safety net

If Congress doesn't extend unemployment benefits in the next few weeks, millions of jobless Americans will find themselves without a vital safety net in 2012.

In response to cutbacks in state funding, the Marin Community Foundation has decided to shift between $1 million and $2 million from its environmental program work to address gaps in the regional social safety net....

Left-leaning Social Security advocates are worried that the tax-cut compromise made between President Obama and Republicans will undermine the retirement safety net in the long run.

Jobless Americans everywhere are running out of federal unemployment benefits as Congress debates whether to extend the safety net as part of a Bush tax cut compromise.

Plan for the possibility of long-term care costs, but don’t assume that insurance will be the guaranteed answer.

With more people than ever living in poverty, the government's unprecedented effort to strengthen the safety net for needy Americans is running out.

Nearly a million people have lost their unemployment benefits because the Senate failed for the third time Thursday to extend the deadline to file for this safety net.

The recent report that Social Security payouts will exceed revenue in 2010 has raised anxieties about the nation's retirement safety net.   

The House plans to vote Wednesday on measures that would extend the safety net for the unemployed and spur job creation.

Most people don't find out their insurance was inadequate until it's too late. Here's how to gauge the strength of your safety net before life does it for you.