April 11, 2025
The Missouri Senate is now considering HB 269 – legislation to increase access to safe, affordable, high-quality child care. The House passed the bill in February with strong bipartisan support. […]
February 27, 2025
The Missouri Chamber of Commerce and Industry praised House lawmakers on the passage of HB 269, legislation that will increase access to safe, affordable, high-quality child care. The bill is […]
January 31, 2025
Missouri’s economy loses an estimated $1.35 billion annually – including $280 million in lost tax revenue – because of a lack of affordable child care. For the third straight year, […]
March 15, 2024
This week, the Senate Governmental Accountability Committee passed an innovative legislative package that would increase the capacity of child care providers and help businesses offer child care benefits to support […]
February 09, 2024
A lack of available and affordable child care options has proven costly for Missouri residents and the state in recent years. Legislation to address that challenge passed the House this […]
February 08, 2024
Workers, companies, state’s economy in position to benefit from child care legislation JEFFERSON CITY, Mo – A lack of available and affordable child care options has proven costly for Missouri […]
January 19, 2024
An innovative legislative package that would increase the capacity of child care providers and help businesses offer child care benefits to support the retention and recruitment of employees is quickly […]
January 12, 2024
Eighty percent of business leaders in Missouri declare that the difficulty in finding available and affordable child care is hurting their ability to recruit and retain workers. That comes at […]
December 21, 2023
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Missouri business leaders say workforce shortages remain the biggest obstacle to their companies’ growth, and for the vast majority of CEOs, the state’s business climate remains […]
October 05, 2023
On Wed., Oct. 4, legislators and business leaders gathered for a morning of networking and discussion on Missouri’s child care crisis and its significant impact on employers and working families. […]
August 04, 2023
After measures to increase access to child care in Missouri failed in the last week of the legislative session, supporters of that legislation have vowed to bring it back in […]
April 03, 2023
The Missouri Chamber of Commerce and Industry praised House lawmakers on the passage of HB 870, a legislative package to help mitigate the child care crisis in Missouri. The bill […]
March 03, 2023
A Missouri Senate committee recently heard testimony on an innovative legislative package which would increase the capacity of child care providers and help businesses offer child care benefits to support […]
