Missouri is in the process of restructuring what SNAP recipients can buy with their benefits – cutting out junk food and sugary drinks and replacing them with healthier foods, specifically foods grown in Missouri. Baylee Watts with the Missouri Department of Social...
Grocery stores across Missouri are bracing for financial fallout if SNAP—the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program—isn’t funded in November due to the federal shutdown. “There are certain areas of Missouri that have a higher usage of SNAP,” said Dan Shaul,...
U.S. Congress passed President Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” this year with the creation of a $50 billion Rural Health Transformation Program. What’s included in the fund? According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) $50...
Missouri families could soon feel the sting of the federal government shutdown in their wallets and on their dinner tables – if they have not already. On Thursday, a news release from Gov. Mike Kehoe’s office said Missouri has about 56,000 federal workers who...
Governor Mike Kehoe and the Missouri Department of Social Services have submitted a request to the USDA to change Missouri’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, better known as SNAP. Alisa Nelson talks to Missouri Dept. of Social Services Director Jess...
