In my years at Empower Missouri I have often heard from nonprofit staff at all levels that they know that policy change is integral to…
My name is Sara Patterson, and I am excited to be joining Empower Missouri as Development Manager! I have lived in the Springfield, Missouri area…
How much would a person have to earn to afford rent and utilities on a modest 2 bedroom apartment in Missouri today? According to this…
For years, we have been fighting a narrative that giving money and support to people trying to make ends meet without requiring them to work…
Empower Missouri often describes itself as the oldest and largest anti-poverty organization in Missouri. We have over 120 years working on legislative policy change, and…
The 2023 legislative session will end today at 6PM, so there’s only a few hours remaining for the legislature to pass any final bills before…
Missouri is short of nearly 115,000 affordable and available housing units needed to meet the housing needs of Extremely Low Income Missouri families. Of these…
We’re headed into the final two weeks of Missouri’s legislative session, which means that legislators from every corner of the state are in a mad…
Are we really debating whether it is worth spending money to feed our children? Missouri’s kids deserve three meals a day without demanding they prove…
With just four weeks to go in Missouri’s legislative session, our Senators and Representatives are hard at work debating legislation that could have long-term consequences…
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