Despite extra training hours, only a small fraction of Polish students achieve good motor skill proficiency, raising concerns about how schools prepare children for lifelong physical activity and ...

The City of Newburgh is considering a one-year pilot program that would grant some residents a guaranteed basic income every month. A New York state grant already in the city’s possession would ...

The New Mexico Department of Justice has accused the operators of a Silver City-based nonprofit of submitting fraudulent Medicaid claims for about $1.6 million worth of services it says were never ...

Over the past week or so, several people contacted BikePortland with reports that automated speed enforcement cameras in their neighborhood had either fallen into disrepair and/or had been removed. In ...

Universal or guaranteed basic income programs are gaining momentum across the country, as local governments and nonprofits experiment with the bold new alternative to traditional welfare models.

Loyalty programs are having a full-circle moment. Before the digital age, they were mostly punch card-style analog programs. Then, came email signup lists, and for a while it seemed like every other ...

The Trump administration told states Friday that it will send every state on Monday their formula funding allocations for before- and after-school programs nationwide—but the funding will come with a ...

Day camp providers and schools say the Trump administration's funding freeze could ruin summer for low-income American families and jeopardize some after-school programs next year. The administration ...

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About three in five college students experienced some level of basic needs insecurity during the 2024 calendar year, according to survey data from Trellis Strategies. Over half (58 percent) of ...

In 2022, the city of Durham launched one of the state’s first guaranteed-income programs, offering cash payments to people returning to Durham after prison. For almost a year, the Excel program gave ...