Ariela Reynoso spends many nights scrolling on LinkedIn, browsing job postings that dangle the prospect of a better life for her and her 4-year-old son. Then she snaps back to reality. The East Boston ...

Many veterans who receive payouts for service-related disabilities are being shut out from a range of public assistance programs because the benefit puts them over income eligibility thresholds, ...

An ongoing failure by the state to process food stamps and other public assistance applications in a timely manner will now be subject to federal court scrutiny every month in reports the state will ...

Public assistance, commonly called welfare, and the SNAP program, formerly known as food stamps, are two lifelines that millions of American households depend on to stave off hunger and make ends meet ...

While the economy has been on the upswing over the last year, the cost of living has continued to rise and incomes have remained stagnant, causing many state and local governments to continue to spend ...

Around the country, human services agencies are modernizing IT systems to speed the delivery of public assistance, a resource even more critical amid the COVID-19 pandemic’s economic fallout. Medicaid ...

A new article that evaluated the impact of changes to the scope or generosity of social safety net programs concludes that public welfare policy has measurable benefits for public safety. Written by ...