North Carolina has had a net loss of 367 licensed child care programs since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. More than 12% of those losses occurred in the final quarter of 2025. The net loss of 45 ...

A Safe Place Child Enrichment Center’s coffee bar provides easy access to healthy foods for parents during drop-off and pick-up. Liz Bell EdNC.org AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom. Read ...

The US spends far less on social programs than comparable nations, and red-tape barriers ensure that millions who qualify for help never receive it. Republicans are further eviscerating the safety net ...

Abstract: One area of current research on adversarial attacks is how to generate plausible adversarial examples when only a small number of datasets are available. Current adversarial attack ...

The Virginia Beach Development Authority said the façade improvement grant program would return, while it is launching the Atlantic Avenue grant program. <a href ...

The $11 billion Farmer Bridge Assistance Program from the USDA is likely to change next year’s income forecast for most grain farmers. Gary Schnitkey, farm management specialist with the University of ...

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) moved late Monday to make it easier for immigration officers to deny green cards to those who use public benefits like Medicaid or food stamps. The latest ...

The ongoing federal government shutdown has impacted many social safety net programs, from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), to the Women, Infants and Children program (WIC), to ...

(CNN) — The clock is ticking for four major social safety net programs that keep tens of millions of struggling Americans — including millions of children and senior citizens — fed and warm, as well ...