by Anthony Morabith | Sep 15, 2023 | Legislature, News, Politics / Govt
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...
by Alisa Nelson | Mar 20, 2020 | Education, Legislature, News, Politics / Govt
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...
by Mike Lear | May 14, 2014 | News, Politics / Govt
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...
by Mike Lear | Apr 25, 2013 | Health / Medicine, News
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...
by Mike Lear | Feb 26, 2013 | Health / Medicine, Legislature, News
A House budget subcommittee has rejected including federal money for Medicaid expansion in the budgets for the Departments of Mental Health, Social Services and Health and Senior Services. Representative Judy Morgan (D-Kansas City) proposed a return to Governor Jay...