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Archive of News Releases

2021

  • 01/06/2021 Governor Parson Announces $4 million CARES Act Grant to St. Louis Community College in Forest Park for On-Campus Child Care Services

2020

  • 12/30/2020 Governor Parson Announces $46 Million in Child Care Funding to Support Missouri Providers and Working Families
  • 12/29/2020 Missouri extends P-SNAP benefits through January 2021
  • 12/23/2020 Missouri halts SNAP/Food Stamp recertification interviews through June 2021
  • 11/30/2020 USDA approves P-SNAP benefits for December
  • 11/18/2020 Governor Parson Orders Capitol Dome and Governor’s Mansion Lighted Purple in Recognition of National Adoption Month
  • 11/10/2020 “Missouri Benefits Enrollment Transformation Report” recommends simplified and streamlined benefit forms
  • 11/04/2020 Southeastern Missouri Achieves New Adoption Record for Region
  • 10/26/2020 USDA approves maximized Food Stamp benefits for November
  • 10/22/2020 Missouri Safe Sleep Coalition urges use of Safe Sleep ABCs to prevent nearly 90 infant deaths a year
  • 10/21/2020 Governor Parson Announces $5 Million in CARES Act Funding For Six Missouri Food Banks
  • 10/08/2020 Department of Social Services announces second round for CARES Act grant proposals to expand child care services on college campuses
  • 10/07/2020 Missouri gets USDA approval to maximize October Food Stamp benefits
  • 10/01/2020 Governor Parson Announces Over $5 Million CARES Act Grant to Expands Child Care Services on Five Missouri Campuses to Low-Income Student Parents
  • 09/17/2020 Missouri expands eligibility and extends summer Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program application deadline
  • 09/17/2020 Fulltime child care subsidy benefits extended for low-income school-aged students not attending in person
  • 09/03/2020 Missouri Child Support awarded two $1 million grants focused on teens
  • 08/26/2020 USDA approves maximized September Food Stamp benefits
  • 08/17/2020 Department of Social Services invites public comment on Community Services Block Grant, CARES Act funding state plan amendment
  • 08/11/2020 Video preps educators to report child abuse and neglect when schools reopen
  • 07/28/2020 Missouri gets approval to maximize August Food Stamp benefits
  • 07/14/2020 Missouri expands Child Support payment options
  • 06/26/2020 Missouri to resume Food Stamp interviews since USDA has not acted on waiver request
  • 06/25/2020 Missouri to resume Food Stamp and Temporary Assistance work requirements in August
  • 06/19/2020 USDA approves Missouri’s waiver request maximizing July Food Stamp benefits
  • 06/16/2020 Missouri resumes Food Stamp/SNAP recertification requirement July 1
  • 06/16/2020 Release of $15 million to Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program doubles summer benefit amount to help more Missourians during Phase 2 of Recovery Plan
  • 05/21/2020 Missouri’s waiver request maximizing Food Stamp benefits through June gets USDA approval
  • 05/19/2020 Households eligible for free or reduced price school meals can get P-EBT benefit
  • 05/14/2020 Online purchasing now an option for Missouri Food Stamp Households
  • 05/06/2020 Department of Social Services announces more child care assistance for low-income families and child care providers
  • 05/06/2020 Department of Social Services provides $1.5 million to six Missouri food banks from the Coronavirus Relief Fund
  • 04/28/2020 New Department of Social Services Virtual Assistant instantly answers questions Missourians ask 24/7
  • 04/28/2020 USDA approves Department of Social Services’ waiver request extending Food Stamp increase through May
  • 04/20/2020 Department of Social Services submits waiver to USDA, FNS allowing Food Stamp online purchases in Missouri
  • 04/09/2020 USDA approves Department of Social Services’ request to distribute disaster food packages due to COVID-19
  • 04/07/2020 Missouri Services Navigator helps Missourians in need instantly find essential services
  • 04/02/2020 Department of Social Services extends the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program
  • 03/31/2020 Department of Social Services' special payment to Child Care Subsidy providers covers income loss due to COVID-19
  • 03/31/2020 Youth and staff test positive for COVID-19 at Waverly Division of Youth Services facility
  • 03/27/2020 In response to increased demand for services, Family Support Division Call Center operating 7 days a week and suspending Food Stamp phone interviews
  • 03/25/2020 Alarming drop in Missouri Child Abuse and Neglect Hotline calls
  • 03/24/2020 Youth in care at a Division of Youth Services facility in St. Louis tests positive for COVID-19
  • 03/24/2020 Missouri Food Stamp Benefits increase and get extension
  • 03/19/2020 Missouri officials take regulatory action to address child care needs amid COVID-19 outbreak
  • 03/19/2020 Current MOHealthNet and Child Care Subsidy recipients get benefits extended
  • 02/21/2020 MO HealthNet receives $9.3 million to help hospitals and providers electronically connect patient information
  • 01/29/2020 MO HealthNet successfully reducing opioid use across Missouri
  • 01/13/2020 Rehabilitation Services for the Blind Leads Nation in Individual Employment Retention Rates

2019

  • 12/17/2019 Report finds that majority of child abuse and neglect fatalities are sleep-related
  • 07/31/2019 Department of Social Services warns Missourians of genetic testing scheme
  • 07/09/2019 Newly automated process collects parents’ unclaimed property for past-due child support
  • 06/26/2019 Department of Social Services launches new, simplified website design
  • 06/17/2019 Department of Social Services warns Missourians of EBT card fraud scheme
  • 05/28/2019 Food Stamp recipients impacted by tornadoes or flooding get replacement benefit extension
  • 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

2018

  • 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

2017

  • 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

2016

  • 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

2015

  • 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

2014

  • 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

2013

  • 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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Rebecca Woelfel

Email: Rebecca.Woelfel@dss.mo.gov

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