The Community Assistance Program, known as CAPS, said they received a letter stating, come Monday, they're going to have to turn away 141 seniors who depend on their help to get a job. Without federal ...

In less than two weeks, big changes are coming to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program known as SNAP. Thousands of ...

This funding is the latest part of Chicago’s efforts to counter cuts to food assistance by the Trump administration.

Community groups and organizations are stepping up to help Chicagoans impacted by the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefit freeze put food on the table after SNAP benefits lapsed Saturday ...

The $4,500 city grants are meant to support small businesses and community groups struggling after the federal deportation ...

“Let us work, don’t just let us sit at home and die,” says Sandra Robinson, a furloughed worker with the Senior Community Service Employment program. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Senior Community ...

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