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Rape survivors in Missouri awaiting years-old results may wait longer if they did not file a police report.

A little over a quarter of the more than 17,000 applications the state has received have received approval since August.

On average, about 62% of Johnson County employees who work in federally-licensed nursing homes and long-term care facilities are vaccinated.

Altogether, the government will have paid out nearly $17 million in claims over the scandal.

Financial and other incentives generally have not moved the needle much when it comes to persuading people to get COVID-19 vaccinations.

Gov. Mike Parson stopped all federal pandemic-related unemployment programs, effective June 12, in the hopes of incentivizing people to return to the workforce.

Federal COVID-19 relief boosted SNAP payments. But some states have ended their disaster declarations to speed up the economic recovery even as advocates warn that some people will go hungry.

A federal program called P-EBT could help cover hundreds of dollars in groceries for families with children who lost access to meals because they attended class online and not in person during the 2020-21 school year.

Some of the new opportunities for support expire in September. Others extend a year beyond that. People can contact DCF to inquire about their eligibility.

Nearly four months after Jackson County received more than $120 million in federal coronavirus relief money, Kansas City has yet to see a significant portion of those funds.