Breathing New Life into TANF

JMO and I traveled to Washington D.C. October 21-23 to attend the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities’ (CBPP’s) 2019 TANF Advocate Conference. It was…

Committed to protecting Missouri families living in deep poverty

Since our founding in 1901 as the Missouri Conference on Charities and Corrections, Empower Missouri has been deeply concerned about the fate of women and…

Despite lower crime rates, our prison population is growing

While crime has dropped across the nation and also in Missouri, our state is one of only eight states in which the prison population has…

Empowering You Newsletter | July 2019

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End of 2019 MO Legislative Session Allows Advocates to Turn Attention to Federal Issues

With the General Assembly adjourning the 2019 Legislative Session on May 17, social justice advocates in Missouri now have more opportunity to focus on important…

The Criminalization of Poverty

It has been clear to criminal justice advocates in Empower Missouri’s network for some time that poverty has been criminalized. Among the ways we have…

We’re hitting the Road! Empower Missouri is Spending Our Summer Traveling The State Talking About Anti-Poverty Public Policy

I often describe myself as a grassroots organizer at my core. I really believe that there is no ethical way to advocate for legislative changes…