Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mississippi's welfare scandal was at the center of a congressional hearing on Temporary Assistance for Needy Families reform ...

McCaffrey, Senior Policy Analyst on the Housing and Income Security team at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, a ...

The shutdown showed us when families were at risk, R.I. supported them. That urgency and commitment shouldn’t show up only in ...

McCaffrey, Senior Policy Analyst on Housing and Income Security Team, Before the Council of the District of Columbia ...

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Chairman Smith, Ranking Member Davis, and members of the committee: Thank you for the opportunity to testify today on your committee’s proposal for reauthorization of the Temporary Assistance for ...

Following through on its pledge to reform safety net programs, the House of Representatives Committee on Ways and Means released a discussion draft to reauthorize the Temporary Assistance for Needy ...

As part of its claims of widespread fraud in the federal safety net, the Trump administration is halting $10 billion in funding for several programs in five Democrat-led states. The biggest chunk that ...

Temporary Assistance to Needy Families is a cash assistance program for low-income families ...

JACKSON, Miss. (WLOX) - This week, 136 low-income Mississippi households received a one-time payment of $1000 in emergency financial assistance under the Pandemic Emergency Assistance Fund (PEAF) ...