by admin | Jun 14, 2002 | Health / Medicine
The end of the welfare benefit line comes in two weeks for 413 Missouri families currently receiving monthly checks. And, the welfare rights group “GRO-Grass Roots Organizing,” isn’t pleased with that. GRO’s Robin Acree claims the Department of...
by admin | Mar 28, 2002 | Politics / Govt
Congressman Roy Blunt thinks the federal welfare-to-work law is working well, getting people off the welfare rolls and into paying jobs. But some people who’ve made the move say the program isn’t working as well as itcould. Blunt has met with some of them...
by admin | Jan 25, 2002 | News
The number of homeless in the state has risen dramatically in the past few years. More than 16,000 people are living in Missouri’s homeless shelters, up 42 percent from just a few years ago, according to a new census. And, advocates for the homeless say that...
by admin | Dec 20, 2000 | Politics / Govt
Senator John Ashcroft is thanking Missourians for letting him serve as their Senator the past six years. Ashcroft is in the middle of a three-day tour of the state saying good-bye by highlighting various legislative accomplishments. He began the tour in his hometown...
by admin | Oct 3, 2000 | Politics / Govt
Missouri’s poverty rate slips another tenth in the latest census bureau figures, down to 10.7%. But a leading advocate for Missouri’s poor says those numbers are only part of the story. Peter DeSimone heads the Missouri Association for Social Welfare. He...
