Opinion: Lawmakers Would Hinder Kansas Child Care

Posted in: Quality, Kansas

Kansas used to do a much better job than Missouri of regulating child-care centers. But the state really can’t make that claim anymore.


Standards to be Provided for Child Care Professionals

Posted in: Quality, Kansas

Kansas is joining six other states that are providing a set of standards for people who work with children 6 and younger.


De Soto child care to expand

Posted in: Kansas
Parents in De Soto soon will have another option when it comes to infant care.


State works to do better by child care

Posted in: Quality, We Can Do Better, Kansas

Quality, availability, cost of child care a tough balancing act


Tour seeks feedback on child care

Posted in: Child Care Workforce, Kansas

Child-care providers who want to see changes in the current child-care system can voice their opinions from 6:30 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at Plaza Inn, 1911 E. Kansas Ave., during a Kansas Department of Health and Environment listening tour.


Program supplies subs for child care centers

Posted in: Child Care Workforce, Kansas

A new program provides substitute child care employees to area child care centers. ERC Resource & Referral, a nonprofit agency, and Key Staffing, a for-profit employment agency, have created a partnership that provides trained and screened substitutes for child care centers in Shawnee County. A Capital Area Smart Start grant provides additional funding for the program, called Caring Connections.


Early childhood education beneficial to more than just children

Posted in: Kansas

Studies and reports… They all come back with the same results. The early years are the most important in determining children's success in school and beyond.