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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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Revitalizing Public Health in Missouri
In normal times, the public health system operates in the background, largely unnoticed by most of the public. The ability to turn on the…
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Foundation’s Opportunity Fund Focused on Partnerships and Testing Ideas That Tackle Systems-Level Challenges
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Molly Crisp Missouri Foundation for Health (314) 345-5579 mcrisp@mffh.org Foundation’s Opportunity Fund Focused on Partnerships and Testing Ideas That Tackle…
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My Take on the COVID-19 Vaccine: Choice, Lived Experience, and Trust
In 2021 all Missourians are participating, one way or another, in a life-and-death undertaking to bring the pandemic under control by reaching herd immunity…
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Dr. Kathy Fenger Honored with MFH’s 2020 Dr. Corinne Walentik Leadership in Health Award
Missouri Foundation for Health has named Dr. Kathy Fenger, Head of School at LOGOS, as the 2020 Dr. Corinne Walentik Leadership in Health Award honoree. LOGOS…
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Medicaid in Missouri: Back to Basics
Medicaid is a safety net insurance program that allows Missourians to see a doctor when they are sick, get checkups, buy medications, and go…
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Looking Back, Looking Forward: Hopes for a Healthier 2021
2020 is a hard year. 2021 will soon be here. In my mind, it’s the perfect time to pause and take advantage of Janus’s…
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Systems Change is the Change We Need
Conversation starter: Ask your friends if they feel optimistic about the times that we’re living in and the progress being made. Depending on who…
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Navigating COVID-19: Health Policy Solutions- Housing
Keeping people safely housed during the COVID-19 pandemic is critical for keeping everyone healthy. And yet the economic crisis caused by COVID-19 is threatening…
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What Brings Us Together in Missouri?
Missouri’s recent passage of Medicaid expansion was a significant step toward the long-term goal of everyone having access to affordable health care. The expansion…
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Navigating COVID-19: Health Policy Solutions-Paid Leave
Even before the current pandemic, 33.6 million Americans were without a single day of paid leave to care for themselves or a family member. This…
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Missourians Say Yes to Medicaid Expansion
Missouri voters have made clear that our state must move forward to expand Medicaid for the health of our communities and the health of…
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National Collaborative on Gun Violence Research and MFH Announce Nearly $2 Million in Grants to Study Gun Violence in Missouri
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Daniel Waxler Missouri Foundation for Health (314) 345-5580 dwaxler@mffh.org National Collaborative on Gun Violence Research and MFH Announce Nearly $2…