Washington, DC - USDA is committed to improving the health and wellbeing of older adults, ensuring that all older Americans have access to healthy food, and that older adults in rural America have access to housing. Low-income older Americans continue to be an underserved and vulnerable population, due in part to administrative complexities associated with participating in federal assistance programs. USDA is working with state and federal partners to reduce participation barriers and increase access for seniors.

Washington, DC - Today the President will lay out the case for meaningful juvenile and criminal justice reform that makes our system, fairer, smarter and more cost-effective while keeping the American people safe and secure.  Across the political spectrum, there is a growing consensus to make reforms to the juvenile and criminal justice systems to ensure that criminal laws are enforced more fairly and efficiently. 

Salt Lake City, Utah - The School Nutrition Association is hosting its annual national conference this week in Salt Lake City.

Washington, DC - Social Security overpayments are hard to recover-so hard, in fact, that the Social Security Administration overpaid, big time, to get a bunch of recent overpayments back.

Washington, DC - Today, President Barack Obama granted commutations of sentence to 46 individuals.

Sacramento, California - The U.S. Postal Service today celebrated some of America’s favorite summer foods with four new Forever stamps during a first-day-of-issue dedication ceremony at the California State Fair ‑ Cal Expo.