SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – Working families in Springfield are learning how to bounce back from a “cliff effect” from the Bridge to Prosperity Cliff Effect pilot program that began in February.

Imagine getting a $1 raise only to see your student loan payments jump by more than $1,000 a year. That’s the cliff effect buried inside the GOP’s proposed student loan overhaul, the Repayment ...

SPRINGFIELD — Springfield WORKS and United Way Pioneer Valley will host a celebration Thursday for the Bridge to Prosperity Cliff Effect Pilot Program launch. A community initiative of the Western ...

SPRINGFIELD — Eighteen disadvantaged families in the state’s three biggest cities are already removing disincentives blocking workplace advancement while preserving benefits they depend on to make ...

Forty percent of all working-age Americans sometimes struggle to pay their monthly bills. There is no place in the country where a family supported by one minimum-wage worker with a ...