Shadowboxing” is advocates’ term for navigating the breadth and confusion of the bill’s social service funding and qualification changes, as many are now starting to prepare resources and their ...

Democrats are poised to contest the Republican talking points at every turn, emphasizing the cuts to Medicaid, as the two parties ready for next year's midterm elections.

Last week, the Senate passed the largest cut to America’s welfare state in modern history. President Donald Trump’s inaptly ...

A new study reveals the ‘welfare versus work paradox’: when wages sink close to subsistence, welfare can be the rational choice. Here’s the math behind it.

One of the longtime dividing lines between conservatives and liberals or progressives is whether those receiving welfare benefits should be required to work. Conservatives see the requirement as a ...

But any time a work requirement is proposed on any means-tested welfare program, liberals claim there is no need for it, because most recipients are already working.

Thousands of children in Nevada will start receiving federal nutrition benefits this month designed to cover school meals missed during summer vacation. About 280,000 children in Nevada will ...

A senate bill in California that would decriminalize welfare fraud under $25,000 is scheduled to be debated among state lawmakers next week.

One of Braun's orders adds a layer to the existing work requirement for SNAP benefits. Those beneficiaries will be assigned to FSSA's Employment and Training programs to meet that requirement. The ...

Lea esta historia en español The provision, which dates back to welfare reforms in 1996, allows states to adopt these expanded eligibility rules, “so that families, seniors, and people with a ...

Federal lawmakers want to repeal a provision within the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) that is designed to help families with high expenses afford food. The policy, known as ...