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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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“How Did We Not Know?” Clarifying the Connection Between Firearms and Suicide
How did we not know? This is what more and more firearm owners are asking themselves in conversations involving suicide. A recent New York…
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Our 2020 Annual Report – Shining Through the Darkness
How do we talk about 2020? The COVID-19 pandemic led to a year of anguish that no one was able to fully escape. Even…
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Contraceptive Access is Critical to Health Equity
The Missouri General Assembly has reconvened for a special session this week to reauthorize the Federal Reimbursement Allowance (FRA), the provider tax that finances…
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Setback for Medicaid Expansion in Missouri From Latest Court Decision
In August of 2020, a substantial majority of Missouri voters approved an amendment to ingrain Medicaid expansion into Missouri’s constitution. Despite this progress, today,…
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The Future of Public Health in Missouri – Where Do We Start?
As a former public health department director, I like to think I know a thing or two about public health infrastructure and preparedness. I…
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A Win for Missouri Children: A Systems-Change Approach
Sometimes things work out exactly how they are supposed to. Call it kismet, call it karma, call it dumb luck. For me it happened…
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A Constitutional Right to Medicaid Coverage
There is no single issue more important to the Foundation’s work and mission than Medicaid expansion and achieving health equity in Missouri. In August…
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The People Have Spoken: Medicaid Expansion
Missouri Foundation for Health is disappointed in the legislature’s decision not to fund Medicaid expansion in the state fiscal year 2022 budget. Last August,…
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A Small Step Toward Justice
It should not take the world witnessing the last nine minutes and 42 seconds of George Floyd’s life for us to declare that racism…
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Reflections: Acknowledging the Challenges
To my fellow changemakers, The end of my tenure at MFH is drawing near. My upcoming retirement gives me the opportunity to reflect on…
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Missouri Foundation for Health Commissions Research on Attitudes and Perceptions of COVID-19 Vaccines
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Molly Crisp Missouri Foundation for Health (314) 345-5579 mcrisp@mffh.org Missouri Foundation for Health Commissions Research on Attitudes and Perceptions of…
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Missouri Foundation for Health Names Dr. Dwayne Proctor as its New President and CEO
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Courtney Z. Stewart Missouri Foundation for Health (314) 345-5505 cstewart@mffh.org Missouri Foundation for Health Names Dr. Dwayne Proctor as its…