A former Missouri nonprofit executive was sentenced Monday for stealing nearly $20 million from a program meant to provide meals for low-income children.

A St. Louis woman was sentenced Monday to 16 years in prison for what prosecutors called the largest public assistance fraud ...

Missouri’s Medicaid-covered doula program has drawn hundreds of participants, and bipartisan lawmakers now want to expand visits and coverage to address maternal deaths.

A proposed substitute budget in Missouri would cut $51 million from the state’s child care subsidy program, affecting Head Start programs and daycares across the state, as well as families who rely on ...

The plan to completely overhaul the way Missouri funds higher education survived a committee vote Wednesday despite bipartisan misgivings about the impact on state colleges and universities. And the ...

A Missouri House Budget proposal would cut child care subsidy funding by over $51.5 million, impacting the state's most ...

The bulk of the money Missouri gives to its crisis pregnancy centers comes from federal funds meant to assist families experiencing poverty with basic necessities and child care, Republican Rep.

Missouri sends the bulk of its funds from the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program — intended to help families get ...

Rep. Jason Smith highlights Missouri's crisis pregnancy centers receiving federal TANF funds meant for poverty relief.

Crisis pregnancy centers that aim to prevent people from terminating a pregnancy have received public money in 21 states.

In recent years, at least eight states have given funds, meant to help families experiencing poverty, to crisis pregnancy centers. As many as $2 of every $3 for pregnancy centers in Missouri is ...

Advocates say a plan to write Medicaid work requirements into the state Constitution could hold Missouri to a stricter version of federal law.