Early in the COVID-19 public health crisis, Congress passed specific SNAP related provisions and waivers to help struggling families put food on the table. These changes halted recertification interviews, gave families the maximum benefit amount for their family size, and increased that maximum benefit by 15%. This is all because the global pandemic has changed...Lee mas

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is one of the most far reaching, anti-poverty programs in our country.  Over 42 million individuals are helped each month by the support SNAP provides. Last week, The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) released the 2021 Thrifty Food Plan Report. Within that report, they announced that they are...Lee mas

Empower Missouri and its Food Security Coalition applaud this week’s announcement that a long overdue federal increase in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits will be taking place on October 1. On Monday, the USDA released a report in which they re-calculated the Thrifty Food Plan, the calculation used to set benefit levels for SNAP,...Lee mas

Legal scholars and housing advocates alike have been watching the CDC eviction moratorium closely. I’ll let the lawyers work their own theories on whether the court cases will end up supporting the moratorium or will overturn it because the CDC doesn’t have that type of authority. As for housing advocates, we know that keeping people...Lee mas

A principios de agosto, Saint Louis fue sede de la Cumbre de Equidad Racial. El evento de este año se llevó a cabo a través de un formato virtual y destacó las principales desigualdades en toda nuestra sociedad, pero también ofreció discusiones oportunas sobre cómo todos podríamos avanzar. La cumbre contó con oradores como Edgar Villanueva, Angela Davis y Adrienne Maree Brown. En...Lee mas

La semana pasada, la asediada Junta Editorial del St. Louis Post-Dispatch publicó un artículo de opinión en reacción a una noticia de que 200 detenidos que enfrentaban cargos federales habían sido trasladados en autobús a cárceles de otros estados tras el cierre del St. Louis Medium. Institución de seguridad, coloquialmente conocida como The Workhouse. El Comité Editorial postula que estos "presos" ...Lee mas