NCLEJ Recognized with “For the Common Good” Award by Legal Services of Eastern Missouri

The National Center for Law and Economic Justice is deeply honored to receive the “For the Common Good” Award from the Legal Services of Eastern Missouri in recognition of our continuing partnership in the pursuit of justice.

In 2022, NCLEJ joined the Legal Services of Eastern Missouri to sue the Missouri Department of Social Services (DSS) challenging their wrongful denial of SNAP applications, broken call center and lack of disability accommodations. In May 2025, we won a major victory in our lawsuit on behalf of SNAP recipients when a federal court ordered the Missouri DSS to take remedial action to improve SNAP.

Read Legal Services of Eastern Missouri’s press release here.