…the Department of Social Services has a sordid history of ignoring the needs of those they are charged with helping. They know their actions create hardship and deprive struggling families of aid they are eligible and entitled to receive. Still, it takes a federal lawsuit to try and force improvement.
Failure Is Preferred Well, I never expected Missouri to do the right thing with Medicaid Expansion. His Accidency and the circus clowns running Missouri benefit programs have not disappointed me. After two months of accepting adults allowed into MO Read More …
Medicaid Expansion Off To S L O W, S L O W Start The first report of the new federal fiscal year unveiled a drastically different – and shorter – benefit report. Instead of 165 pages it’s down to 77. (We Read More …
Missouri policy remains to punish struggling families at every opportunity, just as the state abuses its own workers with low pay and depreciating benefits.
Disappointing August Missouri Benefit Numbers In August 2010 the average Missouri family receiving Temporary Assistance received $237.19. Adjust that for inflation , to this August and you get $297.22. Only the average TA family didn’t get $300 this August, no, Read More …
Last week I searched the grocery store, without success, for a brand of pretzels I knew had just gone on sale. I asked the nice young man about the pretzels. “Those are on sale this week,” he replied. “We don’t Read More …