With energy costs continuing to rise as part of a higher overall cost of living, many Americans are struggling to keep up with utility bills. A recent Payless Power study of more than 1,000 people, ...

The Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) is a lifeline for nearly six million families across the United States. This federal program, which received about $4.1 billion in funding last ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Head Start, a free learning program for children from low-income families, is next on the chopping block as the government ...

Earlier this week, the ongoing government shutdown obtained a dubious honor — at 39 days and counting, it has become the longest government shutdown in the nation’s history. The shutdown began Oct. 1 ...

As millions of Americans face a gap in food assistance due to the federal government shutdown, some families also worry about how they'll pay their winter heating bills. The shutdown has delayed ...

Americans are the most generous people on Earth. Yet in Ohio and across the nation, well-intended government programs often trap our fellow citizens in poverty instead of providing a path to upward ...

In the summer of 2007, Citizen Schools was flying high. The nonprofit, which provides after-school educational opportunities to needy children, had just received $30.8-million from a group of ...

Emergency hardship financial aid gives you fast financial support when an unexpected crisis leaves you unable to cover essential expenses. You can get this aid through government programs, nonprofits, ...

Massachusetts is asking for federal disaster aid after February’s blizzard, which brought record snow, outages and major response costs.