For at least a generation, policymakers have been talking about welfare cliffs. Federal and state governments have been waging this war on poverty but with little progress beyond an expansive (and at ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – Low-income families who are finding themselves ineligible for public assistance programs are receiving some much-needed support. Several legislators, Springfield ...

BOSTON (WWLP) – Several western Massachusetts organizations gathered Tuesday at the State House for a briefing to bring attention to the Cliff Effect, which largely affects low income households. The ...

Liberals and conservatives don’t agree on much these days, but the Cliff Effect Pilot Program should appeal to everybody. As part of the state’s economic development and tax relief package, this ...

New Hampshire’s Department of Health and Human Services is commissioning a study to look at the “cliff effect” in public benefits programs like the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and ...

SPRINGFIELD — Springfield WORKS and United Way Pioneer Valley will host a celebration Thursday for the Bridge to Prosperity Cliff Effect Pilot Program launch. A community initiative of the Western ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Families in the Ozarks sometimes need government assistance in tough economic times, but working to get back on the right economic track can been even harder when the choice is ...

Just a few years ago I was receiving government assistance for housing, Food Stamps, cash from the Department of Transitional Assistance (DTA) and childcare vouchers. I was working with a social ...

The measures passed by Congress and signed by President Bill Clinton in 1996 “to end welfare as we know it” were heralded as a ticket to economic self-sufficiency. The poor would be encouraged to ...

SPRINGFIELD — Eighteen disadvantaged families in the state’s three biggest cities are already removing disincentives blocking workplace advancement while preserving benefits they depend on to make ...

Imagine getting a $1 raise only to see your student loan payments jump by more than $1,000 a year. That’s the cliff effect buried inside the GOP’s proposed student loan overhaul, the Repayment ...

Millions of student loan borrowers in the US are set to face longer repayment timelines and significantly higher lifetime loan costs under a revised version of the federal Standard Repayment Plan. The ...