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Missouri’s Healthy SNAP Delay Shows Why Listening Matters
For the first time in history, Missouri is preparing to limit what families can purchase through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). SNAP is the largest nutrition safety net program in the United States and provides monthly food benefits to one in nine Missourians. The new changes will restrict the purchase of certain foods, including products categorized as “candy, prepared desserts, and certain unhealthy beverages.” But
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Building a Culture of Health in Our Region
Missouri Foundation for Health is pleased to congratulate 24:1 Community for winning the Culture of Health Prize from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. In…
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Program Director Deidre Griffith Granted Prestigious Fellowship
We’re excited to announce that our very own Deidre Griffith, program director for our Healthy Schools Healthy Communities initiative, has been named a 2016…
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Health Insurance Equity: We need to do better in rural communities
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) has been trending lately, and not for good reasons. You may recall that insurance provider UnitedHealth announced its decision…
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Michael Brown, Ferguson, and Health
Two years ago today, the shooting death of Michael Brown astounded a nation, and forever changed the way that we talk about race and…
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Social Security: a health program?
A new report and website highlights the vital role Social Security plays in the lives of Missourians. Social Security benefits collected in the state…
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Good News from Our State Government! Policy Update from Ryan Barker
Good news from our state government! On July 5th, Governor Jay Nixon signed into law Senate Bill 865, a bill that allows the Missouri…
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Missouri Foundation for Health Takes Stand Against Childhood Obesity
Childhood obesity rates in the U.S. are not improving. According to a recent study published by the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA),…
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Our MoCAP Program Helps Attract Federal Funds to Improve Oral Health Care Access
On June 16th the Health Resources and Services Administration announced awardees for their Oral Health Expansion Supplement funding program. Twenty organizations in Missouri received…
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Childhood Obesity Initiative Releases Progress Report as Work Continues
Missouri Foundation for Health’s childhood obesity initiative Healthy Schools Healthy Communities (HSHC) has released its year-two evaluation report as their work throughout the region…
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Helping the Ozark Center Help Kids
A couple of weeks ago I had the pleasure of participating in a press conference in Joplin hosted by Ozark Center, the local community…
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Strengthening the Health Field: Welcoming Our Program Fellows
June 6th marked the arrival of two new program fellows at the Foundation, and for the first time they are joining us for two full years.…
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Confronting Health Issues Highlighted in Forward Through Ferguson Report
Missouri Foundation for Health has designated up to $6 million toward addressing health issues highlighted in the Ferguson Commission’s 2015 report. The Foundation identified…