Even as the COVID-19 pandemic intensified economic hardship and unemployment, Missouri saw one of the nation’s sharpest drops in participation in WIC, a federal benefits program for low-income women ...

The Saline County and Taney County Health Departments have recently begun offering WIC clinics to their communities on large buses with built-in exam rooms. WIC is a supplemental nutrition program for ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Even as the COVID-19 pandemic intensified ...

JEFFERSON CITY - Missouri parents participating in the state's WIC program are getting more opportunities for aid to help care for their children. Missouri WIC announced Thursday the Cash Value ...

Missourians receiving federal food assistance for low-income women and children will face fewer administrative hurdles to get benefits after the state this month modernized its system. The Women, ...

The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services has announced that Abbot Laboratories, Inc. has been awarded the Missouri WIC manufacturer rebate contract, according to a news release from DHSS.

Special benefits for low-income mothers are safe for now, despite the ongoing federal shutdown, the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services announced Wednesday. Benefits under the Special ...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KY3) - The federal government will shut down at midnight on Saturday unless Congress can agree on a spending plan. If a shutdown happens, an estimated 36,181 civilian federal ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. ST. LOUIS – The Missouri Department of ...

ST. LOUIS — Missouri has one of the lowest participation rates for a federal program that provides food for low-income women and young children, a recent report found. The report, from the U.S.

During the pandemic, participation in the federal program for low-income women and children dropped more steeply in Missouri than in all but one other state, a new report found. One cause might be ...