National 211 hotline calls for food assistance quadrupled in a matter of days, a magnitude typically seen during disasters

Between January and mid-October 2025, calls to local 211 helplines from people seeking food pantries in their community held steady at nearly 1,000 calls per day.
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Heating, daycare and food public assistance programs delayed due to federal in-fighting

CANTON – Three St. Lawrence County programs are feeling the pinch after a federal shutdown stopped the flow of funding for ...

Future of Ohio’s federal energy assistance unclear as government shutdown wears on

Not only are low-income Ohioans facing disruption of federal food help as the Trump administration thus far refused to ...
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Tucked away in One Big Beautiful Bill, a plan to disqualify refugees from health care assistance

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