Missouri families still waiting for summer food benefits for low-income children
As food prices spiked over the summer and her children lost access to school-provided subsidized meals, Jennifer Sheils scrambled to…
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As Medicaid applicant wait time remains at 100 days, officials vow progress
State health officials faced tough questions Wednesday from the board overseeing Missouri’s Medicaid program — with a focus on the…
Judge denies state’s request to dismiss federal SNAP lawsuit
Mary Holmes says she subsisted on hardly any food for more than a month as she struggled to recertify her…
Republicans tussle over bill to provide warm meals to some Missouri SNAP recipients
When state Sen. Holly Thompson Rehder was 18 and struggling to raise a baby, she applied for federal food assistance…
Medicaid enrollment backlog persists as advocates say Missouri could be doing more
Applying for health insurance through Medicaid expansion took Raven Cole just 10 minutes. But the wait to see if she’s…
Change to bill cutting sales tax on food transformed it into massive tax hike
With a change of just a few words, a bill to expand the sales tax exemption for food purchases became a bill…
Federal lawsuit targets Missouri’s ‘dysfunctional’ food assistance program
Mary Holmes, a St. Louis resident with cancer and other health challenges, has struggled for more than a month to…
Long call wait times balk Missourians of federal food assistance
Just as the school year — and with it, free school lunches — was ending last spring, Erin Bay learned…
Thousands of military families struggle with food insecurity
(AP) — It’s a hidden crisis that has existed for years inside one of the most well-funded institutions on the…
Food banks struggle to feed hungry amid surging prices
(AP) — U.S. food banks already dealing with increased demand from families sidelined by the pandemic now face a new…
SNAP boost will put more, healthier food on plates
Thrifty grocery shoppers will have more dollars to spend, thanks to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s decision to increase the…
SNAP food benefits are on the way, with extra pandemic aid
JEFFERSON CITY – Missourians who get SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) food benefits are getting extra help during the pandemic,…