Low-income families face a financial cliff as government shutdown threatens 4 federal aid programs

"I'm wondering how I'm going to be able to afford everything" if federal food aid is halted, one single mom said.

DTE Energy offering assistance through Low-Income Self-Sufficiency Plan amid government shutdown

More than a month into the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, worries over how families will be able to pay their ...
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4 aid programs that may not arrive in November due to the government shutdown

The prolonged federal government shutdown in the United States poses a significant threat to millions of Americans relying on ...
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US government shutdown threatens food-aid program for low-income Americans

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Crucial food assistance for about 6.7 million low-income Americans has been put in jeopardy by a federal government shutdown that the deeply divided U.S. Congress shows no signs ...
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FCC enacted most of what candidate Obama promised

During the 2008 presidential campaign, Barack Obama promised to "reform the Telephone Universal Service Program, direct the FCC to better manage the nation's airwaves, and encourage public-private ...

Government shutdown threatens to delay home heating aid for millions of low-income families

Millions of low-income families may face delays in receiving home heating aid due to the ongoing federal government shutdown.
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Government shutdown threatens WIC food aid program used by millions of families

SEATTLE — A food aid program that helps more than 6 million low-income mothers and young children across the U.S. will run out of federal money within two weeks unless the government shutdown ends, ...