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Press Releases

05/14/2019 Governor Parson Announces Jennifer Tidball as Acting Director of Department of Social Services
04/15/2019 Department of Social Services announces new Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program Provider for Greater Kansas City area
03/28/2019 MOHealthNet to cover complementary & alternative therapies to treat adultchronic pain starting April 1
03/04/2019 Governor Parson Announces New Child Care Working Group to Ensure Safe and Quality Care
02/11/2019 New Missouri Medicaid report signals start to become a best-in-class program
01/23/2019 Department of Social Services Assures Missourians Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) cards are working in Missouri
01/18/2019 Department of Social Services announces Scott Odum as new Division of Youth Services Director
01/11/2019 Missourians to get February Food Stamp (SNAP) benefits a month early due to partial federal government shutdown
01/03/2019 Department of Social Services announces David Kurt as new Children’s Division Director
10/22/2018 House Speaker Todd Richardson Appointed as MO HealthNet Director
07/18/2018 Governor Parson Announces Sixteen Appointments to Child Protection Boards
03/01/2018 Department of Social Services Reaches Agreement on Blind Pension Lawsuit
12/20/2017 MO HealthNet Notification of HIPAA Disclosure
12/13/2017 State employee work teams honored with Governor’s Award for Quality and Productivity, recognized for improving state government operations
08/11/2017 MO HealthNet Notification of HIPAA Disclosure
07/07/2017 Department of Social Services Reviews Administrative Rules and Seeks Public Input
06/09/2017 Disaster Food Stamp Program to help 27 flood impacted Missouri counties
03/31/17 Building nurturing communities strengthens families and prevents child abuse and neglect
11/10/16 Department of Social Services experiencing statewide phone service disruption
05/10/16 Missouri receives federal approval to expand Medicaid dental services to eligible adults
11/05/15 Low-income Missourians get heating bill help to keep homes warm
07/23/15 MO HealthNet Pilot Project Adds New Community Support to Help Stabilize Outpatient Care and Reduce Need for Hospital Care
01/26/15 Missouri designates new Hepatitis C drug for Medicaid patients; reaches agreement that will save taxpayers millions of dollars in Fiscal Year 2016
11/05/14 Low-income Missourians to receive assistance staying warm this winter
11/04/14 Missouri Celebrates National Adoption Month
09/18/14 Jackson County Children’s Division in Compliance with Council on Accreditation Standards
11/15/13 Tim Decker named Director of Missouri Children's Division within the Department of Social Services
09/23/13 MO HealthNet Notification of HIPAA Disclosure
08/05/13 MO HealthNet Notification of HIPAA Disclosure
04/18/13 Missouri Department of Social Services in Jefferson, Greene Counties to Pilot Program to Improve Future for Youth

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