To listen to the interview with Missouri Office of Childhood (OOC) Assistant Commissioner Pam Thomas, click here. (13:03) Missouri says it expects to finish its backlog of childcare subsidy payments by the end of this month for family and provider applications,...
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 has a critical shortage of affordable childcare providers and an attempt to help them to keep their doors open has failed. Missouri voters soundly rejected a ballot measure Tuesday that would have allowed the state legislature to pass a property tax exemption...
