NEWSWATCH SEVEN AT SIX. FLAGRANT ABUSE AND FRAUD. THAT’S AT THE NEBRASKA STATE AUDITOR SAYS HE FOUND IN A PROGRAM AIMED AT HELPING LOW INCOME, ELDERLY AND DISABLED NEBRASKANS. THANKS FOR JOINING US. I ...

LINCOLN, Neb. (WOWT) - Nebraska’s Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) says more families now qualify for the Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) supplemental nutrition assistance program. In ...

Students are counting down to summer, and the Department of Health and Human Services just approved the Summer EBT program for children.The program gives eligible families $120 per child for the ...

LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - The federal Department of Agriculture has approved the Department of Health and Human Services’ Summer EBT program. Nebraska was the fourth state in the nation to be approved ...

LINCOLN, Neb. (Nebraska Examiner) - Spurred in part by the rising costs of services to young Nebraskans with autism, the state on Friday announced new “guardrails” they hope ward off potential misuses ...

Tens of thousands of Nebraskans could lose their SNAP benefits in a matter of days as the Trump administration said it would not tap into contingency funds to keep aid flowing through November. Twenty ...

Optum/United Healthcare officials, in a statement to the Nebraska Examiner, said they were working with providers: "We're committed to keeping care accessible for our members by working with providers ...

The Office of Inspector General of Nebraska Child Welfare released it's latest investigative report after child deaths and injuries. The report investigates the Nebraska Department of Health and Human ...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - The U.S. Department of Agriculture approved on Monday the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services’ plan to run the Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer, or EBT, program. An ...

He foresees a rollout of potential changes early next year. "The door's been a little too open for our liking," Ahern said. Nudging DHHS to re-examine the program is recent scrutiny by federal ...