We help with public benefits, including Food Stamps and Medicaid (also called MO HealthNet for the Aged, Blind and Disabled). If your benefits are ending or your application is denied, we can help with advice about what to do next. If needed, we can represent you at a hearing.
Services We Provide:
- Food Stamp applications and appeals
- Medicaid applications and appeals
- Medicaid service denials
- Medicaid surplus for nursing home residents
- Blind Pension applications and appeals
- TANF and Childcare Assistance applications and appeals
- Medicare issues
Some adults aged 18-64 must now meet work requirements to get SNAP for more than three months. If you previously lost SNAP for not meeting this work requirement, you may qualify for three MORE months of SNAP benefits as of July 1, 2026.
LEGAL SERVICES’ WANTS TO HELP, CONTACT US IF:
– Your SNAP benefits were terminated, but you have been meeting your work requirement through paid or unpaid work.
– If your SNAP benefits were terminated in the past, and you are unable to get a new three months of benefits after July 1.
– The Family Support Division never screened you for an exemption, and you think you meet one.
– Your situation has changed and you now meet an exemption (or “good cause” exemption), but you need help reporting it to the Family Support Division.
CLICK HERE FOR A FLYER ABOUT THE CHANGES
Counties We Serve
Adair; Clark; Franklin; Jefferson; Knox; Lewis; Lincoln; Macon; Marion; Monroe; Montgomery; Pike; Ralls; St. Charles; St. Louis County; St. Louis City; Schuyler; Scotland; Shelby; Warren and Washington
Contact Us At:
314.534.4200
or
800.444.0514
www.lsem.org
Staff
Jamie Rodriguez, Managing Attorney – Health & Welfare Programs
Katherine Holley, Program Director
Leslie Calandro, Senior Paralegal
Lakitsa “Pinky” Hunter, Senior Public Benefits Specialist
Claire Riebling, Social Worker
- CLICK HERE for a flyer about SSI/SSDI Overpayments
