So it was with sadness and even fear that Dennis learned last month the state program that helps pay most childcare expenses ...

Every month, millions of families in the United States rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to ensure food security. Funded by the Department of Agriculture, SNAP provides ...

More than 100 families stopped by Greenfield High School Friday, picking up a lunch of hot dogs, fruit and milk along with ...

Nearly 100 MSU Extension staff are losing their jobs due to cuts to a federal program meant to educate low-income families about healthy lifestyles.

Courtesy of "We got a picture of a gorge, with farm surpluses on one cliff and under-nourished city folks with outstretched ...

Changes to federal food assistance programs in Vermont will lead to reduced or eliminated benefits for low-income residents, impacting local communities.

Under the new law, more than $60 billion in additional funding will be funneled toward agricultural subsidy programs, with ...

Americans broadly support increasing or maintaining funding for safety net programs, including Social Security and Medicare, ...

On July 30 in 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed legislation into law that launched Medicaid, creating a U.S. health ...

Food pantries across Iowa are taking part in the Healthy Kids Iowa pilot, which gives $40 worth of food monthly to 65,000 ...

Iowa has launched its own summer EBT program that food security advocates say provides nutrition for a fraction of kids who ...