Missouri lawmakers are working to make sure that a child does not get placed into foster care. Anthony Morabith chats with Republican Representative Hannah Kelly at the Missouri Capitol.
Progress is being made in the Missouri Office of Children’s Division. When Darrell Missey became director of the division, the number of kids in foster care was over 14,200, more than double the national average on a per capita basis. “The number today that sort of...
Bipartisan legislation that aims to modernize Missouri’s foster care system and provides Medicaid coverage to homeless children was signed into law Monday by the governor in Jefferson City. State Rep. Sheila Solon, R-St. Joseph, who chairs the House Children and...