by Kimberly Buckman | Sep 15, 2024 | Advocacy in Action, Blog, News and Events
September is Hunger Action Month. While Feeding Missouri works every day to raise awareness and educate about hunger in Missouri, this month in particular, is an opportunity to encourage action in our communities across the state. Hunger can affect anyone at any...
by Heather Hargrove | Aug 20, 2024 | Blog, News and Events
We are grateful that Missouri is one of 35 states that have elected to implement the Summer EBT (SuNBucks) program. The summer months can be financially challenging for Missouri families struggling to make ends meet. Food banks routinely experience an increase in...
by Kimberly Buckman | Jun 6, 2024 | #SNAPFacts, Blog, News and Events
Originally shared by Missouri DSS – June 5, 2024 JEFFERSON CITY, MO – Missourians who lost food purchased with their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits due to severe storms on May 25-26, 2024 in Barry, Bollinger, Butler, Carter, New...
by Kimberly Buckman | Apr 5, 2024 | Blog, News and Events
Missouri Farm Bureau Insurance (MOFBI) is once again stepping up to the plate and teaming up with the Feeding Missouri network to address hunger across the state. For the ninth consecutive year, from April 3, 2024, to April 30, 2024, insurance agents, producers,...
by Melanie Hickcox | Nov 20, 2023 | Blog, News and Events
The United States Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP; previously known as food stamps) helps over 41,207,000 million households buy food each year and around 658,000 Missourians, or 1 in 9 of the state population. SNAP helps low-income people buy...
by Heather Hargrove | Oct 11, 2023 | Blog, News and Events
In this blog, we will explore another reason why our neighbors in Missouri may have to make a choice between food and everyday expenses. Transportation is a necessity for many of our day-to-day activities. Going to and from work, transporting children to school,...
