It's an honor to serve as your State Auditor, but today, I'm writing as a father and Missourian who cares deeply about the future of our great state. That future starts today in classrooms across ...

Missouri’s system for providing legal representation to families ensnared in the foster care system is highly decentralized and has little state oversight. The result is that some parents go without ...

In most Missouri counties, children linger in foster care longer than the federal standard, according to data compiled by the state social services agency. Under national standards, at least 35% of ...

Missouri has long taken kids into foster care at a rate higher than average and kept them there for more time. There were 11,085 kids in foster care as of March, down from a peak of 14,265 kids in ...

Missouri has begun issuing federal food benefits that could reach 475,000 kids this summer. The first batch of Missouri's summer food benefits for children was issued Thursday night, a spokesperson ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- The state of Missouri may rank 31st nationally when it comes to the well-being of its children, but a host of measures show their lives improved slightly through the 1990s. The ...