LAWRENCE — Anti-poverty advocates and a Democratic congresswoman on Thursday accused the Trump administration of “doubling down” on spending cuts that could harm the state’s lowest-income residents.

President Donald Trump’s 2026 budget proposal includes the total elimination of the Community Services Block Grant, a little-known but vitally important source of funding aimed at reducing poverty for ...

DEAR HELOISE: Recently, I was approached to invest in something that has me puzzled. It was a program that offered what was called a community service block grant. It supposedly helps communities ...

Calcasieu Parish is giving local organizations the opportunity to request grant funding to improve service delivery around the community. The Calcasieu Parish Human Services Department is providing ...

In 1998, when Bethlehem’s future was anything but certain, community leaders in south Bethlehem worked with the leadership of Community Action Lehigh Valley and the city to create a nonprofit that ...