'We do appreciate it!' LINC's food distributions in LFPA program reach 11 counties

“The donations mean a lot to me and my family with the meat prices going up,” Chillicothe resident Tina SIms said. “I appreciate every kindness. It means a lot to me and my grandbabies and my family to eat.”

LINC, LFPA local farm initiative, going big on protein

LINC’s eight-month old local food distribution program got a lot weightier for the holidays. The Local Food Purchase Assistance program added 540 hams and 25 turkeys to the 1,500 boxes of produce that went out to area families.

Farm fresh: How free produce from Missouri growers is getting to KC area families

“It helps my kids eat healthy. It helps the moms who struggle throughout the summer to feed their kids when they’re not in school.” See how the Missouri Department of Social Services, LINC and local farmers are bringing home the harvest of a new federal program.

Need a job? Need a better job? A state team is on call to help you

Help is standing by for Missourians seeking help in finding a job, or a better job.

The Missouri Workforce Initiative Team is waiting your call at 573-415-8337.

Apply for one-time summer P-EBT food card benefit by Oct. 10

Families with children who qualified for free or reduced-price school meals in the last school year can also receive a one-time $375 benefit per child through the summer Pandemic-EBT card program. The deadline for making application is Oct. 10.

'Safe Sleep ABCs' can prevent nearly 90 Missouri infant deaths a year

Close to 90 infants have died in sleep-related deaths a year in Missouri and nearly half of those deaths occurred while the infant slept in an adult bed. That’s why the Missouri Safe Sleep Coalition is urging parents and care providers to observe the “ABCs” of safe sleep.

Silent auction to aid families that rely on child support during pandemic.

The proceeds of the auction will go to the Missouri Family and Community Trust (FACT) which is supporting families that have been hurt by the Covid-19 pandemic as part of Child Support Awareness Month.

Pandemic concern: Enrollments in WIC supplemental nutrition program decline

Does your family qualify for nutritional help through WIC. Enrollments for the program for women, infants and children are down in Missouri during the pandemic and that has state officials concerned.

'You are professionals'; LINC trains child care specialists in power of relationships

LINC and the Infant and Toddler Specialist Network, despite the pandemic, is training child care workers to be stronger allies in helping families raise healthy, imaginative children who are ready for school and childhood.

Emergency purchase card plan approved to help feed thousands of Missouri families

Missouri joined 30 other states whose plans have been approved to distribute food purchase cards to all families that qualified for free or reduced-price meals during the school year to help strengthen home nutrition while schools are out.. Now the onus is on the state and school communities to inform newly eligible families and provide them EBT cards.