One of the reasons many people don’t think they can afford a down payment is the long-held belief that they’d need to put ...

An employee of Public Partnerships, LLC — the company hand-picked by Hochul’s administration to act as the sole payment ...

The fast-track budget deal, which was signed into law by President Donald Trump on Independence Day, lays out over $1 trillion in cuts to Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program ...

The federal budget bill—the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act”—has sparked alarm across New York, with warnings of devastating impacts on health insurance, food assistance, and the state’s economy. The ...

Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations office in Los Angeles has issued a federal subpoena to California’s Cash Assistance Program for Immigrants. The agency is ...

From cash assistance and support with expenses to help with childcare, ACCESS NYC will let you know what programs you may be eligible for.

Thousands of parents in New York City are set to lose state-provided child care assistance as soon as April, according to records obtained by New York Focus and interviews with advocates recently ...

Families eligible for this program may receive up to 60 months of federally funded cash assistance. In most cases, residents who receive temporary cash assistance may be required to work and/or ...

Timely processing of applications for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and Cash Assistance benefits improved significantly in the first four months of fiscal year 2025, according to the ...

With affordable housing and homelessness at the forefront of New York City politics, Social Services Commissioner Molly Wasow Park discusses the results of the mayor’s annual management report ...

The New York-based Bridge Project, which provides monthly cash assistance to new mothers, recently launched a program in Connecticut to support 500 households for roughly three years.