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"Elgin Community College and its partners are asking for donations for this year's Project Backpack, which collects school supplies for low-income students who attend Elgin School District U46, Algonquin-based School District 300 or ECC."

"Social Security provides much-needed income for the vast majority of retired Americans. As a social insurance program, Social Security's design returns a higher percentage of average lifetime earnings to low-income earners than to those who had more lucrative careers. Yet some policymakers have called for Social Security to go a step further, providing minimum benefit amounts to qualify low-income recipients."

"Produce vouchers that can be used at the Bayonne Farmers' Market are now available for low-income seniors in Bayonne, city officials announced. Qualified seniors can use the vouchers to purchase New Jersey-grown fresh fruit and vegetables at the Bayonne farmers' market and other approved locations, city spokesman Joe Ryan said."

The report Baby Boomers and Beyond: Facing Hunger After Fifty highlights the circumstances of older adults age 50 and older who receive charitable food assistance through the Feeding America network of food banks.

"State lawmakers have scheduled a public hearing to consider nearly two dozen bills aimed at special education policies in Massachusetts. The bills address funding, transportation, enrollment and reimbursement policies. One of the bills would create a special commission to conduct an investigation into special education as it applies to low-income students. The bill would require the commission to recommend strategies that address potential problems 'from over-identifying low-income students as students with disabilities.'"