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House Committee Farm Bill Would Cost Missouri, Harm Families

Download the PDF Version The U.S. Congress is considering proposals that would make food assistance more difficult to access, and could take food off the tables of 131,000 Missourians and their families. These punitive policies, including harsh work requirements, would cost
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Strengthen Childcare Assistance to Increase Access to Quality Care

DOWNLOAD PDF Access to high quality, affordable childcare not only creates a solid foundation for children to thrive but is also an essential component of developing a strong workforce. Yet too many Missouri families face barriers in accessing childcare, either because of the
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Sales Taxes on Groceries & the Importance of a Refundable EITC

Download the Full PDF A state Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), like the recently proposed Missouri Working Families Credit, could benefit as many as 515,000 working families with modest wages, providing hardworking families the ability to achieve a better future and a pathway to
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Federal Safety Net Services: Missouri Fact Sheets

Safety net services serve thousands of Missourians struggling to meet basic needs each year. Many of these services are federally funded in whole or in part. This series of fact sheets examines eligibility and enrollment for a variety of these services, including: Child Care
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Quick Guide to Safety Net Enrollment & Eligibility

MBP’s Quick Guide to Eligibility & Enrollment shows the eligibility levels and enrollment for many major safety net services in Missouri, including: MO HealthNet TANF Child care assistance Nutrition assistance Energy assistance, and Housing assistance  
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Missouri TANF Fact Sheet

The Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) provides cash assistance to families with children based on income and family size for a period not to exceed 45 months total in a lifetime (with some exceptions due to age, disability, and hardship). In September 2017, 12,032
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MO HealthNet/CHIP Eligibility & Enrollment Fact Sheet

MOHealthNet, Missouri’s Medicaid program, provides health coverage to low-income seniors, people with disabilities, children, pregnant women and very low-income parents. The Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) allows children in families with incomes above Medicaid limits,
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Federal Housing Assistance in MO

Housing assistance for low-income Missourians is provided through a patchwork of federal programs. The vast majority of these programs are operated by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) in partnership with state and local Housing Authorities. In FY2016,
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Nutrition Assistance for Missourians

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, & Children (WIC) ensure that thousands of Missourians can access food each month. Click here to learn more about how these federally funded services operate in
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Energy Assistance Services in Missouri

The federal government provides funding for energy assistance programs that provide limited financial assistance to help low-income Missouri families, seniors and people with disabilities with the costs of heating and cooling their homes in order to reduce the health and safety
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