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Missouri and Kansas service providers are working long hours, waitlisting care and consolidating services as they grapple with a shortage of workers.

The Kansas Department of Corrections has been losing staff throughout 2021. Now, it doesn't have enough people to have in-person visitation at one of its prisons. Visits were also shutdown earlier in the pandemic.

There are more than 400 uniformed vacancies at Kansas Department of Corrections prisons. The worker shortage means corrections officers taking on tons of overtime and inmates are locked in their cells for long stretches.

Local advocates say that for every five employers who contact agencies with job openings, only one is accessible by public transportation.

The challenge for people of color and women is finding an accessible entry point to training for jobs including electricians, bricklayers, and pipe fitters.

The Missouri Chamber of Commerce and Industry is using $6 million in federal grant funds to train 5,300 new technology industry apprentices in the next four years.

As Kansas City grapples with community violence, a new youth internship program is aiming to change the trajectory of at-risk teens. The model has helped cut crime and boost graduation rates in Omaha, and is showing early signs of success here.

The waivers could lead to the forgiveness of more than $100 million in federal money that the state has tried to recoup from 47,000 Missourians.

Republican governors are moving to end $300-a-week pandemic payments for the unemployed in a controversial effort to push people back to work. Missouri is set to end them this week.

The Kansas City area is experiencing the record-breaking seller's market affecting most of the country and one business is addressing the importance of employment for those with disabilities.

Americans are returning to work but for those with disabilities, the unemployment rate remains over 80 percent.

A new report says military families are relying more on food banks and other emergency aid, partly because military spouses lost their jobs or had their hours cut during the pandemic.