/tags/food-stamps Food Stamps en-US Copyright © 2024 ÍâÍøÌìÌà Tue, 04 Jun 2024 10:00:00 GMT /government-politics-issues/2024-06-04/missouri-kansas-families-summer-food-benefits-ebt The new summer EBT program will give an extra $120 to eligible school-age kids. But, families in Missouri and Kansas probably won’t get the money until late summer or fall. Tue, 04 Jun 2024 10:00:00 GMT /government-politics-issues/2024-06-04/missouri-kansas-families-summer-food-benefits-ebt Suzanne King /government-politics-issues/2024-01-02/missouri-joins-federal-program-offering-summer-food-benefits-for-kids The program would provide $40 in food benefits for each month an eligible child is on summer break, loaded onto a card that can be used like a debit card to purchase groceries. Missouri's decision is nonbinding, and the state now has until Feb. 15 to submit a detailed plan to the federal government. Tue, 02 Jan 2024 22:21:52 GMT /government-politics-issues/2024-01-02/missouri-joins-federal-program-offering-summer-food-benefits-for-kids Clara Bates /government-politics-issues/2023-12-21/deadline-approaching-for-missouri-to-opt-in-to-federal-summer-food-program Roughly 429,000 Missouri children would be eligible to receive $51.5 million in food benefits next summer if the state chooses to participate in the federal program. Thu, 21 Dec 2023 19:00:00 GMT /government-politics-issues/2023-12-21/deadline-approaching-for-missouri-to-opt-in-to-federal-summer-food-program Clara Bates /government-politics-issues/2023-11-03/broken-system-call-center-backlogs-impede-missouri-families-seeking-food-assistance Over a year after a lawsuit alleged the state’s ‘dysfunctional’ SNAP call center violates federal law, low-income Missourians still face automatic disconnections and wait times of around an hour. Fri, 03 Nov 2023 10:00:00 GMT /government-politics-issues/2023-11-03/broken-system-call-center-backlogs-impede-missouri-families-seeking-food-assistance Clara Bates /government-politics-issues/2022-12-10/summer-food-benefits-for-low-income-missouri-children-likely-delayed-until-well-into-winter Officials previously said the summer emergency food benefits program would be dispersed by the end of the year. Achieving that goal looks increasingly unlikely. Sat, 10 Dec 2022 12:00:00 GMT /government-politics-issues/2022-12-10/summer-food-benefits-for-low-income-missouri-children-likely-delayed-until-well-into-winter Clara Bates /economy-business/2022-10-03/snap-ed-pays-workers-so-little-that-some-qualify-for-food-benefits-themselves The Supplemental Nutrition Education Program (SNAP-Ed) is funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and helps SNAP recipients learn how to eat healthy food on a budget. Its employees complain of wages so low that they themselves qualify for SNAP. Mon, 03 Oct 2022 10:00:00 GMT /economy-business/2022-10-03/snap-ed-pays-workers-so-little-that-some-qualify-for-food-benefits-themselves Dana Cronin /government-politics-issues/2022-07-20/missouri-judge-denies-states-request-to-dismiss-federal-snap-lawsuit Difficulty scheduling interviews contributes to a high rejection rate of SNAP applicants, the lawsuit alleges. In September, October, and December of 2021, over half of SNAP applications rejected were due to failure to complete an interview, according to the lawsuit. Wed, 20 Jul 2022 18:49:15 GMT /government-politics-issues/2022-07-20/missouri-judge-denies-states-request-to-dismiss-federal-snap-lawsuit Clara Bates /government-politics-issues/2022-03-05/change-to-bill-cutting-missouri-sales-tax-on-food-transformed-it-into-massive-tax-hike A bill in the Missouri House to expand the sales tax exemption so that includes food purchased with food stamps became a bill virtually ending the exemption., making it a $416 million tax increase. Sat, 05 Mar 2022 18:25:01 GMT /government-politics-issues/2022-03-05/change-to-bill-cutting-missouri-sales-tax-on-food-transformed-it-into-massive-tax-hike Rudi Keller /health-science-environment/2022-03-04/you-cant-get-through-to-them-food-stamp-applicants-sue-for-benefits Legal advocates are going to court to seek benefits for Missourians who they say are being illegally shut out by a protracted application process. Fri, 04 Mar 2022 11:13:32 GMT /health-science-environment/2022-03-04/you-cant-get-through-to-them-food-stamp-applicants-sue-for-benefits Sebastián Martínez Valdivia /government-politics-issues/2021-10-24/federal-food-benefits-help-rural-economies-more-than-urban-ones A new report from the USDA shows benefits from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, formerly known as food stamps, have a bigger impact on rural economies. Sun, 24 Oct 2021 14:29:49 GMT /government-politics-issues/2021-10-24/federal-food-benefits-help-rural-economies-more-than-urban-ones Jonathan Ahl