Food Insecurity

Scouting for Food became a national Scouting America program in 1988, expanding across the country as thousands of scouts collectively gathered hundreds of thousands of pounds of shelf-stable goods for food insecure residents in their local communities.

The May tornado dramatically increased demand at area food banks as families continue to struggle to recover.

As the government shutdown lingers and SNAP benefits are on hold, grocery prices continue to rise, and local nonprofits are doing their part to help.

One in five residents in St. Louis relies on SNAP benefits. That’s over 50,000 residents who are in need of food assistance. The City of St. Louis created a fund to help fill the gap created by the recent pause in the government’s SNAP program.

The Missouri Department of Social Services said that due to the new guidelines from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the state will begin issuing November SNAP benefits.

The developer hopes construction can start before the end of the year and be complete by next August. The new store will eliminate a food desert in the Metro East community.

Partial SNAP payments, grassroots efforts are not enough to fill the gap for 42 million Americans awaiting aid.

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits will be paused on Saturday due to the government shutdown. Here is a resource for people to find food during this pause.

A recent forecast from the St. Louis branch of the Federal Reserve reported a "slightly pessimistic” economic outlook.

St. Louis-based nonprofit Meds & Food for Kids was founded in 2003 by Dr. Patricia Wolff