Missouri lawmakers were urged Tuesday to make major investments in the state's social services department in order to comply with new federal requirements and avoid steep penalties.

Missouri lawmakers have appropriated $92 million to pay a judgment against the Missouri Department of Social Services for work done on the Medicaid enrollment system. (Annelise Hanshaw/Missouri ...

Instead of moving forward with a long-promised modernization of its eligibility software, the Missouri Department of Social Services must focus its time and staff toward meeting sweeping federal ...

Baylee Watts, the Missouri Department of Social Services' media director, said in an email that the department is working with its electronic benefits vendor to distribute full November benefits. The ...

Missouri’s child welfare agency has for years struggled with high turnover rates among staff who work most closely with ...

Gov. Mike Kehoe and the Missouri Department of Social Services announced Wednesday that Missouri submitted its Rural Health Transformation plan to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

Missouri has agreed to abide by a request from the federal government to turn over personal data about anyone receiving food assistance, the state social services agency confirmed to The Independent ...

Missouri Department of Social Services Director Jessica Bax detailed a plan that could help child abuse investigators make more money by working in more specialized roles. Missouri Department of ...

Missourians who rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, will receive part of their benefits in November after the state secured federal funding. The Missouri Department of ...

Missouri's social services department has in recent years been reprimanded by a judge for illegally denying food assistance and scrutinized by the federal government for massive Medicaid application ...