Missouri lawmakers returned to the Capitol in Jefferson City on January 6th with challenges posed by an ongoing pandemic. The Missouri legislative session began at noon last Wednesday with a new General Assembly; eleven newly-elected Senators and six returning Senators were sworn into office. In the house, 161 Representatives took the oath of office. With...Read More

Empower Missouri would like to thank everyone that was able to attend the July, August , September, October November and December Food Security Coalition meetings. Please plan to join our next meeting on Friday, January 22nd at 9am.  Again, the next meeting will be Friday, January 22nd, at 9am. Register HERE for the meeting.  Read More

Empower Missouri would like to thank everyone that was able to attend the July, August , September, October November and December Food Security Coalition meetings. Please plan to join our next meeting on Friday, January 8th at 9am.  Again, the next meeting will be Friday, January 8th, at 9am. Register HERE for the meeting. Find...Read More

Empower Missouri has fought for all Missourians to have basic human needs and equal justice since 1901, and there have undoubtedly been many challenges to address throughout those decades. But 2020 has been an historic year in which wave upon wave of crisis arrived, putting stress on government, community, household, and our staff and volunteer...Read More

Empower Missouri would like to thank everyone that was able to attend the July, August , September, October and November Food Security Coalition meetings. Please plan to join our next meeting on  Friday, December 4th at 9am.  Again, the next meeting will be Friday, December 4th, at 9am. Register HERE for the meeting. Find important...Read More

Just recently, a federal judge formally struck down the Trump Administration’s attempt to end food stamp benefits for nearly 700,000 unemployed people. In his ruling, the judge called the proposed rule change “arbitrary and capricious.” The Trump Administration tried to impose a new rule that would have severely limited the states’ option to waive the...Read More

Empower Missouri would like to thank everyone that was able to attend the July, August and September Food Security Coalition meetings. Please plan to join our next meeting on  Friday, November 6th at 9am.  Jen Corbridge, manager of state government and non-profit partnerships at Propel, a company that created and runs the Fresh EBT App. Jen will...Read More

On September 10, the U.S. Senate took up and failed to pass a $650 billion package of relief for our nation of 331 million people, rocked to the core by the coronavirus pandemic and related economic downturn. This is a sliver of the $3.4 trillion in aid approved by the U.S. House in May and...Read More

(JEFFERSON CITY, MO)…On September 15th, Empower Missouri and the Coalition on Human Needs released a new report showing Missouri is losing ground against the coronavirus. Since the beginning of the pandemic, COVID-19 cases have continued to increase all over the state. Missouri is up nine percent while nationally there has been an average decline of...Read More

Empower Missouri would like to thank everyone that was able to attend the July and August Food Security Coalition meetings. Please plan to join our next meeting on  Friday, September 18th at 9am.  Debate on a package of federal coronavirus relief is expected during the week of September 7, so we will have an update to...Read More