A new bill in the U.S. House of Representatives could make it easier for people to get job training while they're receiving federal food assistance. It's hopeful news for the more than 800,000 ...

Pell Grants, which provide federal financial aid to low-income college students, are getting a significant expansion this year. A new grant program called Workforce Pell — included in the massive ...

Jordan Foley ticks off what he didn’t have when he started an intensive 13-week solar job training program on the West Side: money, a bed, clothes, food. The fear that the program wouldn’t be able to ...