Since the passage of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, more than 1,000 Community Action Agencies (CAAs) have been quietly and effectively working to reduce poverty in America. These agencies ...

The Trump administration has laid off the entire staff of a $4.1 billion program that helps millions of low-income households pay for heat during the winter and cooling in the summer, concerning ...

In Cambria and Somerset counties, officials say two people who did not have heat in their homes were found dead within days of one another due to hypothermia. The record low temperatures we’ve been ...

IF SNAP BENEFITS DO COME TO AN END. MEANTIME, THERE ARE OTHER PROGRAMS HELPING PEOPLE KEEP FOOD ON THE TABLE. AMID ALL OF THIS CONFUSION. 12 NEWS SPIGNER IS IN RACINE WITH THE OTHER FEDERAL PROGRAM ...

Community action agencies in Massachusetts are asking state lawmakers to boost antipoverty programs as federal aid remains in ...

Sens. LaTonya Johnson and Dora Drake and Rep. Kalan Haywood are asking the Social Development Commission to give up its designation as a community action agency "at once." "Doing so is the only ...

LAWRENCE — Anti-poverty advocates and a Democratic congresswoman on Thursday accused the Trump administration of “doubling down” on spending cuts that could harm the state’s lowest-income residents.

The U.S. Office of Management and Budget announced a temporary freeze on federal grant, loan and other financial assistance programs, but rescinded the order two days later. An agency in Nueces County ...

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (KCAU) — As the government shutdown nears almost a month, many Iowa and Nebraska Community Action programs are still staying funded, except for a couple. Community Action ...

The Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs (ADECA) shared the news on Tuesday, Dec. 23. They say the grants ...

Clare Higgins, executive director Community Action Pioneer Valley, says that President Donald Trump’s discretionary budget cuts for next fiscal year would have a significant impact on the agency that ...