Social Services

Attorney General Kwame Raoul and attorneys general from California, Colorado, Minnesota and New York are suing the Trump administration for freezing $10 billion to their states for child care and family services programs.

The pause in funding comes about a week after the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said it was freezing child care funds in Minnesota, and asking for an audit of day care centers amid allegations of fraud by day care centers run by Somali residents.

Over the past 40 years, the St. Louis Lambert International Airport chaplaincy has prayed with military families, helped stranded travelers with hotels and supported numerous unhoused people with social services. The in-kind donations that helped make it all possible are slowly drying up, chaplains say.

Herman Thomas Jr. is the new foster care director at Lutheran Family and Children’s Services and has more than 20 years of experience serving vulnerable youth and families. He says foster homes are scarce, leading to children sleeping in offices or hotels.

The Business Social Services program offers nonprofit customers cash incentives for cost-effective energy efficiency projects. The program will continue through the end of 2026.

Jessica Bax is the new director of the Missouri Department of Social Services.

Missouri officials told the federal government the reason for the delays is that several social services programs are competing for limited resources.

David Semrau is about to become homeless — again. Since early June, he's been staying at a motel in Belleville. However, those funds have run out, and there's no clear answer to who will take care of the 78-year-old next.

St. Louis resident Harold Crawford is among many local college graduates who are celebrating major academic milestones this spring. The path he traveled…

Bobbi Len Taylor Mitchell-Bey's children were killed at the Clinton-Peabody housing complex in south St. Louis more than a year ago.On Friday, she asked…