The best way to protect yourself and your family from the flu is to get a flu vaccine every year. Find where to get a flu shot and stay safe from the flu, including H1N1.
Immunizations
Vaccines are safe and effective ways to prevent disease. From school requirements to information for health care providers, learn about immunizations in Missouri.
Interested in financial aid that does not have to be repaid after you graduate from college? There are several grants and scholarships designed to assist Missouri residents who are interested in attending one of Missouri’s reputable postsecondary institutions.
Student Loans
Information regarding debt minimization strategies, your rights and responsibilities, interest, avoiding default, and repayment options are just a sprinkling of topics addressed to ensure you understand the “ins” and “outs” of student loans.
Filling out the FAFSA
Each year, about 15 million students apply for grants, work-study, and loans for college using the Free Application for Federal Student Aid – the FAFSA. By completing it, students apply to the U.S. Department of Education, the largest source of student aid in America. In many cases, the FAFSA is the only application needed for students to obtain aid from their state or college, too.
Job centers offer a wide variety of programs and courses to provide workers and unemployed workers the training needed to advance in their careers. Find a Job Center near you.
Programs offered at job centers include:
Career Ready 101
Training for basic workplace skills, NCRC skills, and the ACT Workkeys assessment system. Visit your nearest Job Center and become a member to join the program.
National Career Readiness Certificate (NCRC)
The National Career Readiness Certificate verifies to employers anywhere in the United States that applicants have essential skills in Reading, Math and Locating Information.
Classroom Occupational Skill Training
Skill training for many different fields and occupations is available in a classroom setting at many job centers.
On-the-Job Training
On-the-Job Training (OJT) is training provided at a worksite by an employer. The trainee is an employee of the participating business and trainees receive wages and/or benefits while learning a new skill. Register for On-the-Job Training at a Missouri Job Center near you.
WorkReadyMissouri
WorkReadyMissouri helps job seekers who are receiving unemployment insurance connect with businesses and organizations looking for skilled workers.
The Missouri Career Guide
The Missouri Career Guide guide assists students in making informed career choices. It also helps job seekers of all ages identify education and skills-development resources to improve their job-hunting and interviewing skills.
Job Outlook and Career Grades
What are the hot jobs of tomorrow? See what education will be needed for jobs in quickly-growing fields, plus how much the occupations pay in Missouri. Check the Job Outlook and Career Grades.
Training Programs
Whether you need training to gain new skills to help you find a job or brush up on safety requirements for your current job, the State of Missouri offers training and professional development programs for many different jobs, fields and careers.
Job Corps is a free education and training program that helps young people learn a career, earn a high school diploma or GED, and find and keep a good job. For eligible youth at least 16 years of age, Job Corps provides the all-around skills needed to succeed in a career and in life.
Learn About Missouri
Aug 11, 2011
Need to do a school report about Missouri’s state history, famous Missourians, state symbols, or how Missouri’s state government works? Here are some links to get you started.
Missouri State History
Missouri State Facts
State capital: Jefferson City
Original state capital: St. Charles
Admission to the Union: August 10, 1821 (24th state)
The Historical Listing of Missouri’s State and Federal Officials provides basic information about those individuals who have served Missouri as state and federal legislators. The listing includes service from Missouri’s territorial period through the present.
More than 6.8 million records can be accessed through Missouri Digital Heritage, including the collections of the Missouri State Archives, the Missouri State Library and more than 50 institutions from across the state.
The World Factbook provides information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities. The Reference tab includes: maps of the major world regions, as well as Flags of the World, a Physical Map of the World, a Political Map of the World, and a Standard Time Zones of the World map.
Driving & Vehicles
Jul 29, 2011
Driver Licenses
Learn how to obtain or renew a Missouri driver license, non-driver license or permit.
If you own or operate a motor vehicle in Missouri, you are required to insure the automobile for injuries you cause to another. Learn more about mandatory automobile liability insurance.
Accident Information
Leaving the scene of an accident is a crime. Learn what to do if you are involved in an accident.
Auto Insurance
Consumer’s Guide to Auto Insurance – Learn if you need to purchase auto insurance, how to select an insurance agent, what types of auto insurance are available and more.
The Missouri Department of Revenue’s personal tax website has information and services to help you understand your tax obligation and make payments. Visit the personal tax website »
The state’s sales tax is imposed on the purchase price of tangible personal property or taxable service sold at retail. Use tax is imposed on the storage, use or consumption of tangible personal property in this state. The 4.225 percent state sales and use tax is distributed into four funds to finance portions of state government – General Revenue (3.0 percent), Conservation (0.125 percent), Education (1.0 percent), and Parks/Soils (0.10 percent). Cities and counties may impose a local sales and use tax. Special taxing districts (such as fire districts) may also impose additional sales and use taxes.
Personal Property Taxes – a Local Tax
Personal property taxes on items like homes, cars and boats are local taxes. For more information on personal property taxes, contact your County Assessor’s Office.
Businesses
Use the resources below to learn more about business taxes in Missouri.
As soon as food is purchased, it becomes the consumer’s responsibility to safely handle and prepare the food so that everyone who eats it continues to be protected. Though there are seemingly endless varieties of foods, preparation practices, eating customs, traditions, and habits, proper food safety practices can be effectively applied in any kitchen. Protect yourself and your family from a potential food-borne illness.
Safety for Children, Elderly & People with Disabilities
Jul 26, 2011
Vetting Caregivers
It is important to know the backgrounds of those who care for your loved ones.
Family Care Safety Registry
Missouri’s Family Care Safety Registry was established by law to protect children, the elderly, and the physically or mentally disabled in Missouri and to promote family and community safety by providing background information on potential caregivers.
Child Care Aware of Missouri
Child Care Aware of Missouri serves as a community resource on child care throughout the state. We help families find quality child care, preschool and after-school programs for their children. We work with child care program owners, directors and teachers to improve the quality of their programs. We provide business and civic leaders with information on the value and importance of child care and collaborate with them to make child care safe and enriching for children.
Complaints concerning food safety are investigated on a local level and should be made to your local health department.
Landlord-Tenant Law
Landlord-tenant disputes are a common occurrence in the renting process, and many could be avoided if both parties were aware of their rights and responsibilities.
Door-to-Door Sales
Unscrupulous sellers often use high-pressure or scare tactics on door-to-door sales and sometimes misrepresent the quality and value of their products. Avoid becoming a victim of an unscrupulous seller.
Protection Services
Missourians who give to charity often have questions about what percentage of their gifts go to the charitable purpose and what percentage is used for administrative costs. Check a charity.
The No Call law allows Missourians to reduce unwanted telemarketing calls made to their homes by signing up for the No Call list. There is no cost to get on the list. Sign up for the No Call List.
Insurance, Bank, & Business Protection
Have trouble reading your insurance policy or your loan documents? Believe you’ve been wrongly denied an insurance claim? Have concerns about the safety or cleanliness of your barber shop, hair salon, doctor’s office or dentist’s office? Use the resources below to file a complain or report fraud.
Insurance Companies & Agents
Call the Insurance Consumer Hotline at 800-726-7390.
The Office of Public Counsel represents the interests of the public and utility customers in proceedings before the Missouri Public Service Commission (PSC) and in appeals in the courts.
The Office of the Missouri Attorney General directs all litigation to which the state, any agency or official is a party and represents the state's legal position at every level of trial and appellate courts.
Its mission is to ensure Missouri consumers have access to safe, reliable and reasonably priced utility service while allowing those utility companies under its jurisdiction an opportunity to earn a reasonable return on their investment.
Its mission is to efficiently and effectively encourage a fair and open market for consumer service industries.The Division of Finance regulates state-chartered banks, trust companies, consumer credit facilities, mortgage brokers, and savings and loan institutions.
The Secretary of State is the chief elections official in Missouri. The Office is a clearinghouse of information, and also handles business registration.
