Hundreds of child care providers, parents and child advocates rallied in the Missouri Capitol Wednesday, a day after the House signed off on $51.5 million in cuts to the state’s child care subsidy program. The proposed budget, which needs another roll call vote in the House before heading to the Senate, would also derail plans for
More than 750 child advocates from across Missouri gathered at the State Capitol on Tuesday for Child Advocacy Day, urging lawmakers to reject a proposed $51 million cut to child care funding. Organized by Kids Win Missouri, the event brought together advocates, providers, and families who warned that the proposed reduction could have significant impacts on
KSHB 41 News reporter Braden Bates covers parts of Jackson County, Missouri, including Lee’s Summit. Send Braden a story idea by e-mail. A budget proposal in the Missouri legislature would cut the childcare subsidy program by $51 million. The proposed cuts have some local families and child care providers are on edge as the bill passed
Greene County employers can now sign up to be a part of a new childcare pilot program through Community Partnership of the Ozarks. CPO seeks to help find childcare solutions to both support working families and strengthen the workforce in the region. Dubbed Child Care Works, the new pilot program splits childcare costs between the employee,
For Scarlett Loomas of Sikeston, the logistics of obtaining day care for her children were half the battle. She would drive southeast for 30 minutes each morning to East Prairie in Mississippi County to drop her kids off at child care. Then she would drive another 40 minutes farther south to work in Portageville in