After they expressed frustration about increased fees to 13 Investigates, customers of the private water company also expressed difficulty applying for its assistance programs.

Seniors with growing credit card balances have options, but true senior-specific relief is another story entirely.

Programs like SNAP, Lifeline, and the Senior Farmers Market Nutrition program help seniors save on essentials. This article ...

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota is dropping YMCA facilities in the Twin Cities and Life Time gyms statewide from its popular SilverSneakers program next year, a change roundly criticized by ...

Unfortunately, 45% of older adult households don't have the income needed to cover their basic living expenses. Fortunately, there are programs designed to help seniors with everything -- from ...

THERE’S NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT AS TEMPS DROP. LOCAL OIL COMPANIES ARE ALREADY FEELING THE FIRST WAVE OF CALLS. MANY CUSTOMERS RELY ON FUEL ASSISTANCE TO GET THROUGH THE WINTER. KEVIN D’AMELIO, OWNER ...

Editor's Note: This is an excerpt from WBUR's daily morning newsletter, WBUR Today. If you like what you read and want it in your inbox, sign up here. The shutdown's lingering LIHEAP effect: ...

Rob Dolby, senior director of community partner relations at North Texas Food Bank, hands Veronica Lara, holding son Aizen Gamez, 2, frozen peaches at Brother Bill’s Helping Hand on Tuesday, Nov. 4, ...

Sofi is an AI policy researcher at Virginia Tech. As the government shutdown ends, SNAP’s status remains complicated. Even if and when things return to “normal,” many people who are entitled to ...