PINE BELT, Miss. (WDAM) - Residents have until July 22 to apply for FEMA assistance now that the President has approved a Major Disaster Declaration for Mississippi. This declaration covers counties ...

Syracuse, N.Y. — The state wants to hear from families who receive benefits like food stamps and public assistance about how hard the help is to get. In the spring, the state Child Poverty Reduction ...

Three years ago, 62-year-old Yves Morris suffered an aneurysm that impaired his cognitive abilities and left him unable to work. Earlier this year, as a mountain of unpaid bills piled up and his heat ...

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Gotbaum’s office stated that the survey is meant in part to kick-start the Ready Access to Assistance Act (REAACT), sponsored by Gotbaum along with Brooklyn Councilman Bill de Blasio and Queens ...