STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- A recent deadline extension is giving Americans a few more months to have their stolen Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits reimbursed by the federal ...

More Americans are turning to food banks to help fill the assistance gap, but administrators caution they aren't designed to ...

Aug. 31—Ohio Department of Job and Family Services Director Matt Damschroder announced in a press release that the agency secured a waiver from the federal government to replace the benefits of ...

With the country nearing the record for the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, the stalemate over federal funding ...

Nearly every facet of the central Ohio community has come together to feed families as the federal government shutdown has ...

On Friday (Jun. 12) Missouri Governor Jay Nixon signed into law a bill passed by the Missouri Legislature that will extend benefits for unemployed Missourians. An estimated 35,000 Missourians could ...

When Congress returns next week, Democratic leaders will take up legislation to extend unemployment benefits for the eighth time since 2008. Much of the fight to pass the bill will revolve around ...

SALEM -- Oregonians on unemployment don't need to do anything to continue benefits that were threatened until a federal bailout was made final Thursday. Department staff will move Oregonians into the ...

DENVER – Some Coloradans who have desperately been waiting for federal extended unemployment benefits to come online in the state will start seeing some relief this weekend and early next week, the ...

When Daletia Chung, of Montgomery County, Maryland, learned that her November food benefits would be delayed, she immediately ...

The unemployment compensation system in the United States operates as a joint federal-state program. Unlike a direct federal unemployment program, the federal government supports states in funding and ...

Texans receiving unemployment could be eligible for a total of 52 weeks of benefits - double the typical amount of time aid is available - as the state triggered an extended benefits period, according ...