Missouri is launching a new program to make child care more affordable for parents
With the cost of child care rising higher than some mortgages, Missouri is providing $2.5 million to Child Care Works, a program aiming to balance the cost between parents, businesses and the state.
Soon, eligible parents in Missouri could benefit from a new child care cost saving program called Child Care Works. This program could cut the price for families by as much as 75%, according to Dr. Toni Sturdivant, director of early learning at the Mid-America Regional Council (MARC).
Sturdivant is leading the program in Kansas City, Missouri, and understands how difficult finding and affording child care can be.
“Parents, especially women, have to make the decision to not work at all because once you subtract the price of child care, it’s not worth it,” Sturdivant said. “It is a crisis, and we believe that anyone that wants to work and contribute to society in that way should be able to.”