The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education is recommending the state remove 177 licensing rules for child care facilities that it said were outdated and repetitive. The move follows ...

JEFFERSON CITY — Gov. Mike Kehoe and the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education announced Tuesday that child care licensing requirements will be streamlined across the state.

JEFFERSON CITY — A new program is set to drop in Missouri in November, with the goal being to make child care more affordable in the state, as well as keeping people in the workforce. The Missouri ...

A newly launched program, Missouri Child Care Works, is aiming to close the gap in child care affordability by bringing in employers and the state to help cover the cost of child care. Although ...

Missouri child care facilities will no longer be experiencing monthlong wait periods for subsidy payments, but they anticipate a change in how and when their payments will be received. The state ...

Legend, 4, left, and Paison, 3, right, look up at an education video while eating a snack at a child care center in St. Louis in 2023. Missouri education leaders said complex licensing regulations ...