To ease the burden, the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program has extended its deadline for heating assistance grants.

The U.S. government is open again, but many low-income people are still waiting for federal benefits they count on. The Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), which mainly helps ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Interim Health and Human Services Commissioner Pat Traynor discusses how the state is working to fund a federal assistance program ...

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The federal government heavily subsidizes certain politically-connected food growers in the name of “protecting our food ...

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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — The government shutdown may not only affect food assistance programs but also other federally funded programs. Right now, there’s growing concern that the government shutdown ...

WASHINGTON — Tougher requirements that President Donald Trump’s administration is planning for housing subsidies prompted sharp criticism from Democratic lawmakers about the potential impact on aging ...

If President Trump issues a disaster declaration for the March Oʻahu floods, then federal money will flow to Hawaiʻi. Here are some specifics on how to take advantage of various programs.

Congress and the administration must prioritize rooting out federal waste by leveraging federal data to prevent benefit fraud ...