New York officials say as many as 300,000 people could lose their food aid under program changes in the massive bill ...

New York officials say as many as 300,000 people could lose their food aid under program changes in the massive bill ...

Social services agencies across the state now place nearly half of all individuals and families seeking shelter in hotels, ...

Since 2018, state spending on hotels for unsheltered individuals has tripled. Conditions are often inadequate and some worry ...

An investigation revealed that New York spent $420 million on hotels that provide no support services as homeless families ...

Statewide spending on hotels has more than tripled in recent years. The shift away from shelters has prevented families from ...

Statewide spending on hotels has more than tripled in recent years. The shift away from shelters has prevented families from ...

Guinn put the first-year adoption cost for more than 1.5 million SNAP cards at up to $40 million. OTDA has a budget of $7.7 billion, but Guinn told legislators that the agency did not have the ...

U.S. states will not be able to fully administer food stamp benefits for millions of the nation's poor if a proposal in the Republican tax bill forcing them to shoulder billions of dollars in new ...

Barbara Guinn, as commissioner for the state’s Office for Temporary and Disability Assistance, oversees benefit programs for food, energy, and housing. “We build up and support lower income households ...

“When completed, Anew Center will redevelop a vital emergency family shelter in Chautauqua County for survivors of domestic violence, providing families and children with a safe, stable foundation and ...