Missouri Early Head Start/Child Care Partnership Project

A shortage of quality care options for infants and toddlers is a widespread problem both in Missouri and across the nation. In a nationally recognized effort to increase the capacity of and access to care for this vulnerable age group, as well as to provide parents with a wider variety of quality child care settings from which to choose, a portion of HB 1519 funding was used to create partnerships between Early Head Start (serving children birth to age 3) and community child care homes and centers. The benefits of this partnership include allowing Missouri to maximize state funds by drawing down additional federal funds through a partnership with the Administration for Children and Families. It also positively impacts the overall quality of care in communities, and maximizes the number of children receiving benefits from this funding.

Early Head Start programs receiving funding through this initiative are:

Children's Therapy Center of Pettis County 600 East 14th Street Sedalia, MO 65301-5918 (660) 826-4400	Community Action Partnership of Greater St. Joseph 817 Monterey P. O. Box 3068 St. Joseph, MO 64503 (816) 233-8281
Economic Security Corporation of Southwest Area 302 Joplin Joplin, MO 64801 (417) 781-0352	Mid-America Regional Council(MARC) 600 Broadway, Ste 200 Kansas City, MO 64150-1554 (816) 474- 4240
Missouri Valley Community Action Agency 1415 S. Odell P. O. Box 550 Marshall, MO 65340 (660) 886-7476	Northeast Missouri Community Action Agency 1011 S. Jamison P. O. Box 966 Kirksville, MO 63501 (660) 665-9855
Ozark Area Community Action Corporation 215 S. Barnes Springfield, MO 65802-2204 (417) 864-3430	West Central Missouri Community Action Agency 110 West 4th P.O. Box 125 Appleton City, MO 64724 (606) 476-2185
Youth in Need 1815 Booneslick Rd. St. Charles, MO 63301 (636) 946-0101	YWCA of Metro St. Louis 1911 Beltway Dr. St. Louis, MO 63114 (314) 427-4940

 

• View a map of Missouri Head Start facilities
  
  
• Visit the Missouri Head Start Collaboration Office Web site
     (www.moheadstart.org)
  
  
• Visit the Federal Head Start Web site
     (www2.acf.dhhs.gov/programs/hsb/)
  
  
• Visit the Early Head Start National Resource Center Web site
     (www.ehsnrc.org)