Instead of punishing people for being poor or for being in foster care, we need to further invest in job training and education as a way out of poverty.
the loss of food assistance will likely create additional financial and emotional stress making it harder to achieve thi...
we are deeply concerned that the proposed changes to further restrict ABAWD's ability to receive SNAP benefits would cau...
the proposed rule also circumvents the will of Congress by attempting to implement, through executive action, policy cha...
In my community, in the city of Waterbury, where I taught, generally, that was associated with addiction, and trauma fro...
Last year, we had 85 opioid-related deaths, and in most of those families there are children who are coming to school.
I guess what I want to make sure--and, Ms. Jackson, my question is for you--being that we know that poverty is a risk fo...
I spent the majority of my adult life as a teacher. In fact, before coming to Congress, I was a classroom teacher, a man...
In Waterbury, Connecticut, where I was a teacher, last year, we had 85 opioid-related deaths, and in most of those famil...
Making it more difficult for states to waive the 3 month time limit for low-income individuals facing barriers to employ...
And that is why I am so proud of what North Carolina's doing in terms of capping things, like a 3 percent cap on fees, m...