/tags/social-services Social Services en-US Copyright © 2024 ÍâÍřĚěĚĂ Wed, 18 Dec 2024 18:06:42 GMT /government-politics-issues/2024-12-18/mike-kehoe-appoints-new-leader-jessica-bax-missouri-social-services-agency Jessica Bax is the new director of the Missouri Department of Social Services. Wed, 18 Dec 2024 18:06:42 GMT /government-politics-issues/2024-12-18/mike-kehoe-appoints-new-leader-jessica-bax-missouri-social-services-agency Clara Bates /health-science-environment/2024-06-18/missouri-medicaid-application-delays-to-undergo-federal-scrutiny Missouri officials told the federal government the reason for the delays is that several social services programs are competing for limited resources. Tue, 18 Jun 2024 10:00:00 GMT /health-science-environment/2024-06-18/missouri-medicaid-application-delays-to-undergo-federal-scrutiny Clara Bates /race-identity-and-faith/2023-11-09/volunteers-out-of-options-for-78-year-old-homeless-belleville-man-with-cognitive-disability David Semrau is about to become homeless — again. Since early June, he's been staying at a motel in Belleville. However, those funds have run out, and there's no clear answer to who will take care of the 78-year-old next. Thu, 09 Nov 2023 18:44:30 GMT /race-identity-and-faith/2023-11-09/volunteers-out-of-options-for-78-year-old-homeless-belleville-man-with-cognitive-disability Teri Maddox /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2019-05-24/how-an-umsl-graduate-overcame-life-of-addiction-and-gang-involvement-earned-social-work-degree St. Louis resident Harold Crawford is among many local college graduates who are celebrating major academic milestones this spring. The path he traveled… Fri, 24 May 2019 19:53:59 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2019-05-24/how-an-umsl-graduate-overcame-life-of-addiction-and-gang-involvement-earned-social-work-degree Lara Hamdan /government-politics-issues/2018-08-04/after-drug-ring-bust-clinton-peabody-residents-still-want-better-policing-social-services Bobbi Len Taylor Mitchell-Bey's children were killed at the Clinton-Peabody housing complex in south St. Louis more than a year ago.On Friday, she asked… Sat, 04 Aug 2018 21:41:34 GMT /government-politics-issues/2018-08-04/after-drug-ring-bust-clinton-peabody-residents-still-want-better-policing-social-services Ashley Lisenby /health-science-environment/2018-02-28/secret-challenge-seeks-to-provide-families-supplies-for-an-expensive-necessity-menstruation Imagine that first you can’t afford to keep your water on, or your electricity. You’re already struggling to find or keep a job.Every month, you have… Wed, 28 Feb 2018 11:14:49 GMT /health-science-environment/2018-02-28/secret-challenge-seeks-to-provide-families-supplies-for-an-expensive-necessity-menstruation Kae M. Petrin /government-politics-issues/2016-11-21/after-trumps-victory-undocumented-families-face-racial-aggression-find-support-in-st-louis On Nov. 8, Martha’s 8-year-old daughter didn’t want to go to school.“When I asked her why, she said she was worried that if [Donald] Trump won, I wouldn’t… Tue, 22 Nov 2016 04:55:01 GMT /government-politics-issues/2016-11-21/after-trumps-victory-undocumented-families-face-racial-aggression-find-support-in-st-louis /health-science-environment/2016-08-03/doctors-pair-up-with-lawyers-to-find-cures-for-those-in-need Your doctor can refer you to a specialist … but what if she could refer you to free legal help, too?In St. Louis, attorneys for Legal Services of Eastern… Wed, 03 Aug 2016 20:57:16 GMT /health-science-environment/2016-08-03/doctors-pair-up-with-lawyers-to-find-cures-for-those-in-need /government-politics-issues/2016-06-25/metro-east-programs-for-at-risk-teens-latest-casuality-of-illinois-budget-stalemate A social service agency making cuts in the Metro East due to lack of state funding says even if Illinois legislators pass a stop-gap budget this week it… Sat, 25 Jun 2016 21:37:53 GMT /government-politics-issues/2016-06-25/metro-east-programs-for-at-risk-teens-latest-casuality-of-illinois-budget-stalemate /health-science-environment/2016-03-01/mapping-the-need-wash-u-data-project-expanding-state-by-state Here are some numbers you wouldn’t have been able to find two years ago.Last week, 3,428 people from the St. Louis Metro Area called the United Way’s… Tue, 01 Mar 2016 22:36:12 GMT /health-science-environment/2016-03-01/mapping-the-need-wash-u-data-project-expanding-state-by-state