Last May, the Trump administration proposed eliminating a key federal program that lowers energy bills for low-income households. Now, amid a mounting energy-affordability crisis , that program has ...

Federally funded TRIO programs, which help low-income and first-generation college students, are facing funding delays and potential elimination. Local agencies and universities in the Coastal Bend ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Millions of Americans are sliding toward a financial cliff as the government shutdown stretches into a second month, with four ...

Republicans and Democrats are duking it out in a battle of reciprocal blaming, but the potential loss of family meals, baby formula, fruits and vegetables could make millions of low-income Americans ...

Thousands of people enrolled in short-term, job-focused programs will soon be able to use federal grants to pay tuition, which could reshape how low-income students access higher education and the ...

Walking down a blue-speckled carpet in a Framingham hotel on Friday morning, Maximo “Danny” Williams passed booth after booth ...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — TRIO programs such as Upward Bound have long been an essential resource for low-income and first-generation college students. Some credit the program with helping shape who ...

A program that helps low-income Pennsylvania residents pay heating bills will be delayed because of the federal government shutdown. The commonwealth’s Department of Human Services on Wednesday ...

SAN DIEGO — Citing "fraud" concerns, the Trump administration announced Tuesday it will freeze $10 billion in federal funding for social service programs, including Head Start, specifically targeting ...

New York must tax the rich to offset coming federal cuts, according to New York City’s largest homeless shelter provider. In a new report on the rising risk of family homelessness, the shelter ...