Thousands of South Sudanese refugees and impoverished locals in Uganda saw a brighter future with a new USAID-funded project.

A foodbank is calling for the government to lift the two-child benefit cap, which it warns has "plunged families into poverty". The policy, introduced by the Conservatives, prevents households on ...

A grassroots manager with an anti-poverty advocacy group writes that it’s up to individual citizens to contact their members ...

A fifth of Louisiana's children live in poverty, according to the Annie E. Casey Foundation. That could jump to a third.

As the federal-government shutdown enters its second month – now the second longest in U.S. history – it’s not just food programs that are running out of money. Head Start early-childhood programs in ...

Some Americans who buy insurance through the Affordable Care Act could face high premiums when Biden-era tax credits expire ...

The Trump administration’s overhaul of the nation’s largest food assistance program will cause millions of people to lose benefits, strain state budgets, and pressure the nation’s food supply chain, ...

As we approach the holidays, there are Kentuckians that won’t be focused on lights and tinsel but on food and shelter. While we await the opening of the federal government ...

The oncoming food crisis caused by the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) pausing benefits, spotlights what many fail to perceive: tens of thousands of the state’s residents are not just ...

New Mexico became on Saturday the first U.S. state to offer free child care to all residents in a bid to boost its economy and lift education and child welfare levels ranked the worst in the country.

Head Start programs nationwide risk closure amid the government shutdown impacting nearly 65,000 children and over 22,000 ...

Head Start is often viewed as a program that caters primarily to urban areas. The numbers, however, tell a different story.