Medicare, Medicaid, SNAP and other social welfare programs exist to give our society's most vulnerable assistance to get back on their feet. Recently, however, Maryland's social programs have been inu ...

The gap between the number of eligible Americans and those who actually receive public assistance benefits often comes down to the administrative burdens posed by state and federal bureaucracies.

SSI is a federal welfare program that really has nothing to do with Social Security, other than the fact that it is managed by the Social Security Administration. Juanmonino / Getty Images I can tell ...

The March 9 LNP | LancasterOnline letter “Possible cuts to Medicaid would conflict with what’s preached in the Gospels” struck my sense of social justice. The letter writer cited the Book of Matthew, ...

The funding pause could jeopardize child care and other programs that serve hundreds of thousands of households in California ...

New York state is included in a freeze on funding for three critical social service programs that threatens to destabilize ...

State auditor warns welfare fraud is "incredibly easy" as Mississippi's high-profile trial exposes weaknesses costing ...

At the same time, the strategy of targeting welfare could help the GOP steer clear of proposing cuts to the popular old-age entitlement programs Social Security and Medicare. In other words, it’s an ...

The Department of Health and Human Services is cutting $10 billion in funds for child care and social services programs across several Democrat-led states based on allegations of welfare fraud.

A key House Republican seeking significant spending cuts, House Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington (R-TX), has set his sights on means-tested programs, a line of attack that could garner ...