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Missouri adds new paperwork requirements to food assistance as federal penalties loom - Sedalia Democrat (opens the original)
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Since receiving a letter from the Missouri Department of Social Services Sept. 1 containing “an important notice” about his federal food assistance, Andrew Dallas has struggled to ease his mind. Dallas, 63, of Arnold, who was diagnosed with epilepsy after a childhood head injury, can’t work or drive, and he depends on disability benefits and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance program, previously known as food stamps, to get by. Skipping meals, Dallas told The Independent, can trigger his seiz
Missouri Medicaid enrollee challenges Trump rule on work requirement exemptions - Sedalia Democrat (opens the original)
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Emily Byrd has lost Medicaid coverage twice due to paperwork problems. Both times, Byrd, of Kansas City, submitted documents requested by the Missouri Department of Social Services. But duplicate letters, late notices and “confusing, inconsistent information” made it difficult for Byrd to regain coverage — the second time forcing them to reapply. The 25-year-old, who relies on Medicaid for services and medications to manage symptoms of autism spectrum disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder and
Abuse lawsuits target La Monte Christian home whose director backed Missouri foster care bill - Sedalia Democrat (opens the original)
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A children’s Christian residential facility whose director has spent three years urging Missouri lawmakers to allow unlicensed religious organizations to care for foster children in state custody is being sued in federal court by former residents who allege they were subjected to forced labor and sexual abuse. Three lawsuits filed against Show-Me Christian Youth Home allege that the former residents were forced to perform heavy manual labor under threat of food deprivation, isolation or more wor
Missouri lawmakers press child welfare leaders on foster care deaths, staff turnover - Sedalia Democrat (opens the original)
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A bipartisan group of Missouri lawmakers pressed Children’s Division Director Sara Smith on Wednesday to explain how the agency ensures children with elevated medical or behavioral needs get appropriate foster placements. The questions came after what state Sen. Mary Elizabeth Coleman, an Arnold Republican and chair of the legislature’s Joint Committee on Government Accountability who called the hearing, described as “a number of fatalities” this summer involving children in the agency’s care. A
Missouri placed diabetic teen in a foster home not licensed to take him. He died 24 days later - Sedalia Democrat (opens the original)
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It was after 5 p.m. on May 13, and 17-year-old Korbin Papadopoulos sat in the Macon County office of the Missouri Children’s Division waiting for his next foster placement. Korbin had type 1 diabetes and autism, so his caseworker, another division worker and their supervisor searched the state’s foster provider database for a home licensed to handle elevated medical needs. Between 6 p.m. and 7 p.m., they found what seemed like a match, according to a police investigative report obtained by The I
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