Childcare shortage
HANNIBAL, Mo. — Economic development leaders, early education advocates and families in Marion and Ralls counties are urging Gov. Mike Kehoe to approve funding for a childcare cost-sharing exchange — an innovative public-private partnership that would help address persistent child care shortages across northeast Missouri. The initiative, backed by a $5 million state appropriation, requires…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — Families and childcare providers have long faced challenges in accessing and sustaining quality childcare, but partners in Hannibal and Palmyra came together to take action in 2014. Through a collaboration with Kids Win Missouri, the Hannibal Regional Economic Development Council (HREDC) partnered with United Way, Douglass Community Services, childcare providers, nonprofit leaders…
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