Colorado’s minimum wage has increased, but not nearly enough to cover the rising cost of food.
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When a home healthcare aide doesn’t show up, the consequences are immediate and can be dire.
The study found that regularly getting cash made it easier for many homeless people to meet their immediate and personal needs.
Today’s basic income proponents say cash payments would be good for everyone. In the 1790s, the idea’s inventor argued something else: It was owed to everyone.
Getting SNAP benefits can already be hard, and due to legal changes Congress approved in 2025 it could get harder for many Americans.
The Trump administration’s new child care subsidy rules are the latest measure to challenge the struggling industry.
Hundreds of thousands of rural families could lose their affordable homes as mortgages the program supported expire by 2050.
An economist proposes a new method of estimating the scope of poverty in different countries.
Policymakers are still deciding whether to make some types of Medicare coverage for telehealth permanent. Studies show it helps older adults get more consistent health care.
Detroit’s homelessness response system could lose millions of dollars in federal funding for permanent supportive housing as the city’s homelessness rates increase.
Every dollar spent on community health education through SNAP-ED saved an estimated $10.64 in Medicaid spending by the government before the program was shut down.
The pilot, launched in January 2026 in 6 states, could reduce wasteful spending, but increases provider paperwork and risks patient access to necessary care.
Two researchers found that Danish government benefits do not fully offset moms’ lost earnings. But they do help offset lost income for working women with kids.
Stipends paid to residents had unintended consequences.
The policy of providing guaranteed cash incomes has gained momentum in recent years. This tool to tackle inequality has the potential to address racial resentment.
Detroit seniors pay more in homeowner’s insurance, utilities and property tax, and those on fixed incomes can struggle to make ends meet.
High prescription drug costs are leaving many patients frustrated and unable to afford their medications.
A few hundred extra dollars a month would go a long way for many Coloradans.
Free food may fill your stomach, but it doesn’t always satisfy the desire to feel fully human.
Having stable access to nutritious food sets children up for better mental and physical health into adulthood.
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