Social services

Your local branch may lend musical instruments, let you renew a driver’s license and give you some eggplant seeds.

“We don't have enough people to add new things," like social services, says the director of the Marshall County Memorial system.

In Missouri, it’s now illegal. In Tennessee, it can be a felony. But criminalizing homelessness could make it harder for people to find homes.

“There’s an opportunity to rethink church, and I hope we take it,” says the Rev. Chris Butler, a Chicago-based pastor.

The idea is to create more formal partnerships between community members and officers to foster greater trust.

Getting food aid or housing assistance could hurt immigrants' chances of getting a green card.

An estimated 67 million Americans receiving the benefits will see a 2.8 percent cost-of-living boost to their checks.

The AARP estimates more than 10 million people 50 and older are at risk of going hungry every day in the United States. In Florida, where many baby boomers retire, this food insecurity is compounded by a lack of public transportation. Some food banks are holding food drops to bring food and other health-related events […]

But state's training program spends much more per person than the figure Congress might allocate if it decides to pass a SNAP work requirement

New work requirements may change things for those who receive food and housing assistance in the Pennsylvania city.