poverty

IA Extends Postpartum Coverage For Poverty-Level Families

NE Rejection Of EBT Program Brings Protest

Nearly 32,000 pounds of food has been donated to Omaha’s Siena/Francis House.Staff at CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center collected the food,…

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska residents who rely on public benefits are spending less time on the phone waiting for someone to help them.Gov. Pete…

54 Nebraska school districts sponsor summer food service programs.Those programs provide breakfast and lunch for children up to age 18 during the summer…

A new report says fewer jobs are available to some Omahans depending on where they live in the metro area.The Brookings Institution report looks at how…

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A judge has granted class-action status to a lawsuit alleging that Nebraska consistently failed to process food-benefit applications…

A new report from Nebraska Appleseed says 37 percent of low-income families have at least one parent without health insurance.The report, released last…

Omaha’s Parks and Recreation Department is expanding the number of sites where it offers summer meals for young people.The department received a $30,000…

There were fewer sites serving summer meals to children last year, according to a new report.The Food Research and Action Center report looked at the…