Low-income households in the United States are increasingly relying on government assistance rather than employment wages, a shift that raises important questions about the nation’s welfare system.

All three national target programs on new-style rural area building, sustainable poverty reduction, and socio-economic ...

Circles Cobb addresses poverty in the community by applying Circles USA’s model of working alongside individuals who want to become financially stable. Through this program, eight Circle participants ...

Your counter will reset on the first day of next month. The Cobb chapter of a nonprofit focused on ending poverty is set to graduate its second cohort of participants from a poverty reduction program ...

Mahagani Jenkins appreciated the extra money—it just wasn’t enough. For an on-and-off six months, she was a participant in the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program, known as TANF, receiving ...

In a National Assembly session discussing investment in national target programs for new rural development, sustainable poverty reduction, and socio-economic development in ethnic minority and ...

The focus on the blistering effects of poverty in California can sometimes obscure a larger truth: Poverty rates overall have been declining, not growing—and for decades now. “You do have to squint a ...