Missouri lawmakers are considering a package of bills they hope will curb child sex trafficking, train first responders to ...

And fewer than half of licensed child care providers in the state accept the subsidies. It shouldn’t be this difficult. From ...

A all-new program to support pregnant and postpartum women recovering from substance use disorders has been launched by ...

Federal funding owed to 1,700 Missouri child care providers is finally released after expense review, with delayed subsidy ...

Operation Breakthrough in Kansas City was waiting on $400,000 in federal subsidies. Educators say the freeze put smaller ...

The Trump administration paused child care subsidies in several states after a pro-President Trump influencer recently ...

A new pilot program in Missouri seeks to make it easier for parents to afford childcare—by getting not only the state but employers to help pay for it. Child Care Works, which launched in November, is ...

The governor supports a plan to require the five-year phaseout of a tax that makes up nearly two-thirds of state revenue.

A federal requirement to justify funding caused delays that affected more than half of Missouri child care providers.

Missouri has submitted "detailed justification" required to access federal funding owed to almost 2,000 child care providers ...

The state submitted documentation of pending child care requests to access payments for the 53% of Missouri providers ...

Kansas City elected officials are bracing for a challenging 2026 legislative session. Here’s what they hope to see passed — like World Cup funding — and what looks unlikely — such as local control of ...