When kids have consistent access to health coverage, they can get the care they need to be healthy and succeed in school and beyond. In Missouri, ensuring access to coverage is particularly important for the nearly 30,000 kids in low-income families who rely on the Children’s Read More

In Missouri, working families with low wages generally pay a higher share of their income in state and local taxes than do the highest earners. Improving the state’s working families tax credit would make Missouri’s tax structure more fair, further incentivize work, Read More

Thank you for sponsoring MBP’s 20th anniversary events. Your sponsorship helps build the foundation upon which every Missourian can thrive – advancing equity and creating opportunity for every Missourian. Click here to complete your sponsorship online via credit card, or Read More

Please join us at one of our cocktail receptions to celebrate and help us continue our legacy of creating opportunity for every Missourian. Tuesday, November 7th5:30-8:30 Thursday, November 9th5:30 – 8:30 p.m. Boulevard Brewing Company2501 Southwest BoulevardKansas City Read More

To reflect our vision of an inclusive and equitable Missouri, we’ve moved away from the traditional hierarchical structure of sponsorships that provide tiered benefits.  We know these can sometimes feel transactional and unintentionally reflect power imbalances related to Read More

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More Than 200 Organizations Oppose Dangerous DEI Language in Budget (as of April 24th, 2023) We believe this language will result in wide-ranging consequences that would undermine lawmakers’ economic and workforce priorities and urge you to remove it from the budget bills.  Read More

In March, the Missouri House added anti-diversity language to the Fiscal Year 2024 budget bills that would have wide-ranging consequences and undermine lawmakers’ economic and workforce priorities. Read More

The Missouri Budget Project’s “Introduction to Missouri’s State Budget” outlines Missouri’s budget process, including where the state’s revenue comes from and how the state allocates funding. State Budget & Taxes: Impact at a Glance The impacts of Missouri’s investments are Read More

For Immediate Release: February 28, 2023Contact: Traci Gleason Clean Slate Legislation Would Address Missouri’s Workforce Needs, Boost Economy As Missouri businesses search for employees to fill open positions, a new economic analysis from the Missouri Budget Project shows th Read More