EXCERPT FROM: The Kansas City Star
By Matt Campbell
Missouri legislation that would cut money for child care would actually end up costing the state money, several area officials said Monday.

EXCERPT FROM: KansasCity.com
By Jason Noble
JEFFERSON CITY | A Missouri House committee slashed nearly $60 million from social-service programs in next year’s budget, including funding for health clinics, child care subsidies and assistance to victims of domestic violence.

EXCERPT FROM: St. Louis Post-Dispatch
By Nancy Cambria
Loree Phelps thought she had the recession beat.
The accredited Richmond Heights child care center she runs catered largely to professionals, and she had an eight-month waiting list for the infant room.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A new report finds that Missouri is among the most stringent nationally in providing child-care subsidies to low-income workers.

Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon released a statement this afternoon directing the state Department of Health and Senior Services not to follow through on a Thursday state Board of Health recommendation rescinding hundreds of rules governing the operation of faith-based child care centers in the state.

Missouri's rules governing safety in church-based day cares have long been criticized as too lenient by many in the child-care field.

With day care a necessity for many parents, there are big differences in the types of day cares parents can take their children to.

COLUMBIA - The Missouri Department of Social Services has proposed new regulations for day care centers.  

JEFFERSON CITY | Lawmakers spent several hours today debating an omnibus education bill. And then they killed it.