Millions of low-income families may face delays in receiving home heating aid due to the ongoing federal government shutdown.

"I'm wondering how I'm going to be able to afford everything" if federal food aid is halted, one single mom said.

Some federal assistance programs have started to run out of funding as the government shutdown continues for over a month.

The U.S. Senate has repeatedly failed to reach the 60-vote threshold necessary to advance the CR. President Donald Trump publicized his demand that Senate Republicans employ the “nuclear option” by ...

The clock is ticking for four major social safety net programs that keep tens of millions of struggling Americans fed and ...

It's not clear when millions of families will get November SNAP benefits, even after judges ruled the government needs to make partial payments.

Head Start programs nationwide risk closure amid the government shutdown impacting nearly 65,000 children and over 22,000 ...

With federal SNAP benefits set to run out this weekend amid the government shutdown, states are stepping in to help ...

On Saturday, some 42 million low-income Americans, including 16 million children, lost access to benefits through the SNAP program as the government shutdown continues.

With the government shutdown, there's no money for LIHEAP, the federally-funded heating assistance program for low-income ...

The government shutdown is hard for him to watch. Fox hopes other restaurants in KCMO will follow PeachTree's lead and ...