Missouri has a severe shortage of child care workers, and part of the problem is low wages and no benefits. Alisa Nelson talks to Robin Phillips, CEO of Child Care Aware of Missouri, who says a new initiative will provide health benefits to support 51 child care...
Missouri has about 3,000 childcare providers and that’s not even close to meeting the demand. According to a new University of Missouri study, there are nearly three times as many children, aged six or under, than there are childcare openings. The study says the...
Missouri Governor-elect Mike Kehoe is talking priorities in the days following his election win over Democrat Crystal Quade. He laid out his plans to help solve the state’s childcare access crisis. “We’ve been very involved in childcare,” he told Missourinet....
Some Missouri childcare providers have another tool in the toolbox for when an emergency strikes. Alisa Nelson talks to Robin Phillips with Child Care Aware of Missouri about a project to better prepare childcare facilities.
Two ballot initiatives will be on Missouri’s primary election ballot in August. Alisa Nelson talks to St. Peters State Representative Wendy Hausman about her proposal that will help to address Missouri’s childcare needs.
