A decades-old state program that provides cash assistance to more than 60,000 Pennsylvanians will end this week, a move state officials say will save about $150 million annually but advocates fear ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. May 11—Maine's General Assistance program helps people when they have nowhere else to go — no other options for finding food, ...

Pennsylvania’s general assistance program used to provide cash assistance to people who temporarily couldn’t support themselves. That included, in part, individuals who were disabled, victims of ...

After a shake-up in the General Assistance program, the Town of Freeport decided to relaunch the program within a new paramedicine role. The community response specialist – a new position that the ...

Payments have ended under a Depression-era program that provided about $200 a month to poor or disabled Pennsylvanians, while a state court rejected an effort to keep the payments continuing during a ...