted of stealing benefits from a children’s food program. In another scandal, ...