Lawmakers are considering a bill from Rep. Hannah Kelly, R-Mountain Grove, that prevents the state from using federal benefits granted to a child. She tells Missourinet that the Missouri Children’s Division would be required to check if a foster child is receiving...
Missouri has a high level of open abuse and neglect cases. As of August, the Children’s Division in Missouri’s Department of Social Services had more than 10,000 investigations with St. Louis having 6,124 and Kansas City having 3,636 cases, according to a report from...
While Missouri schools are closed, the state says licensed child care providers can use emergency school closing rules. This allows daycares to take in enrolled school-age children. Other changes include: •The state is letting providers exceed the license capacity of...
State House Republicans are criticizing Governor Jay Nixon (D) for the use of more than $390,000 in the past three fiscal years’ budgets for the Department of Social Services to pay dues to the National Governors Association. More than $206,000 of that has come...
A contract between the Department of Social Services that came under fire from House Republicans has been restructured. The contract with Boston-based Public Consulting Group outlined how it would look for people receiving state assistance that could be shifted to...
