Marin County has adjusted requirements for receiving financial assistance in an effort to ease access to help. State law mandates that counties provide general relief or general assistance to ...

Emilie De Bruijn, founder of Hartlepool Baby Bank, writes about why the work of baby banks is so vital – especially in the school holidays.

President Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress have started to fix America's broken welfare system. They're finally connecting welfare to work.

Food insecurity, which was already bad enough, will increase through the U.S. In New York state, as many as 1.7 million families will lose benefits.

Building out an ecosystem to support quality life, promote the reduction of poverty and reduce the cost of living, the government of Guyana, through direct interventions and structural realignment of ...

In a Sunday afternoon address live on Facebook, President Dr. Irfaan Ali laid out what he described as a “deliberate and clear strategy” to reduce poverty across Guyana, committing to a multi-pronged ...

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New Mexico has long stood at a crossroads — blessed with extraordinary natural resources but burdened by entrenched poverty and underinvestment. The recently released 2024 New Mexico Kids Count Data ...

Angola recorded the highest economic expansion since 2014, with real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth reaching 4.4% in 2024. According to the latest edition of the Angola Economic Update (AEU) ...

Poverty isolates, but the Shepherd Community Center has shown us hope creates community. Through deeper neighborhood engagement, we are equipping families with the tools they need to break the cycle ...

President Joseph Nyuma Boakai has launched the Excellence in Learning in Liberia (EXCEL) Project—a national program aimed at improving literacy and numeracy outcomes for children in early childhood ...

Beware of fake traffic ticket text scams The FTC says scammers are impersonating the Department of Motor Vehicles in a new text message scheme.