Martin O'Malley appears before the Senate Finance Committee during his confirmation hearing to be commissioner of the Social Security Administration on Nov. 2, 2023 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kevin ...

The California Student Aid Commission announced Tuesday that they will offer an alternative financial aid application option for students who are U.S. citizens but have at least one parent without a ...

Losing a job or seeing working hours reduced can be a difficult situation, but in California there is financial support that ...

The Social Security Administration is launching a yearslong effort to simplify and move online the application for Supplemental Security Income, a means-tested program for people with disabilities and ...

Californians who receive Supplemental Security Income will get two checks in May, or three if they also receive Social Security benefits. SSI, which is managed by the Social Security Administration, ...

When she was 15 and had been a ward of the courts for half her life, Kristina Tanner learned the cost of her stays in group homes and with foster families was coming out of her own pocket. She had ...

The timing of the first weekend in November requires the SSA to distribute two payments in October. The month's first ...

About 6.5 million Californians benefit from Social Security. Democrats and Republicans have yet to make a deal to avoid the ...

California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed a new bill that would protect Social Security benefits for tens of thousands of residents in the state. By signing AB 2906 into law on Thursday, Newsom will ...

Many Americans rely on Social Security benefits as a core part of their retirement income. In an unusual twist in October ...

This time last year about 307,000 high school seniors completed a financial aid application. This year, that number is around ...