Down payment assistance programs can give you an average $18,000 to buy a home. Here's how to qualify (even if you make over $100,000)

There are now 2,000 home-buying assistance programs across the U.S.
American Enterprise Institute

The Welfare Program You Never Heard about During the Shutdown

Americans have heard plenty about how, effective November 1, the federal government shutdown suspended regular food stamp payments to 42 million individuals. Food stamps are important welfare benefits ...

Opinion: States can fix welfare fraud — here’s how some are doing it already

"One Door" represents a shift from a system designed around programs and bureaucracies to one designed around people.
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Trump is freezing funds for small but key welfare program. Here’s what TANF does

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 ...
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Evaluating Food Assistance Programs in an Era of Welfare Reform: Summary of a Workshop

Workshop participants identified numerous research issues, methodologies, and data needs that the ideal food assistance program evaluation effort should consider. Designing such an effort, however, ...