President Lee Jae Myung on Thursday called for efforts to strengthen the social safety net and ease side effects from ...

Nonprofits deliver essential services across the U.S. This piece explores why they are central to the social safety net—and what happens when we underinvest in them.

In a country as wealthy as the United States, it is a bitter irony that millions of people still fall through the cracks of a social safety net meant to protect them. Welfare programs exist, but they ...

President Trump's sweeping domestic policy bill passed the Senate. It's now being considered in the House. It would cut trillions of dollars in taxes, mostly for the well off. To help offset that, it ...

Beneficiary numbers and allowance rates for a total of 15 social safety net programmes under the committee’s jurisdiction were finalised for the 2026-27 fiscal year.

Under the Programme for Improving the Living Standards of Backward Communities, the number of beneficiaries has been ...

One of the most contentious subjects, somewhat aligned with politics, is the term “social safety nets.” Whether the term is a proper definition of the various assistance programs is arguable, but for ...

Millions of Americans rely on federal subsidies and programs to make ends meet. But the shutdown and other cuts have them looking elsewhere for help. Here's how residents in rural New York are coping.